Kiel-Holtenau Airport

EDHK · Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Climate Kiel-Holtenau Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kiel-Holtenau Airport (EDHK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.8 38 31 30 40 35
February 48.3 33 47 51 75 46
March 58.7 49 55 79 58 75
April 77.0 82 80 80 88
May 79.3 83 86 67 83
June 82.7 91 79 86 82
July 83.5 84 89 84 88
August 84.3 85 87 76 85
September 76.5 86 81 68 80
October 65.1 51 80 76 70
November 44.1 43 44 35 50
December 37.0 29 41 37 34
Average 64.8 40.9 69.4 74.1 68.5 71.1

44th best VFR conditions of Germany

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.4 86 67 52 69 56
February 74.0 63 75 80 85 83
March 82.5 79 84 89 89 89
April 90.8 94 93 94 97
May 92.1 94 96 92 95
June 93.0 96 92 95 92
July 95.0 96 96 95 96
August 92.2 91 93 89 91
September 88.7 94 89 88 89
October 82.6 70 90 92 88
November 70.1 78 80 70 71
December 62.7 53 69 59 59
Average 83.4 75.8 85.6 87.9 87.1 85.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.6 4 6 6 3 7
February 5.8 8 6 7 5 7
March 8.0 9 8 9 9 8
April 11.1 11 10 9 13
May 15.8 16 16 14 15
June 20.8 22 20 22 21
July 21.2 21 21 22 19
August 21.8 21 23 19 24
September 18.1 22 16 18 19
October 13.7 13 15 13 13
November 8.1 8 8 8 10
December 4.9 5 2 4 5
Average 12.1 6.9 13.3 13.1 12.2 13.4

47th highest temperature of Germany

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 1 3 2 0 5
February 1.8 4 2 2 0 4
March 2.8 4 2 0 1 4
April 4.8 3 3 2 7
May 9.2 7 8 7 9
June 13.4 11 11 13 14
July 14.1 13 12 14 11
August 14.6 14 14 13 15
September 11.6 13 10 12 10
October 9.0 8 9 8 9
November 4.7 3 5 5 5
December 2.1 2 -2 0 3
Average 6.9 2.9 6.8 6.2 6.1 8.0

20th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.6 19 19 19 23 26
February 19.3 18 9 27 9 36
March 10.1 5 6 1 10 13
April 6.9 7 6 6 5
May 4.9 1 2 6 5
June 4.5 1 2 2 8
July 6.3 9 2 1 10
August 5.6 4 1 5 5
September 9.0 1 11 6 8
October 13.1 17 3 7 16
November 14.8 14 6 17 10
December 18.4 22 3 15 21
Average 10.6 12.8 7.7 5.7 7.4 12.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 11 11 11 9 10
February 10.6 11 10 12 10 13
March 9.7 9 10 8 8 11
April 7.5 10 10 2 10
May 8.7 9 9 9 10
June 8.2 8 7 7 9
July 8.8 9 9 8 8
August 7.9 8 7 9 7
September 8.0 7 8 7 8
October 8.7 10 8 8 9
November 8.3 9 9 8 9
December 9.0 11 6 9 8
Average 8.9 10.3 8.9 8.7 7.7 9.0

47th highest wind speed of Germany

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 257° 248° 277° 254° 239°
February 247° 277° 258° 112° 243°
March 132° 257° 113° 248° 240°
April 083° 332° 054° 278°
May 052° 273° 262° 300°
June 010° 279° 338° 071°
July 248° 281° 290° 261°
August 264° 015° 289° 142°
September 224° 218° 255° 244°
October 224° 230° 221° 201°
November 236° 185° 242° 225°
December 251° 165° 214° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.