Hof-Plauen Airport

EDQM · Bavaria, Germany

Climate Hof-Plauen Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hof-Plauen Airport (EDQM) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 29.8 50 40 19 22 23
February 49.5 47 42 48 50 48
March 62.9 68 67 54 75 68
April 75.2 74 56 67 71
May 82.6 89 72 86 93 73
June 86.1 83 89 93 79
July 87.6 91 89 89 76
August 86.3 90 78 88 73
September 79.1 76 84 77 77
October 60.1 44 65 70 69
November 34.7 26 37 49 23
December 29.2 26 31 29 16
Average 67.8 67.3 65.9 66.2 73.0 62.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 59.3 78 65 51 45 52
February 72.3 72 65 75 79 65
March 83.8 80 89 85 85 88
April 88.8 90 76 85 88
May 94.0 96 90 96 99 95
June 93.1 91 92 96 86
July 95.3 97 96 96 89
August 93.7 95 91 93 89
September 91.6 92 96 91 90
October 80.7 64 85 88 84
November 59.4 58 70 70 51
December 56.5 47 66 44 41
Average 83.5 83.1 82.0 84.2 85.4 79.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.5 3.5 1.9 3.0 1.7 -1.6
February 3.7 2.1 7.2 4.0 4.9 2.7
March 7.8 9.8 10.5 7.0 8.0 6.9
April 11.8 13.0 8.9 9.3 8.1
May 16.4 16.1 17.5 16.6 18.5 12.9
June 22.0 20.5 22.1 24.1 22.5
July 22.9 23.3 23.3 24.3 20.8
August 22.8 25.1 19.3 24.1 19.3
September 18.1 18.6 21.8 16.0 18.6
October 12.9 12.1 14.0 15.0 12.0
November 5.7 5.7 5.5 7.5 4.5
December 2.1 2.1 3.6 -2.1 2.0
Average 12.0 8.0 13.1 12.5 13.1 10.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -3.9 -3.9 -4.6 -1.5 -2.7 -3.5
February -2.6 -4.1 2.6 -3.6 -1.7 -3.0
March 0.8 -1.7 1.9 0.5 -2.6 0.5
April 3.8 4.2 1.8 1.3 1.3
May 8.0 5.5 8.4 6.5 7.2 7.0
June 13.1 10.0 11.0 10.6 15.3
July 13.4 11.8 12.1 11.0 14.0
August 13.2 13.3 9.6 12.5 12.5
September 9.4 9.9 9.3 7.2 10.9
October 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.9 4.9
November 1.7 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.0
December -1.0 -2.5 -0.0 -6.5 -2.5
Average 5.0 -1.9 5.3 4.7 4.5 5.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 29.1 21 18 27 29 51
February 19.8 10 21 18 24 31
March 15.2 5 4 25 6 16
April 12.8 16 14 18 21
May 8.6 4 10 4 2 25
June 6.9 6 6 2 9
July 6.8 2 5 4 15
August 7.6 3 10 4 19
September 9.3 13 2 11 7
October 13.1 15 11 7 7
November 17.6 21 28 8 19
December 24.7 26 22 17 20
Average 12.8 8.5 11.4 12.6 9.4 19.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.9 9 10 10 9 8
February 8.8 6 10 9 12 6
March 8.2 6 7 10 6 8
April 8.0 9 8 9 7
May 7.1 7 7 6 7 10
June 6.5 7 6 6 5
July 6.7 6 8 6 6
August 6.3 6 7 6 7
September 6.3 8 5 6 5
October 7.5 7 8 7 6
November 7.5 8 10 6 7
December 8.3 8 10 6 7
Average 7.3 6.9 7.4 7.9 6.9 6.9

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 214° 235° 228° 245° 234°
February 139° 228° 247° 233° 189°
March 020° 200° 226° 082° 247°
April 227° 008° 006° 303°
May 298° 143° 052° 253° 238°
June 229° 014° 238° 307°
July 233° 233° 281° 234°
August 243° 232° 025° 249°
September 267° 191° 233° 256°
October 190° 218° 209° 198°
November 220° 229° 193° 220°
December 223° 226° 073° 223°

Prevailing wind direction

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