Statistics Hohenfels Army Airfield 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hohenfels Army Airfield (ETIH) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	33.3	31	26	31	43	41
February	59.0	30	64	59	60	77
March	74.9	64	88	79	83	75
April	79.6	57	66	82	94	91
May	76.0	80	31	85	92	82
June	87.4	90	85	88	75	95
July	91.3	93	92	82	94	93
August	86.8	76	90	83	89	90
September	81.5		71	86	86	86
October	63.3		60	62	58	65
November	36.0		33	25	46	39
December	38.9		41	28	37	56
Average	70.1	68.8	64.1	70.4	75.6	78.0

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: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	72.1	82	69	69	61	77
February	84.2	65	92	72	95	87
March	92.0	87	94	97	97	98
April	93.4	88	86	97	98	97
May	85.3	92	32	99	98	98
June	95.4	99	91	96	91	98
July	97.3	99	97	93	98	98
August	96.2	95	96	97	94	96
September	92.9		91	95	97	96
October	81.0		78	77	81	77
November	60.3		59	58	54	60
December	65.1		64	56	57	78
Average	86.5	90.1	79.4	86.8	88.0	90.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.9	5	3	2	4	2
February	5.3	6	7	5	8	8
March	9.3	10	11	8	10	11
April	14.5	12	12	11	18	16
May	18.2	19	20	15	18	16
June	24.2	25	25	25	21	27
July	24.9	26	26	23	25	26
August	24.3	24	26	21	25	25
September	19.1		17	20	21	19
October	14.0		16	11	13	14
November	6.7		8	5	7	7
December	3.4		0	4	3	5
Average	13.9	16.1	14.8	12.6	14.2	14.6

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-2.0	-1	-2	-4	-3	-4
February	-3.6	0	-1	-4	1	-4
March	-1.1	0	-4	-2	-1	1
April	1.9	3	1	-1	1	2
May	6.0	7	7	4	5	5
June	11.5	10	11	12	11	12
July	12.1	12	12	12	11	13
August	12.6	13	12	11	13	13
September	7.6		7	8	8	8
October	4.5		6	2	5	5
November	0.8		1	1	0	2
December	-2.9		-5	-1	-1	-1
Average	4.5	5.8	4.0	3.2	4.1	4.3

3rd lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	21.1	28	27	24	3	19
February	16.9	39	17	12	17	10
March	15.3	32	3	10	12	16
April	12.2	27	19	11	4	4
May	10.9	15	8	20	6	9
June	7.4	10	11	3	14	2
July	6.6	10	7	8	5	5
August	12.1	29	8	8	10	7
September	13.5		39	3	8	8
October	8.2		8	4	14	6
November	13.2		23	14	5	9
December	18.7		34	19	10	13
Average	12.5	22.5	15.9	10.7	8.8	8.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	4.3	4	5	3	3	5
February	4.8	6	7	2	6	3
March	4.8	6	4	3	6	6
April	4.4	5	5	4	4	5
May	4.1	4	4	5	4	4
June	3.5	4	3	3	4	4
July	3.8	5	4	3	4	4
August	3.5	4	3	4	3	3
September	3.0		4	2	3	4
October	3.4		2	3	4	3
November	2.6		3	3	2	2
December	3.3		3	3	3	3
Average	3.8	4.6	3.8	3.3	3.7	3.8

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	253°	260°	240°	205°	258°
February	260°	250°	078°	245°	245°
March	248°	069°	257°	064°	244°
April	286°	325°	290°	023°	060°
May	039°	259°	250°	300°	306°
June	342°	257°	288°	272°	171°
July	250°	278°	268°	266°	276°
August	247°	044°	268°	242°	227°
September		251°	256°	296°	266°
October		194°	246°	229°	196°
November		220°	218°	140°	158°
December		136°	238°	148°	229°

Prevailing wind direction

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