Hohenfels Army Airfield

ETIH · Bavaria, Germany

Climate Hohenfels Army Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hohenfels Army Airfield (ETIH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.3 51 31 26 31 43
February 57.2 49 30 64 59 60
March 74.9 64 88 79 83
April 79.6 57 66 82 94
May 76.0 80 31 85 92
June 87.4 90 85 88 75
July 91.3 93 92 82 94
August 86.8 76 90 83 89
September 81.6 82 71 86 86
October 67.2 86 60 62 58
November 39.5 57 33 25 46
December 38.7 38 41 28 37
Average 67.6 49.9 68.4 64.1 70.4 75.6

50th best VFR conditions of Germany

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 73.1 78 82 69 69 61
February 85.8 94 65 92 72 95
March 92.0 87 94 97 97
April 93.4 88 86 97 98
May 85.3 92 32 99 98
June 95.4 99 91 96 91
July 97.3 99 97 93 98
August 96.2 95 96 97 94
September 92.9 93 91 95 97
October 83.4 95 78 77 81
November 64.9 89 59 58 54
December 66.9 75 64 56 57
Average 86.3 85.5 89.6 79.4 86.8 88.0

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 3.1 4 5 3 2 4
February 5.9 10 6 7 5 8
March 9.3 10 11 8 10
April 14.5 12 12 11 18
May 18.2 19 20 15 18
June 24.2 25 25 25 21
July 24.9 26 26 23 25
August 24.3 24 26 21 25
September 19.7 23 17 20 21
October 14.3 16 16 11 13
November 6.9 8 8 5 7
December 3.7 5 0 4 3
Average 12.9 6.8 15.0 14.8 12.6 14.2

40th highest temperature of Germany

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 -3.8 -3 -1 -2 -4 -3
February -2.4 3 0 -1 -4 1
March -1.1 0 -4 -2 -1
April 1.9 3 1 -1 1
May 6.0 7 7 4 5
June 11.5 10 11 12 11
July 12.1 12 12 12 11
August 12.6 13 12 11 13
September 7.8 9 7 8 8
October 4.5 5 6 2 5
November 0.9 2 1 1 0
December -1.0 0 -5 -1 -1
Average 3.8 -1.7 5.1 4.0 3.2 4.1

3rd lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.0 38 28 27 24 3
February 17.8 22 39 17 12 17
March 15.3 32 3 10 12
April 12.2 27 19 11 4
May 10.9 15 8 20 6
June 7.4 10 11 3 14
July 6.6 10 7 8 5
August 12.1 29 8 8 10
September 12.6 7 39 3 8
October 9.0 13 8 4 14
November 15.3 26 23 14 5
December 21.5 34 34 19 10
Average 14.6 30.1 21.5 15.9 10.7 8.8

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 4.4 5 4 5 3 3
February 4.8 5 6 7 2 6
March 4.8 6 4 3 6
April 4.4 5 5 4 4
May 4.1 4 4 5 4
June 3.5 4 3 3 4
July 3.8 5 4 3 4
August 3.5 4 3 4 3
September 3.0 3 4 2 3
October 3.4 4 2 3 4
November 2.9 5 3 3 2
December 3.4 4 3 3 3
Average 3.9 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.3 3.7

40th highest wind speed of Germany

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 252° 253° 260° 240° 205°
February 243° 260° 250° 078° 245°
March 248° 069° 257° 064°
April 286° 325° 290° 023°
May 039° 259° 250° 300°
June 342° 257° 288° 272°
July 250° 278° 268° 266°
August 247° 044° 268° 242°
September 191° 251° 256° 296°
October 238° 194° 246° 229°
November 244° 220° 218° 140°
December 234° 136° 238° 148°

Prevailing wind direction

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