Climate Ramstein Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ramstein Air Base (ETAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.7	46	32	38	39	40
February	62.5	48	65	53	68	65
March	71.3	63	64	81	88	78
April	80.8		65	72	87	96
May	87.6		83	93	81	95
June	90.1		97	88	81	91
July	90.5		84	98	80	93
August	88.7		72	96	85	96
September	84.3		90	80	87	88
October	70.7		78	64	77	68
November	45.3		39	46	33	54
December	34.6		27	32	39	38
Average	69.8	53.1	68.5	74.5	74.0	79.8

42nd 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	80.1	79	87	66	78	76
February	91.3	88	91	95	87	95
March	95.2	92	95	96	99	99
April	97.2		98	95	99	100
May	97.4		95	99	98	99
June	98.3		100	97	98	99
July	98.9		99	99	97	100
August	97.5		91	99	100	99
September	95.4		97	92	96	96
October	91.3		94	88	89	95
November	80.6		93	81	71	74
December	76.4		78	64	71	83
Average	91.5	87.2	93.5	91.5	92.3	94.6

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	5.2	6	6	6	4	7
February	8.3	11	8	9	9	9
March	11.3	13	11	13	11	11
April	15.6		13	14	13	19
May	18.9		20	22	16	20
June	25.0		27	26	25	23
July	25.8		25	28	23	26
August	25.6		24	29	22	28
September	21.3		25	20	22	23
October	16.2		17	19	15	14
November	9.0		9	11	7	10
December	6.2		8	1	7	6
Average	14.6	9.9	16.0	16.7	14.5	16.2

10th 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	0.0	-2	2	0	-1	0
February	-1.8	4	-1	1	-2	3
March	0.3	3	1	-2	-1	1
April	1.6		2	2	-1	2
May	5.5		5	7	5	3
June	10.4		9	10	12	10
July	11.3		11	10	12	10
August	11.8		13	11	11	13
September	7.5		9	8	7	8
October	5.4		5	7	4	7
November	2.3		4	4	2	2
December	1.0		3	-5	2	2
Average	4.3	1.5	5.2	4.5	4.2	4.9

7th 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	18.1	24	22	9	24	9
February	13.5	16	9	20	15	17
March	13.0	11	23	8	9	10
April	9.9		16	16	7	3
May	8.4		5	12	15	4
June	4.4		1	8	5	6
July	4.6		10	1	8	2
August	7.1		17	5	7	2
September	4.8		2	8	2	2
October	10.0		18	14	6	12
November	12.3		26	13	13	3
December	18.3		25	14	10	18
Average	10.5	16.4	14.0	10.1	9.4	6.5

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	6.8	7	8	6	6	6
February	7.7	7	8	10	6	10
March	7.2	6	8	6	6	9
April	6.7		7	7	7	7
May	6.1		6	6	7	6
June	5.1		6	5	4	6
July	5.4		8	5	5	6
August	5.3		6	5	5	5
September	4.9		5	5	4	4
October	5.3		6	4	5	6
November	5.3		8	5	5	4
December	5.8		7	4	5	4
Average	6.0	6.5	6.9	5.6	5.3	6.1

10th 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	250°	231°	251°	246°	239°
February	233°	273°	239°	070°	239°
March	250°	241°	057°	266°	336°
April		303°	027°	352°	006°
May		040°	257°	241°	005°
June		046°	261°	326°	285°
July		250°	307°	260°	263°
August		250°	042°	262°	228°
September		226°	253°	091°	186°
October		243°	233°	227°	233°
November		235°	234°	244°	225°
December		240°	037°	241°	218°

Prevailing wind direction

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