Statistics Geilenkirchen Air Base 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Geilenkirchen Air Base (ETNG) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	46.8	33	38	42	47	51
February	70.0	59	60	78	72	86
March	75.7	65	88	77	76	76
April	86.2	83	79	82	99	87
May	83.9	75	91	84	98	76
June	87.2	90	93	79	87	90
July	86.3	78	89	81	82	93
August	85.9	76	90	74	97	96
September	86.3	89	89	85	87	88
October	79.7	80	88	78	80	82
November	67.1		80	46	84	70
December	57.2		55	58	65	68
Average	78.9	73.9	81.5	74.5	83.1	82.2

19th 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	77.9	73	69	70	83	77
February	90.0	88	89	90	92	94
March	89.8	83	96	88	94	93
April	95.9	94	95	95	100	96
May	94.5	92	96	98	100	92
June	95.7	95	97	93	97	96
July	95.8	92	99	90	96	99
August	94.5	92	97	89	98	100
September	95.4	96	94	98	97	98
October	95.1	93	94	95	98	97
November	85.8		90	73	96	93
December	80.0		66	83	87	86
Average	92.2	90.1	92.6	89.8	95.5	94.3

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	5.9	6	6	5	9	4
February	8.4	9	10	9	9	11
March	11.4	11	13	11	10	12
April	14.5	13	13	12	18	16
May	19.0	18	21	16	19	16
June	24.0	26	23	24	23	25
July	24.3	22	26	22	23	25
August	24.1	22	27	20	26	25
September	20.6	24	19	21	21	19
October	16.0	17	17	15	14	15
November	10.1		11	9	13	9
December	7.0		4	7	8	9
Average	15.8	16.7	16.2	14.6	16.2	15.5

14th 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	1.6	3	1	2	4	0
February	2.1	2	4	3	4	2
March	3.4	5	2	4	4	4
April	4.7	4	5	2	6	6
May	9.2	10	11	9	7	8
June	13.8	15	12	14	13	15
July	14.2	15	14	15	13	14
August	14.7	14	16	14	16	15
September	11.6	14	10	12	11	11
October	9.7	11	11	8	9	9
November	4.9		8	2	7	4
December	2.8		-1	3	4	4
Average	8.0	9.2	7.8	7.4	8.3	7.5

44th 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	30.7	36	24	39	27	36
February	25.7	14	39	26	34	8
March	25.2	40	6	21	24	33
April	16.0	22	20	18	5	11
May	17.3	15	14	36	1	25
June	11.3	6	12	14	15	10
July	13.9	25	6	26	20	4
August	15.3	16	7	26	8	14
September	17.2	6	22	8	16	24
October	22.4	24	13	26	33	27
November	23.9		18	29	14	37
December	29.6		15	16	32	36
Average	19.2	19.7	15.3	23.3	17.4	20.1

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	8.3	8	7	9	8	7
February	9.3	8	12	7	12	7
March	8.8	8	7	8	10	10
April	7.9	9	8	7	8	8
May	6.8	6	7	9	6	7
June	6.5	6	6	5	7	6
July	6.7	8	6	6	7	6
August	6.3	7	6	6	7	7
September	6.4	6	6	5	6	7
October	7.5	8	6	8	8	8
November	6.2		6	5	6	6
December	6.8		5	6	6	7
Average	7.3	7.3	6.9	6.7	7.3	6.9

14th 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	242°	252°	248°	227°	270°
February	254°	242°	199°	241°	229°
March	238°	073°	260°	238°	255°
April	010°	338°	298°	069°	096°
May	358°	260°	249°	019°	301°
June	351°	281°	320°	246°	200°
July	250°	295°	261°	263°	280°
August	258°	352°	271°	225°	248°
September	183°	245°	232°	236°	253°
October	209°	209°	236°	219°	210°
November		216°	245°	222°	206°
December		237°	227°	198°	212°

Prevailing wind direction

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