Statistics Spangdahlem Air Base 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Spangdahlem Air Base (ETAD) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	26.4	20	25	27	22	33
February	54.6	53	39	61	50	67
March	64.5	53	80	72	68	62
April	78.6	63	75	82	92	78
May	85.2	83	94	72	93	78
June	87.4	93	83	78	89	94
July	83.8	77	90	70	86	85
August	83.5	68	92	77	95	89
September	79.3		75	80	81	78
October	56.1		56	59	47	47
November	39.3		35	32	52	36
December	28.6		39	18	27	45
Average	64.2	66.0	70.0	65.1	72.3	70.2

46th 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	61.2	59	54	65	53	75
February	77.8	76	69	77	81	88
March	88.2	86	92	93	90	90
April	94.7	94	93	93	98	92
May	95.9	95	99	93	100	93
June	96.3	98	96	93	97	98
July	94.6	92	99	84	99	98
August	93.6	86	98	92	99	95
September	91.6		88	90	94	92
October	78.9		72	82	80	72
November	67.5		72	57	69	67
December	57.5		59	44	50	75
Average	83.0	87.2	85.9	83.3	87.7	88.2

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	3.8	5	4	3	6	3
February	6.5	7	8	7	8	9
March	9.8	10	12	10	10	11
April	14.1	12	13	11	18	14
May	17.9	19	21	14	18	16
June	23.4	25	24	24	21	25
July	24.0	24	26	21	24	25
August	23.9	23	27	20	26	24
September	19.6		18	20	22	19
October	14.2		17	14	13	14
November	8.0		10	7	10	7
December	4.8		1	5	5	6
Average	13.7	15.6	15.5	13.0	14.8	14.4

27th 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	0.1	1	0	-1	1	-2
February	0.1	1	1	1	2	0
March	1.5	2	1	1	2	2
April	4.2	4	4	1	5	5
May	7.8	8	9	6	7	5
June	12.5	13	12	13	12	13
July	13.4	13	13	13	12	13
August	13.7	13	15	12	15	13
September	9.6		9	10	10	9
October	6.3		8	4	8	8
November	2.5		4	2	3	2
December	0.7		-3	1	2	2
Average	6.0	7.0	6.4	5.2	6.5	5.9

27th 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	21.8	30	20	23	11	19
February	15.8	9	28	15	23	8
March	15.1	22	11	9	16	16
April	10.6	18	13	11	3	9
May	7.5	9	7	12	5	9
June	5.8	2	12	6	7	3
July	6.9	15	2	13	4	4
August	7.8	17	3	7	4	7
September	7.0		13	2	6	7
October	12.3		11	12	17	21
November	13.7		14	12	4	17
December	20.7		15	12	28	25
Average	12.1	14.9	11.4	10.5	9.2	10.6

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	7.8	10	7	5	8	8
February	9.0	8	12	6	12	6
March	8.8	10	7	8	9	10
April	7.7	8	9	7	7	8
May	7.1	7	7	9	6	6
June	6.2	7	6	5	7	7
July	6.3	9	6	6	6	6
August	6.2	7	6	7	4	6
September	5.5		6	5	3	7
October	6.9		6	7	7	8
November	6.1		7	5	4	7
December	6.5		5	5	5	8
Average	7.1	8.2	6.9	6.4	6.4	7.1

27th 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	231°	248°	228°	206°	260°
February	273°	239°	093°	219°	216°
March	242°	085°	236°	125°	241°
April	276°	051°	355°	080°	088°
May	038°	261°	213°	032°	309°
June	057°	242°	147°	213°	181°
July	243°	302°	185°	233°	264°
August	246°	059°	190°	224°	212°
September		249°	124°	226°	229°
October		220°	210°	213°	190°
November		220°	235°	206°	186°
December		056°	220°	204°	210°

Prevailing wind direction

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