Statistics Kassel-Calden Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kassel-Calden Airport (EDVK) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	38.4	46	29	38	38	34
February	60.7	51	63	63	67	74
March	73.8	67	91	74	78	63
April	81.2	73	80	70	94	81
May	85.3	84	95	80	91	76
June	89.3	92	98	87	83	94
July	85.7	91	89	79	92	79
August	90.7	88	90	83	97	96
September	80.5		78	78	88	83
October	72.2		77	76	68	74
November	49.9		74	34	55	48
December	36.5		30	36	38	56
Average	74.7	77.4	79.2	69.5	76.7	74.2

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: 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	78.9	87	72	76	77	80
February	92.1	86	99	88	97	96
March	94.2	89	97	91	97	97
April	95.3	93	96	94	100	93
May	96.6	95	100	99	99	93
June	97.2	96	100	98	97	98
July	97.4	99	99	94	99	99
August	96.6	95	97	94	99	99
September	93.3		92	93	99	96
October	93.8		94	94	94	93
November	81.2		87	80	81	79
December	79.7		65	75	78	87
Average	92.9	93.5	93.8	90.9	94.3	93.3

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	3.7	6	5	2	5	2
February	6.0	7	8	5	8	9
March	9.6	9	11	9	9	10
April	12.8	12	12	10	12	15
May	17.7	18	19	15	17	15
June	23.2	24	24	24	21	25
July	23.4	23	25	22	22	23
August	24.0	23	27	21	26	25
September	19.1		18	20	21	19
October	14.6		17	14	13	14
November	8.0		10	7	9	7
December	4.5		0	5	6	6
Average	14.2	15.3	15.0	12.8	14.1	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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.2	2	2	0	2	-1
February	0.4	1	3	-1	3	1
March	2.3	3	1	3	2	4
April	4.4	4	4	3	5	5
May	8.8	7	9	9	10	7
June	14.0	12	13	17	15	14
July	13.8	13	14	15	14	13
August	14.1	14	15	13	16	14
September	9.7		9	11	11	9
October	7.7		8	7	9	8
November	3.6		4	4	4	4
December	1.4		-4	1	3	2
Average	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.7	6.6

33rd 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	18.6	22	20	30	8	31
February	14.7	21	17	19	19	6
March	12.5	25	2	9	12	17
April	8.5	13	12	10	2	8
May	5.9	8	2	8	6	10
June	4.0	5	3	2	7	3
July	6.8	9	5	10	6	5
August	4.8	8	1	8	3	4
September	6.3		14	2	3	7
October	8.7		6	7	11	10
November	9.4		8	14	1	9
December	14.9		21	13	8	14
Average	8.9	12.5	7.7	10.1	6.9	9.3

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	8.3	9	9	7	8	10
February	9.1	8	13	7	12	8
March	9.0	9	6	9	10	11
April	8.3	8	8	9	8	9
May	7.3	6	7	10	7	8
June	6.8	6	7	6	7	7
July	7.1	8	8	7	7	7
August	6.8	6	6	7	7	7
September	6.6		7	6	6	8
October	8.2		7	8	9	8
November	7.1		7	7	7	8
December	7.5		5	7	7	8
Average	7.6	7.2	7.5	7.4	7.9	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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	214°	259°	231°	207°	278°
February	255°	232°	154°	234°	224°
March	227°	097°	261°	167°	255°
April	117°	335°	304°	050°	074°
May	030°	275°	237°	334°	313°
June	023°	297°	304°	294°	169°
July	236°	295°	237°	281°	315°
August	236°	002°	265°	225°	229°
September		237°	228°	197°	264°
October		193°	192°	200°	194°
November		176°	222°	182°	175°
December		105°	199°	167°	194°

Prevailing wind direction

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