Bückeburg Air Base

ETHB · Lower Saxony, Germany

Climate Bückeburg Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bückeburg Air Base (ETHB) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 15.4 15 16 15
February 13.6 18 7 16
March 14.1 12 14 22
April 40.4 57 32
May 35.8 24 87
June 42.6 46 38
July 34.6 30 42
August 28.8 24 36
September 32.9 30 35
October 10.4 11 0
November 22.4 22 23
December 4.7 5 3
Average 20.7 14.6 20.1 27.6

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 61.0 61 68 51
February 56.0 70 35 63
March 53.7 55 54 52
April 72.6 97 59
May 66.6 59 100
June 66.6 68 65
July 66.1 62 73
August 63.2 60 68
September 73.1 58 84
October 53.4 52 80
November 64.1 70 51
December 37.7 45 18
Average 60.3 61.0 58.7 61.2

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 5.1 4 7 5
February 7.0 8 5 8
March 8.0 10 7 7
April 10.3 11 10
May 15.6 14 18
June 19.8 21 19
July 20.1 20 20
August 20.9 19 22
September 16.6 20 14
October 13.5 13 14
November 7.4 8 7
December 4.6 7 1
Average 10.4 7.1 12.0 12.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.0 1 5 3
February 4.8 6 3 5
March 5.4 7 6 4
April 8.7 10 8
May 13.8 11 17
June 18.9 20 18
July 18.8 19 19
August 19.0 18 20
September 15.3 19 12
October 11.0 10 13
November 5.5 6 6
December 2.8 4 0
Average 8.3 4.6 10.1 10.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 57.7 54 61 57
February 60.0 58 49 73
March 53.3 49 66 22
April 39.2 30 44
May 37.0 42 13
June 21.3 32 9
July 51.5 56 44
August 40.7 56 21
September 28.0 6 43
October 56.9 61 0
November 52.5 59 38
December 70.0 70 71
Average 50.3 53.0 54.3 43.6

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 2024 2023 2022
January 13.1 13 14 12
February 13.6 11 13 16
March 8.9 9 10 5
April 10.9 11 11
May 8.0 8 9
June 6.8 7 6
July 9.2 9 9
August 8.2 10 5
September 7.7 6 9
October 6.5 7 3
November 9.7 11 6
December 8.8 9 7
Average 10.1 10.9 10.0 9.4

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 252° 250° 270°
February 249° 275° 259°
March 264° 269° 263°
April 214° 275°
May 321° 293°
June 351° 298°
July 243° 302°
August 252° 352°
September 250° 285°
October 281° 209°
November 251° 214°
December 260° 132°

Prevailing wind direction

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