Diepholz Air Base

ETND · Lower Saxony, Germany

Climate Diepholz Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bremen Airport (EDDW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.0 52 41 32 41 38
February 55.7 43 52 60 58 63
March 67.5 66 76 59 81
April 82.0 80 82 78 93
May 84.7 79 91 76 94
June 85.0 90 90 83 84
July 84.4 88 88 84 82
August 88.3 83 93 80 91
September 81.1 92 83 76 81
October 73.0 63 79 81 72
November 50.6 46 58 48 57
December 39.7 33 32 33 35
Average 70.4 47.5 72.2 77.6 70.0 76.8

34th 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 73.6 81 87 70 72 73
February 84.0 81 74 92 76 95
March 89.2 86 90 93 93
April 94.8 94 97 94 99
May 95.8 94 97 97 99
June 95.1 97 99 92 93
July 95.2 95 98 96 94
August 96.2 95 99 93 97
September 92.3 96 94 93 93
October 89.8 86 92 94 92
November 76.9 82 79 79 80
December 68.4 61 72 55 67
Average 88.6 80.8 89.4 92.5 88.5 91.4

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 2021 2020
January 5.4 5 7 7 4 8
February 7.2 10 8 9 6 9
March 9.9 9 11 10 10
April 13.8 13 13 11 16
May 18.2 18 19 15 17
June 23.3 25 23 24 23
July 23.3 22 24 24 21
August 24.0 22 27 21 26
September 19.8 23 19 20 20
October 15.2 15 17 15 14
November 9.1 9 10 9 11
December 6.1 7 2 6 7
Average 13.7 7.3 14.8 15.4 13.6 15.1

29th 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 1.0 1 3 3 0 3
February 1.1 5 1 3 -1 3
March 1.8 3 1 2 2
April 3.8 4 3 2 4
May 7.5 8 8 6 6
June 12.3 13 11 13 13
July 12.9 13 13 14 11
August 13.4 13 14 13 15
September 9.9 12 9 11 9
October 8.1 9 9 7 8
November 3.7 3 4 5 5
December 2.0 4 -3 1 3
Average 6.0 2.6 7.1 6.4 6.0 6.7

22nd 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 27.1 23 24 34 28 23
February 22.0 27 17 38 19 28
March 18.4 30 6 17 17
April 12.3 18 17 17 2
May 10.7 8 11 19 7
June 9.2 5 9 8 12
July 13.8 28 11 8 18
August 12.1 20 5 20 10
September 12.5 5 22 5 8
October 20.6 30 11 21 18
November 17.1 31 13 13 11
December 28.6 41 13 32 26
Average 16.8 24.8 19.7 14.3 16.1 13.7

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 10.0 11 11 11 9 10
February 10.5 11 9 14 9 14
March 10.2 10 8 10 11
April 9.6 9 10 10 9
May 8.5 8 8 9 9
June 7.9 8 8 7 8
July 8.2 9 8 8 8
August 7.7 8 7 9 8
September 7.6 7 8 7 7
October 9.2 9 8 9 10
November 8.6 10 9 8 9
December 9.0 11 6 8 8
Average 9.0 10.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.9

29th 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 243° 233° 263° 237° 226°
February 235° 270° 242° 121° 234°
March 244° 099° 257° 221°
April 085° 341° 311° 348°
May 012° 268° 251° 308°
June 355° 284° 308° 220°
July 236° 291° 262° 260°
August 255° 352° 270° 210°
September 189° 235° 242° 222°
October 226° 213° 206° 201°
November 223° 176° 234° 204°
December 240° 142° 211° 169°

Prevailing wind direction

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