Wangerooge Airport

EDWG · Lower Saxony, Germany

Climate Wangerooge Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nordholz Naval Airbase (ETMN) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 15.8 15 15 18
February 12.8 11 9 19
March 17.2 13 22 12
April 22.3 24 21
May 19.5 11 28
June 38.9 45 35
July 25.2 29 18
August 38.6 36 46
September 28.1 24 30
October 13.9 9 26
November 15.1 13 20
December 10.6 15 3
Average 18.1 12.7 19.3 22.2

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
January 45.3 51 49 38
February 35.1 30 22 54
March 45.9 42 53 36
April 64.8 78 56
May 52.5 47 58
June 68.8 62 73
July 62.6 63 62
August 65.9 66 67
September 60.4 60 61
October 45.2 41 54
November 43.0 45 40
December 34.5 33 37
Average 47.4 40.8 48.9 52.5

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
January 4.9 3 6 6
February 6.7 7 6 7
March 6.9 8 7 6
April 7.7 8 8
May 12.9 12 14
June 16.7 18 16
July 16.7 17 16
August 18.5 17 20
September 14.7 16 13
October 13.0 13 14
November 7.1 7 7
December 3.6 5 1
Average 8.9 6.0 10.5 10.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.0 1 4 4
February 4.1 5 3 4
March 4.0 6 4 3
April 5.7 6 6
May 10.5 9 12
June 14.7 16 14
July 14.8 15 15
August 16.1 15 17
September 13.0 15 11
October 10.7 10 12
November 5.1 5 6
December 1.7 4 -1
Average 6.7 3.8 8.3 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 47.5 53 50 40
February 50.2 44 35 72
March 44.3 29 55 38
April 61.7 68 58
May 25.7 23 28
June 18.1 21 17
July 49.5 44 62
August 35.2 45 8
September 45.8 12 58
October 57.3 61 49
November 47.6 50 43
December 45.1 52 32
Average 45.0 43.8 46.1 45.2

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
January 12.3 12 13 12
February 13.1 12 11 16
March 10.6 9 12 9
April 12.6 11 14
May 10.4 9 12
June 9.0 10 9
July 9.5 10 9
August 9.2 10 7
September 9.8 7 11
October 10.3 11 8
November 10.9 11 10
December 10.2 11 8
Average 11.0 11.1 10.9 11.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 258° 244° 270°
February 246° 278° 257°
March 232° 270° 073°
April 226° 258°
May 340° 278°
June 296° 263°
July 246° 299°
August 270° 339°
September 212° 294°
October 250° 230°
November 261° 173°
December 263° 086°

Prevailing wind direction

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