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.