Climate Baumholder Army Air Field 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Baumholder Army Air Field (ETEK) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	30.5	46	20	19
February	43.9	39	59	40
March	64.9	62	58	87
April	67.1		63	72
May	90.8		87	96
June	96.6		97
July	84.0		84
August	80.9		80	100
September	81.8		88	76
October	66.1		67	66
November	31.8		18	46
December	28.9		20	44
Average	60.8	50.0	67.0	65.4

49th 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
January	52.2	66	39	52
February	64.6	55	86	63
March	83.3	82	82	91
April	83.9		82	86
May	95.8		94	98
June	98.8		99
July	90.7		91
August	91.8		92	100
September	91.9		95	89
October	77.4		79	76
November	53.2		42	64
December	45.6		44	48
Average	75.7	68.4	80.5	78.2

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
January	3.3	3	4	2
February	7.4	8	7	7
March	7.8	10	8	2
April	5.2		10	0
May	9.6		17	0
June	23.6		24
July	22.1		22
August	21.2		21	23
September	18.9		22	16
October	15.0		15	16
November	7.5		7	9
December	3.6		5	1
Average	9.2	7.1	13.6	6.9

50th 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
January	-1.6	-1	1	-1
February	2.3	4	1	2
March	2.6	4	2	0
April	1.9		4	0
May	4.7		8	0
June	14.6		15
July	14.2		14
August	14.5		14	17
September	11.5		13	10
October	9.6		9	10
November	3.9		3	5
December	0.0		2	-3
Average	4.3	2.1	7.4	3.4

1st lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	34.6	30	39	36
February	26.2	26	16	33
March	17.8	13	28	7
April	16.7		20	14
May	6.1		5	8
June	1.1		1
July	8.9		9
August	14.9		15	19
September	6.6		3	11
October	19.7		21	18
November	30.5		41	20
December	36.0		41	28
Average	18.8	21.6	17.3	17.5

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
January	8.0	8	8	7
February	9.4	9	9	11
March	6.8	6	9	4
April	6.1		6	6
May	4.9		5	5
June	4.8		5
July	7.1		7
August	5.4		6	4
September	4.9		5	5
October	6.4		7	6
November	7.5		9	6
December	7.1		9	4
Average	6.7	7.4	6.6	6.1

50th 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
January	246°	238°	276°
February	234°	267°	244°
March	231°	242°	069°
April		238°	059°
May		049°	238°
June		062°
July		242°
August		245°	070°
September		182°	241°
October		231°	216°
November		236°	222°
December		242°	072°

Prevailing wind direction

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