Hof-Plauen Airport

EDQM · Bavaria, Germany

Statistics Hof-Plauen Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hof-Plauen Airport (EDQM) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 25.3 19 22 23 30 29
February 51.1 48 50 48 55 66
March 61.6 54 75 68 63 55
April 75.3 56 67 71 95 81
May 83.2 86 93 73 86 76
June 86.5 89 93 79 76 93
July 87.1 89 89 76 93 87
August 85.8 78 88 73 87 94
September 78.6 77 77 84 82
October 62.1 70 69 52 62
November 36.0 49 23 49 28
December 29.5 29 16 29 50
Average 68.7 69.4 73.0 62.1 70.6 70.7

45th best VFR conditions of Germany

VFR conditions during daylight period

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

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 55.8 51 45 52 65 54
February 73.6 75 79 65 82 84
March 83.7 85 85 88 83 82
April 88.7 76 85 88 99 89
May 94.3 96 99 95 93 91
June 93.4 92 96 86 87 98
July 95.0 96 96 89 98 96
August 93.5 91 93 89 96 98
September 90.8 91 90 93 94
October 82.9 88 84 76 84
November 58.0 70 51 61 53
December 56.5 44 41 45 75
Average 84.0 85.4 85.4 79.6 84.4 85.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

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

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 1.1 3 2 0 3 -1
February 3.4 4 5 3 5 6
March 7.1 7 8 7 7 8
April 11.6 9 9 8 15 13
May 16.3 17 19 13 15 13
June 22.3 22 24 23 19 26
July 22.9 23 24 21 22 24
August 22.5 19 24 19 24 24
September 17.5 16 19 19 17
October 12.8 15 12 11 13
November 5.8 8 5 6 6
December 1.8 -2 2 3 4
Average 12.5 13.1 13.1 10.8 12.6 12.9

46th highest temperature of Germany

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January -2.1 -1 -1 -3 0 -3
February -2.3 -2 0 -3 2 -1
March 0.8 1 -1 1 1 3
April 3.7 2 1 1 5 5
May 8.3 7 7 7 7 7
June 13.6 11 11 15 13 16
July 13.7 12 11 14 13 14
August 13.2 10 13 13 15 15
September 9.4 7 11 10 10
October 6.6 7 5 7 7
November 1.9 1 1 2 3
December -1.0 -6 -2 0 0
Average 5.7 4.9 4.5 5.1 6.3 6.3

4th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 32.1 27 29 51 13 47
February 21.1 18 24 31 31 17
March 18.5 25 6 16 23 23
April 12.3 14 18 21 5 7
May 9.1 4 2 25 10 15
June 7.0 6 2 9 17 1
July 7.7 5 4 15 6 5
August 8.4 10 4 19 8 7
September 9.9 11 7 8 13
October 13.3 7 7 26 15
November 15.2 8 19 8 16
December 24.9 17 20 21 20
Average 13.5 12.0 9.4 19.0 13.9 14.1

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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 8.7 10 9 8 8 9
February 9.1 9 12 6 12 7
March 8.7 10 6 8 10 10
April 7.9 8 9 7 7 8
May 7.1 6 7 10 7 7
June 6.4 6 6 5 7 7
July 6.8 8 6 6 7 7
August 6.3 7 6 7 6 6
September 6.2 6 5 6 7
October 7.6 7 6 9 8
November 6.9 6 7 7 7
December 8.0 6 7 7 8
Average 7.4 7.9 6.9 6.9 7.6 7.5

46th 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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 228° 245° 234° 221° 242°
February 247° 233° 189° 231° 226°
March 226° 082° 247° 209° 235°
April 008° 006° 303° 124° 081°
May 052° 253° 238° 346° 313°
June 014° 238° 307° 298° 195°
July 233° 281° 234° 249° 298°
August 232° 025° 249° 230° 222°
September 233° 256° 212° 241°
October 209° 198° 223° 212°
November 193° 220° 209° 190°
December 073° 223° 177° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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