Mendig Airfield

ETHM · Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Climate Mendig Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (EDFH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.8 50 28 30 27 30
February 55.9 45 51 48 71 55
March 68.2 66 58 87 73 74
April 80.3 75 66 73 83 91
May 83.1 71 84 95 77 93
June 86.8 78 96 90 77 90
July 85.9 85 83 94 77 83
August 88.5 88 81 94 80 96
September 81.2 67 89 80 88 84
October 67.3 74 74 73 64
November 41.6 31 56 35 59
December 29.4 28 30 30 28
Average 72.0 71.9 68.9 76.7 69.6 75.3

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 53.4 67 50 46 45 59
February 71.3 62 68 69 76 77
March 83.7 81 87 91 88 85
April 90.6 91 83 85 90 95
May 90.3 81 91 98 92 98
June 93.0 89 99 95 84 95
July 92.6 92 93 99 84 93
August 93.2 92 90 97 88 99
September 89.2 81 93 88 95 92
October 78.5 83 83 85 75
November 61.8 64 70 51 70
December 49.9 48 40 43 44
Average 82.8 83.2 82.4 84.8 79.9 85.3

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 2.7 3 4 3 2 5
February 5.7 8 6 7 6 6
March 8.8 10 8 10 8 8
April 12.5 13 11 11 9 16
May 16.6 17 17 19 13 16
June 21.5 19 24 23 22 19
July 22.5 22 22 24 20 22
August 22.5 24 21 26 19 24
September 18.2 17 22 17 19 20
October 13.4 15 16 12 11
November 6.9 7 9 5 8
December 4.1 5 0 5 4
Average 13.2 14.7 13.3 14.0 11.6 13.4

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 -1.0 -2 1 -1 -1 1
February 0.3 4 1 1 0 2
March 1.9 4 2 2 1 2
April 4.1 5 3 4 1 6
May 7.9 10 8 9 5 6
June 12.2 11 13 12 14 11
July 13.3 14 13 13 13 12
August 13.6 15 13 15 12 15
September 10.1 11 12 9 11 11
October 7.2 8 9 6 7
November 2.5 3 4 2 3
December 0.5 2 -4 1 1
Average 6.2 7.7 6.6 6.4 5.2 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.4 16 21 16 20 10
February 14.3 20 9 25 9 26
March 12.3 8 18 5 9 15
April 7.8 13 9 9 10 4
May 7.4 12 3 3 10 6
June 3.4 3 0 4 3 5
July 5.4 7 6 1 10 5
August 5.2 3 12 1 6 4
September 6.1 8 2 9 3 3
October 11.2 13 8 6 14
November 12.4 22 5 11 4
December 17.9 20 4 11 17
Average 8.9 9.2 9.8 6.5 8.6 8.4

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 9.8 10 11 9 10 10
February 10.5 11 10 13 9 14
March 9.7 9 11 8 9 10
April 8.2 9 8 8 8 8
May 7.3 7 7 7 10 7
June 6.8 7 6 6 6 7
July 7.2 7 9 7 7 8
August 7.0 7 7 6 7 7
September 7.1 8 7 7 6 7
October 9.1 9 8 9 10
November 8.9 11 9 7 9
December 9.7 12 7 8 9
Average 8.2 8.1 8.6 7.8 8.0 8.4

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 247° 245° 259° 257° 223°
February 237° 263° 243° 155° 242°
March 208° 240° 115° 266° 240°
April 247° 259° 360° 333° 173°
May 242° 021° 260° 243° 353°
June 259° 028° 242° 232° 256°
July 242° 247° 306° 262° 271°
August 245° 252° 018° 266° 219°
September 224° 179° 242° 201° 236°
October 222° 197° 203° 223°
November 238° 205° 246° 185°
December 246° 124° 221° 194°

Prevailing wind direction

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