Climate Uslar 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kassel-Calden Airport (EDVK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	41.0	59	46	29	38	38
February	60.7	61	51	63	63	67
March	73.6	72	67	91	74	78
April	81.2		73	80	70	94
May	85.3		84	95	80	91
June	89.3		92	98	87	83
July	85.7		91	89	79	92
August	90.7		88	90	83	97
September	82.2		92	78	78	88
October	72.7		75	77	76	68
November	50.2		52	74	34	55
December	37.6		44	30	36	38
Average	73.2	64.7	75.1	79.2	69.5	76.7

30th 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	80.8	94	87	72	76	77
February	92.4	95	86	99	88	97
March	94.3	95	89	97	91	97
April	95.3		93	96	94	100
May	96.6		95	100	99	99
June	97.2		96	100	98	97
July	97.4		99	99	94	99
August	96.6		95	97	94	99
September	93.7		96	92	93	99
October	93.7		94	94	94	94
November	82.6		91	87	80	81
December	81.2		89	65	75	78
Average	93.0	94.4	93.3	93.8	90.9	94.3

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	3.7	4	6	5	2	5
February	6.4	10	7	8	5	8
March	9.8	12	9	11	9	9
April	12.8		12	12	10	12
May	17.7		18	19	15	17
June	23.2		24	24	24	21
July	23.4		23	25	22	22
August	24.0		23	27	21	26
September	19.7		23	18	20	21
October	14.8		16	17	14	13
November	8.0		8	10	7	9
December	4.8		6	0	5	6
Average	13.4	8.4	14.6	15.0	12.8	14.1

33rd 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	0.1	-1	2	2	0	2
February	0.9	5	1	3	-1	3
March	2.5	4	3	1	3	2
April	4.4		4	4	3	5
May	8.8		7	9	9	10
June	14.0		12	13	17	15
July	13.8		13	14	15	14
August	14.1		14	15	13	16
September	10.0		12	9	11	11
October	7.9		9	8	7	9
November	3.6		3	4	4	4
December	1.6		3	-4	1	3
Average	6.3	2.5	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.7

33rd 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	18.2	16	22	20	30	8
February	15.6	22	21	17	19	19
March	11.9	8	25	2	9	12
April	8.5		13	12	10	2
May	5.9		8	2	8	6
June	4.0		5	3	2	7
July	6.8		9	5	10	6
August	4.8		8	1	8	3
September	5.7		2	14	2	3
October	9.6		15	6	7	11
November	12.1		28	8	14	1
December	17.0		28	21	13	8
Average	9.7	14.3	13.6	7.7	10.1	6.9

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	8.3	9	9	9	7	8
February	9.1	9	8	13	7	12
March	8.8	8	9	6	9	10
April	8.3		8	8	9	8
May	7.3		6	7	10	7
June	6.8		6	7	6	7
July	7.1		8	8	7	7
August	6.8		6	6	7	7
September	6.5		6	7	6	6
October	8.2		8	7	8	9
November	7.4		9	7	7	7
December	7.8		9	5	7	7
Average	7.7	8.2	7.3	7.5	7.4	7.9

33rd 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	226°	214°	259°	231°	207°
February	216°	255°	232°	154°	234°
March	184°	227°	097°	261°	167°
April		117°	335°	304°	050°
May		030°	275°	237°	334°
June		023°	297°	304°	294°
July		236°	295°	237°	281°
August		236°	002°	265°	225°
September		170°	237°	228°	197°
October		206°	193°	192°	200°
November		215°	176°	222°	182°
December		226°	105°	199°	167°

Prevailing wind direction

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