Geilenkirchen Air Base

ETNG · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Climate Geilenkirchen Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Geilenkirchen Air Base (ETNG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.0 57 33 38 42 47
February 66.2 49 59 60 78 72
March 75.7 65 88 77 76
April 86.2 83 79 82 99
May 83.9 75 91 84 98
June 87.2 90 93 79 87
July 86.3 78 89 81 82
August 85.9 76 90 74 97
September 86.3 89 89 85 87
October 79.7 80 88 78 80
November 64.5 52 80 46 84
December 53.1 36 55 58 65
Average 75.0 51.7 70.2 81.5 74.5 83.1

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 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 78.3 81 73 69 70 83
February 87.9 78 88 89 90 92
March 89.8 83 96 88 94
April 95.9 94 95 95 100
May 94.5 92 96 98 100
June 95.7 95 97 93 97
July 95.8 92 99 90 96
August 94.5 92 97 89 98
September 95.4 96 94 98 97
October 95.1 93 94 95 98
November 84.8 80 90 73 96
December 78.9 74 66 83 87
Average 90.4 79.3 88.4 92.6 89.8 95.5

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 5.9 6 6 6 5 9
February 8.7 11 9 10 9 9
March 11.4 11 13 11 10
April 14.5 13 13 12 18
May 19.0 18 21 16 19
June 24.0 26 23 24 23
July 24.3 22 26 22 23
August 24.1 22 27 20 26
September 20.6 24 19 21 21
October 16.0 17 17 15 14
November 10.0 10 11 9 13
December 7.1 8 4 7 8
Average 14.7 8.4 15.5 16.2 14.6 16.2

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.5 1 3 1 2 4
February 2.7 6 2 4 3 4
March 3.4 5 2 4 4
April 4.7 4 5 2 6
May 9.2 10 11 9 7
June 13.8 15 12 14 13
July 14.2 15 14 15 13
August 14.7 14 16 14 16
September 11.6 14 10 12 11
October 9.7 11 11 8 9
November 5.0 6 8 2 7
December 3.0 4 -1 3 4
Average 7.4 3.6 8.5 7.8 7.4 8.3

44th 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 30.4 28 36 24 39 27
February 25.4 24 14 39 26 34
March 25.2 40 6 21 24
April 16.0 22 20 18 5
May 17.3 15 14 36 1
June 11.3 6 12 14 15
July 13.9 25 6 26 20
August 15.3 16 7 26 8
September 17.2 6 22 8 16
October 22.4 24 13 26 33
November 26.8 41 18 29 14
December 31.9 41 15 16 32
Average 20.3 25.3 22.5 15.3 23.3 17.4

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 8.4 9 8 7 9 8
February 9.4 9 8 12 7 12
March 8.8 8 7 8 10
April 7.9 9 8 7 8
May 6.8 6 7 9 6
June 6.5 6 6 5 7
July 6.7 8 6 6 7
August 6.3 7 6 6 7
September 6.4 6 6 5 6
October 7.5 8 6 8 8
November 6.7 9 6 5 6
December 7.3 9 5 6 6
Average 7.6 9.4 7.5 6.9 6.7 7.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 248° 242° 252° 248° 227°
February 232° 254° 242° 199° 241°
March 238° 073° 260° 238°
April 010° 338° 298° 069°
May 358° 260° 249° 019°
June 351° 281° 320° 246°
July 250° 295° 261° 263°
August 258° 352° 271° 225°
September 183° 245° 232° 236°
October 209° 209° 236° 219°
November 237° 216° 245° 222°
December 242° 237° 227° 198°

Prevailing wind direction

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