Marl-Loemühle Airfield

EDLM · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Climate Marl-Loemühle Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dortmund Airport (EDLW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.1 59 41 35 36 49
February 64.9 63 49 61 70 65
March 73.3 63 90 76 79
April 81.5 68 79 76 93
May 84.8 84 94 78 93
June 87.3 93 93 82 84
July 84.4 84 87 81 81
August 86.7 77 90 78 93
September 84.8 90 85 84 85
October 76.1 78 90 78 69
November 66.8 61 81 51 81
December 48.1 38 43 49 55
Average 74.7 61.0 72.4 81.4 72.7 79.9

22nd 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 76.3 82 81 67 70 80
February 88.0 89 72 93 85 94
March 90.1 87 96 89 90
April 94.5 91 93 91 99
May 95.4 95 99 95 98
June 96.7 98 99 95 94
July 95.7 95 98 93 96
August 95.2 90 96 91 98
September 95.1 97 95 94 96
October 94.8 95 99 92 94
November 88.9 94 94 75 95
December 79.5 78 75 74 85
Average 91.3 85.8 90.7 93.9 88.6 94.0

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 5.4 6 7 6 4 8
February 7.9 10 8 9 7 9
March 10.6 10 13 10 10
April 14.0 12 13 11 17
May 18.2 18 20 15 18
June 23.5 25 23 24 22
July 24.0 23 25 23 22
August 24.0 22 27 21 26
September 20.1 24 19 21 21
October 15.8 17 18 15 14
November 9.6 9 11 8 12
December 6.7 8 3 7 7
Average 14.1 7.9 15.2 15.9 13.9 15.5

20th 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 1.3 1 3 2 1 3
February 2.0 6 2 3 0 4
March 3.0 4 2 3 3
April 4.6 4 5 2 5
May 8.2 8 9 8 7
June 13.1 13 12 15 13
July 13.6 14 14 14 13
August 14.3 14 15 13 16
September 10.7 13 11 11 11
October 9.0 10 10 8 9
November 4.3 5 6 4 5
December 2.8 4 -2 2 3
Average 6.8 3.2 7.9 7.5 6.7 7.5

40th 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 14.5 15 20 14 17 10
February 14.0 18 19 21 12 20
March 10.6 18 2 8 9
April 6.2 12 11 7 1
May 5.3 5 4 12 1
June 3.0 2 4 3 4
July 6.5 9 4 10 9
August 5.1 9 1 8 1
September 6.0 3 11 3 4
October 9.2 12 4 10 13
November 8.2 14 2 9 3
December 17.3 24 12 11 13
Average 9.0 16.7 10.9 6.6 8.5 6.4

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 9.3 11 11 8 8 10
February 10.0 11 8 13 8 13
March 9.2 10 7 9 10
April 7.3 8 8 6 7
May 6.3 5 6 8 6
June 6.3 6 6 5 6
July 6.5 9 6 6 7
August 6.7 7 6 7 7
September 6.8 6 6 6 7
October 8.7 9 8 8 10
November 8.3 11 9 7 8
December 9.1 11 5 8 9
Average 8.0 10.6 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.9

20th 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 221° 211° 228° 213° 206°
February 209° 235° 220° 165° 215°
March 215° 099° 229° 190°
April 153° 034° 296° 066°
May 040° 230° 214° 312°
June 057° 218° 208° 217°
July 219° 243° 214° 229°
August 221° 013° 228° 204°
September 186° 210° 203° 222°
October 207° 199° 198° 206°
November 210° 191° 217° 201°
December 217° 138° 205° 188°

Prevailing wind direction

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