Altenstadt Army Airfield

ETHA · Bavaria, Germany

Climate Altenstadt Army Airfield 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Altenstadt Army Airfield (ETHA) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 23.7 63 22 10
February 31.7 33 27 33
March 36.6 36 44 28
April 24.2 11 43
May 38.5 31 60
June 51.7 60 43
July 65.2 74 42
August 34.8 39 27
September 32.3 38 30
October 33.3 37 28
November 19.5 17 23
December 20.5 24 14
Average 35.9 41.5 36.6 29.6

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 47.4 75 42 43
February 77.6 92 64 77
March 61.1 56 75 48
April 66.6 58 79
May 78.9 81 73
June 82.7 80 86
July 93.4 100 75
August 55.8 68 33
September 56.9 57 57
October 57.7 70 39
November 47.8 46 50
December 51.2 68 21
Average 66.6 73.8 68.4 57.5

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 2.5 4 3 1
February 4.6 7 3 3
March 7.1 8 6 9
April 6.1 6 7
May 12.2 12 12
June 19.3 21 17
July 19.6 20 18
August 16.8 17 18
September 13.7 17 12
October 11.0 10 12
November 4.4 4 4
December 0.5 3 -2
Average 8.2 5.7 10.2 8.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 1.5 3 1 0
February 3.7 6 3 2
March 4.3 4 5 4
April 4.4 4 5
May 10.5 10 11
June 18.0 20 15
July 17.7 18 17
August 14.4 15 14
September 11.2 15 9
October 8.9 8 11
November 3.4 3 4
December -1.7 2 -2
Average 6.6 4.2 8.6 6.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 48.4 44 51 48
February 61.1 71 41 67
March 34.4 36 58 3
April 54.5 53 57
May 35.0 41 20
June 37.9 20 57
July 30.4 29 33
August 46.5 50 40
September 38.4 43 36
October 28.8 44 6
November 69.5 88 50
December 69.2 84 43
Average 46.7 50.7 48.9 40.3

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 12.5 18 11 12
February 15.0 13 13 18
March 11.2 9 16 7
April 12.6 12 14
May 5.3 5 6
June 8.0 7 9
July 8.1 9 7
August 8.6 11 5
September 6.3 5 7
October 5.6 7 3
November 7.7 10 5
December 8.4 11 4
Average 10.4 12.8 9.7 8.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 273° 274° 276°
February 273° 270° 269°
March 293° 276° 065°
April 304° 273°
May 025° 281°
June 324° 305°
July 295° 297°
August 309° 289°
September 293° 267°
October 264° 225°
November 281° 294°
December 267° 032°

Prevailing wind direction

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