Spangdahlem Air Base

ETAD · Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Climate Spangdahlem Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Spangdahlem Air Base (ETAD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.0 36 20 25 27 22
February 49.3 28 53 39 61 50
March 62.8 55 53 80 72 68
April 78.6 63 75 82 92
May 85.2 83 94 72 93
June 87.4 93 83 78 89
July 83.8 77 90 70 86
August 83.5 68 92 77 95
September 79.2 79 75 80 81
October 56.3 57 56 59 47
November 36.0 22 35 32 52
December 25.5 14 39 18 27
Average 60.5 40.1 60.0 70.0 65.1 72.3

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 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 62.9 71 59 54 65 53
February 75.2 65 76 69 77 81
March 87.7 85 86 92 93 90
April 94.7 94 93 93 98
May 95.9 95 99 93 100
June 96.3 98 96 93 97
July 94.6 92 99 84 99
August 93.6 86 98 92 99
September 91.0 88 88 90 94
October 78.7 78 72 82 80
November 67.1 65 72 57 69
December 56.3 52 59 44 50
Average 81.3 74.2 82.9 85.9 83.3 87.7

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 3.9 4 5 4 3 6
February 6.9 9 7 8 7 8
March 10.1 12 10 12 10 10
April 14.1 12 13 11 18
May 17.9 19 21 14 18
June 23.4 25 24 24 21
July 24.0 24 26 21 24
August 23.9 23 27 20 26
September 20.2 23 18 20 22
October 14.4 16 17 14 13
November 8.0 8 10 7 10
December 5.0 6 1 5 5
Average 13.0 8.5 14.8 15.5 13.0 14.8

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -1.9 -2 1 0 -1 1
February 0.7 4 1 1 1 2
March 1.9 5 2 1 1 2
April 4.2 4 4 1 5
May 7.8 8 9 6 7
June 12.5 13 12 13 12
July 13.4 13 13 13 12
August 13.7 13 15 12 15
September 9.9 12 9 10 10
October 6.5 8 8 4 8
November 2.7 4 4 2 3
December 1.0 3 -3 1 2
Average 5.5 2.4 6.8 6.4 5.2 6.5

27th 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 22.1 24 30 20 23 11
February 16.9 21 9 28 15 23
March 15.3 16 22 11 9 16
April 10.6 18 13 11 3
May 7.5 9 7 12 5
June 5.8 2 12 6 7
July 6.9 15 2 13 4
August 7.8 17 3 7 4
September 6.5 4 13 2 6
October 13.9 21 11 12 17
November 17.7 34 14 12 4
December 22.6 30 15 12 28
Average 13.3 20.0 16.7 11.4 10.5 9.2

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 2021 2020
January 8.0 9 10 7 5 8
February 9.1 10 8 12 6 12
March 8.6 8 10 7 8 9
April 7.7 8 9 7 7
May 7.1 7 7 9 6
June 6.2 7 6 5 7
July 6.3 9 6 6 6
August 6.2 7 6 7 4
September 5.5 6 6 5 3
October 7.1 8 6 7 7
November 7.0 10 7 5 4
December 7.3 10 5 5 5
Average 7.3 8.7 8.3 6.9 6.4 6.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 245° 231° 248° 228° 206°
February 229° 273° 239° 093° 219°
March 225° 242° 085° 236° 125°
April 276° 051° 355° 080°
May 038° 261° 213° 032°
June 057° 242° 147° 213°
July 243° 302° 185° 233°
August 246° 059° 190° 224°
September 202° 249° 124° 226°
October 224° 220° 210° 213°
November 230° 220° 235° 206°
December 239° 056° 220° 204°

Prevailing wind direction

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