Climate Westerland Sylt Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Westerland Sylt Airport (EDXW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	49.6	60	52	51	54	38
February	51.3	33	59	62	78	50
March	60.8	59	61	78	56	71
April	82.0		85	84	84	100
May	73.7		74	78	54	78
June	77.3		77	73	76	85
July	80.5		82	78	76	82
August	88.2		85	88	83	89
September	79.2		84	84	71	73
October	70.7		54	77	73	79
November	51.9		64	51	50	50
December	45.6		49	46	43	21
Average	68.4	51.1	71.6	74.3	68.4	70.8

43rd 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	77.0	87	87	79	78	65
February	73.4	57	79	82	84	83
March	77.9	82	74	86	82	87
April	91.0		93	96	95	100
May	87.5		92	94	79	89
June	93.1		89	93	95	97
July	94.4		93	95	97	94
August	97.3		97	96	99	99
September	92.2		92	95	93	90
October	86.1		78	88	88	92
November	79.0		92	83	82	74
December	68.4		63	73	63	52
Average	85.3	75.8	87.3	90.3	88.1	87.2

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	5.0	5	7	7	4	7
February	5.3	7	7	7	3	7
March	7.3	9	7	9	7	8
April	11.3		12	11	9	9
May	14.7		15	15	12	14
June	19.3		20	18	19	20
July	20.1		20	20	22	18
August	21.1		20	23	20	23
September	18.1		21	18	19	18
October	13.8		13	15	14	14
November	8.7		8	10	10	10
December	5.8		6	4	6	6
Average	11.9	6.6	12.8	13.2	12.0	13.3

45th 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	2.5	1	3	4	1	6
February	2.5	4	3	4	-1	5
March	3.3	5	3	1	2	6
April	5.6		5	5	4	9
May	9.6		9	9	8	8
June	13.5		13	12	13	13
July	15.4		15	15	15	13
August	15.9		15	16	14	16
September	13.1		15	11	13	12
October	10.2		10	11	10	10
November	5.7		4	6	6	6
December	3.3		3	0	2	4
Average	7.8	3.2	7.9	7.9	7.2	9.0

45th 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	10.5	11	12	11	7	15
February	12.9	20	4	21	0	24
March	8.6	5	15	2	4	9
April	4.3		6	3	4	100
May	4.3		2	5	11	3
June	4.2		1	4	3	4
July	4.7		8	5	2	5
August	3.9		4	1	3	3
September	8.2		6	14	4	4
October	12.8		19	6	16	14
November	13.1		17	14	16	3
December	14.0		18	10	17	10
Average	8.0	11.3	8.2	6.9	6.5	7.1

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.1	14	13	14	12	14
February	14.2	14	13	17	14	17
March	13.2	13	14	10	13	15
April	13.3		13	13	14	12
May	12.7		14	12	12	13
June	11.2		11	11	10	11
July	12.6		14	13	12	12
August	11.6		12	10	13	10
September	11.9		11	12	11	12
October	13.5		15	13	13	13
November	12.6		13	14	12	13
December	12.6		14	11	12	11
Average	12.7	13.8	12.7	12.3	12.1	12.5

45th 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	260°	243°	275°	248°	238°
February	231°	284°	251°	130°	237°
March	138°	261°	108°	261°	229°
April		074°	318°	325°	100°
May		001°	276°	267°	303°
June		327°	266°	324°	124°
July		251°	288°	306°	270°
August		265°	316°	295°	216°
September		216°	019°	264°	258°
October		242°	222°	234°	198°
November		182°	174°	268°	225°
December		257°	114°	203°	161°

Prevailing wind direction

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