Hof-Plauen Airport

EDQM · Bavaria, Germany

Climate Hof-Plauen Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hof-Plauen Airport (EDQM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.2 40 19 22 23 30
February 49.8 42 48 50 48 55
March 62.3 67 54 75 68 63
April 75.3 56 67 71 95
May 83.2 86 93 73 86
June 86.5 89 93 79 76
July 87.1 89 89 76 93
August 85.8 78 88 73 87
September 79.5 84 77 77 84
October 62.5 65 70 69 52
November 36.1 37 49 23 49
December 29.7 31 29 16 29
Average 66.1 51.3 66.2 73.0 62.1 70.6

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 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 56.9 65 51 45 52 65
February 72.4 65 75 79 65 82
March 84.3 89 85 85 88 83
April 88.7 76 85 88 99
May 94.3 96 99 95 93
June 93.4 92 96 86 87
July 95.0 96 96 89 98
August 93.5 91 93 89 96
September 91.5 96 91 90 93
October 83.3 85 88 84 76
November 59.7 70 70 51 61
December 58.1 66 44 41 45
Average 82.6 74.3 84.2 85.4 79.6 84.4

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 1.2 2 3 2 0 3
February 3.9 7 4 5 3 5
March 7.5 11 7 8 7 7
April 11.6 9 9 8 15
May 16.3 17 19 13 15
June 22.3 22 24 23 19
July 22.9 23 24 21 22
August 22.5 19 24 19 24
September 18.1 22 16 19 19
October 13.0 14 15 12 11
November 5.7 6 8 5 6
December 2.1 4 -2 2 3
Average 11.6 6.4 12.5 13.1 10.8 12.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.9 -3 -1 -1 -3 0
February -2.9 3 -2 0 -3 2
March 0.9 2 1 -1 1 1
April 3.7 2 1 1 5
May 8.3 7 7 7 7
June 13.6 11 11 15 13
July 13.7 12 11 14 13
August 13.2 10 13 13 15
September 9.3 9 7 11 10
October 6.6 7 7 5 7
November 1.8 1 1 1 2
December -1.1 0 -6 -2 0
Average 5.0 0.3 4.7 4.5 5.1 6.3

4th 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 30.2 18 27 29 51 13
February 21.1 21 18 24 31 31
March 16.5 4 25 6 16 23
April 12.3 14 18 21 5
May 9.1 4 2 25 10
June 7.0 6 2 9 17
July 7.7 5 4 15 6
August 8.4 10 4 19 8
September 8.8 2 11 7 8
October 12.9 11 7 7 26
November 17.1 28 8 19 8
December 24.4 22 17 20 21
Average 13.6 13.2 12.6 9.4 19.0 13.9

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 8.9 10 10 9 8 8
February 9.2 10 9 12 6 12
March 8.4 7 10 6 8 10
April 7.9 8 9 7 7
May 7.1 6 7 10 7
June 6.4 6 6 5 7
July 6.8 8 6 6 7
August 6.3 7 6 7 6
September 6.0 5 6 5 6
October 7.6 8 7 6 9
November 7.4 10 6 7 7
December 8.3 10 6 7 7
Average 7.6 8.8 7.9 6.9 6.9 7.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 235° 228° 245° 234° 221°
February 228° 247° 233° 189° 231°
March 200° 226° 082° 247° 209°
April 008° 006° 303° 124°
May 052° 253° 238° 346°
June 014° 238° 307° 298°
July 233° 281° 234° 249°
August 232° 025° 249° 230°
September 191° 233° 256° 212°
October 218° 209° 198° 223°
November 229° 193° 220° 209°
December 226° 073° 223° 177°

Prevailing wind direction

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