Schleswig Air Base

ETNS · Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Climate Schleswig Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Schleswig Air Base (ETNS) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 16.4 18 15 17
February 19.7 12 26 27
March 25.4 17 24 36
April 45.7 52 39
May 52.9 48 58
June 52.9 58 46
July 42.0 45 35
August 53.2 51 56
September 48.2 55 44
October 30.7 19 55
November 17.3 16 21
December 8.0 9 7
Average 28.6 15.0 33.9 36.8

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
January 43.7 50 42 38
February 41.8 34 46 51
March 52.1 49 53 55
April 79.6 82 77
May 72.5 67 79
June 73.1 71 76
July 75.3 86 50
August 67.5 67 68
September 72.4 79 69
October 55.3 44 77
November 65.3 59 79
December 34.6 27 45
Average 54.9 42.1 59.2 63.3

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
January 4.1 3 5 5
February 6.3 7 6 6
March 6.5 8 7 5
April 8.5 10 8
May 12.3 12 13
June 16.2 18 14
July 17.3 18 16
August 20.1 18 22
September 18.0 20 16
October 12.2 11 14
November 7.3 7 8
December 2.3 4 1
Average 9.2 5.6 11.4 10.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 2.5 0 4 4
February 4.2 5 3 5
March 3.5 5 3 3
April 5.6 5 6
May 9.1 8 10
June 11.5 12 11
July 13.1 14 13
August 15.3 14 16
September 12.0 14 10
October 9.7 9 11
November 5.4 4 7
December 0.3 2 -1
Average 6.2 3.1 7.7 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 40.6 41 46 31
February 47.4 59 22 53
March 29.6 32 42 7
April 38.9 39 39
May 11.7 15 8
June 11.1 5 20
July 36.2 35 40
August 7.7 12 3
September 20.6 9 28
October 41.5 56 14
November 37.3 39 33
December 40.0 46 32
Average 34.3 46.8 30.5 25.7

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
January 13.7 14 15 12
February 14.8 13 15 17
March 11.8 10 15 8
April 13.7 12 16
May 8.9 8 10
June 8.1 8 8
July 10.0 11 8
August 6.8 7 7
September 7.8 7 8
October 11.4 12 11
November 11.7 12 11
December 9.1 11 6
Average 11.3 12.3 11.4 10.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 230° 247° 236°
February 238° 254° 241°
March 170° 258° 096°
April 255° 248°
May 309° 245°
June 289° 250°
July 238° 264°
August 254° 033°
September 200° 237°
October 203° 225°
November 230° 167°
December 250° 108°

Prevailing wind direction

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