Fassberg Air Base

ETHS · Lower Saxony, Germany

Climate Fassberg Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fassberg Air Base (ETHS) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 8.5 8 11 6
February 20.8 23 18 22
March 22.5 22 19 29
April 50.9 68 41
May 48.9 37 68
June 79.5 82 77
July 39.0 38 43
August 45.9 35 70
September 48.5 62 41
October 27.4 21 39
November 20.3 17 26
December 10.3 7 18
Average 28.4 17.7 29.9 37.6

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 41.8 56 38 32
February 60.4 63 50 69
March 55.6 69 56 42
April 83.0 95 77
May 71.4 67 79
June 91.8 96 86
July 58.1 53 73
August 72.4 67 85
September 65.7 81 57
October 50.9 46 61
November 50.0 51 47
December 27.5 27 29
Average 60.1 62.7 56.1 61.4

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 3.5 3 4 4
February 6.3 7 5 7
March 7.0 9 6 6
April 10.9 9 13
May 16.1 15 18
June 22.0 23 21
July 20.1 19 21
August 21.3 18 25
September 16.1 20 13
October 12.0 12 13
November 7.0 7 8
December 2.6 4 0
Average 9.9 5.7 11.7 12.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 2.1 1 3 2
February 4.0 6 2 4
March 4.4 6 4 4
April 8.7 7 11
May 14.8 13 17
June 20.5 21 20
July 17.4 17 19
August 19.3 16 23
September 14.3 18 11
October 10.1 10 11
November 5.9 5 7
December 1.0 2 -1
Average 8.1 4.1 9.7 10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 51.1 64 46 44
February 48.6 42 44 59
March 35.2 25 56 8
April 33.9 21 41
May 20.4 27 11
June 6.1 4 9
July 40.9 50 17
August 34.4 47 7
September 24.2 19 27
October 25.4 36 6
November 37.0 51 11
December 44.8 49 35
Average 37.6 44.0 42.2 26.6

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 10.6 11 11 10
February 11.2 11 10 13
March 8.6 9 10 6
April 12.0 13 12
May 6.8 7 7
June 8.5 8 9
July 8.2 8 8
August 8.0 8 8
September 5.5 6 6
October 6.3 7 6
November 8.6 9 9
December 7.9 9 5
Average 9.2 10.3 8.7 8.5

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° 248° 279°
February 250° 261° 262°
March 226° 275° 090°
April 316° 255°
May 310° 254°
June 350° 266°
July 241° 294°
August 241° 243°
September 194° 256°
October 264° 237°
November 238° 197°
December 254° 072°

Prevailing wind direction

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