Laupheim Air Base

ETHL · Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Climate Laupheim Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Laupheim Air Base (ETHL) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 21.4 32 11 25
February 29.1 44 15 41
March 30.2 18 52 22
April 26.2 19 35
May 54.4 43 65
June 73.0 88 61
July 59.7 53 81
August 68.6 67 71
September 44.5 52 41
October 23.3 27 16
November 18.8 17 21
December 9.2 8 10
Average 35.4 27.8 37.3 41.1

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 57.1 73 44 60
February 62.0 83 41 82
March 59.3 49 79 50
April 59.0 56 62
May 73.3 66 80
June 84.6 92 79
July 77.6 73 94
August 85.5 88 83
September 67.5 57 73
October 42.8 48 32
November 65.2 69 61
December 40.7 60 24
Average 64.2 63.2 64.0 65.5

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 2.1 2 3 1
February 4.1 6 2 5
March 6.3 7 8 5
April 8.5 9 8
May 17.3 16 19
June 21.9 24 20
July 22.2 21 23
August 23.0 22 24
September 15.7 17 15
October 11.5 11 12
November 5.4 5 6
December 0.6 3 -2
Average 9.1 4.7 11.4 11.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.3 0 2 -1
February 2.6 5 1 3
March 5.0 5 7 4
April 7.4 7 8
May 14.8 14 16
June 19.7 22 17
July 20.3 18 23
August 20.2 19 22
September 13.6 16 12
October 8.6 8 9
November 3.9 4 5
December -2.8 0 -3
Average 7.3 3.1 9.4 9.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 50.0 41 67 40
February 26.5 11 23 46
March 33.7 46 24 22
April 52.4 50 55
May 8.8 11 7
June 13.4 4 21
July 5.9 8 0
August 24.0 29 17
September 27.0 13 33
October 10.3 15 0
November 37.6 53 21
December 25.9 20 31
Average 29.3 36.7 26.1 25.2

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
January 8.0 9 8 8
February 9.1 8 8 12
March 8.0 6 12 6
April 8.1 7 9
May 5.5 5 6
June 6.2 8 5
July 7.1 7 6
August 6.1 7 4
September 5.1 4 6
October 3.7 4 2
November 7.0 9 5
December 3.6 5 3
Average 6.7 7.4 7.0 5.8

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 260° 300° 272°
February 248° 066° 255°
March 247° 261° 054°
April 266° 255°
May 028° 238°
June 308° 278°
July 254° 302°
August 260° 057°
September 250° 245°
October 222° 218°
November 260° 248°
December 244° 034°

Prevailing wind direction

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