Wittmundhafen Air Base

ETNT · Lower Saxony, Germany

Climate Wittmundhafen Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wittmundhafen Air Base (ETNT) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 18.3 17 21 18
February 18.3 5 33 25
March 26.5 6 36 29
April 7.1 20 0
May 9.0 7 13
June 31.2 18 60
July 22.9 22 25
August 33.3 37 27
September 14.2 20 0
October 20.0 11 50
November 27.5 26 29
December 16.2 17 14
Average 19.3 11.3 23.0 23.5

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 53.2 46 79 46
February 61.2 48 83 63
March 59.0 65 58 57
April 35.7 40 33
May 45.4 43 50
June 68.7 55 100
July 70.8 69 75
August 66.6 79 46
September 71.4 80 50
October 52.0 53 50
November 70.0 65 77
December 54.0 47 86
Average 57.1 50.6 63.2 57.4

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
January 5.9 5 7 6
February 7.8 9 7 7
March 7.0 9 7 6
April 8.1 8 8
May 12.1 11 14
June 15.7 17 13
July 16.4 17 15
August 17.8 16 20
September 13.7 18 8
October 12.5 13 12
November 8.0 8 8
December 3.9 5 1
Average 8.6 7.0 10.4 8.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 4.5 4 6 4
February 7.1 8 7 7
March 5.2 8 6 3
April 7.1 8 6
May 11.4 10 14
June 15.4 17 13
July 14.9 15 14
August 16.6 15 19
September 13.4 17 8
October 11.4 12 10
November 7.1 7 8
December 3.1 4 0
Average 7.6 6.1 9.5 7.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 44.0 56 42 34
February 48.9 43 25 75
March 37.3 29 45 34
April 71.4 80 67
May 13.6 21 0
June 25.0 9 60
July 58.3 67 33
August 33.3 37 27
September 35.7 30 50
October 56.0 58 50
November 47.5 61 29
December 45.9 50 29
Average 43.9 46.8 46.5 38.5

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 11.6 10 14 12
February 12.7 11 14 14
March 9.6 7 11 10
April 12.6 11 14
May 7.5 8 8
June 6.8 6 8
July 9.0 9 8
August 7.9 9 6
September 7.1 8 6
October 9.3 10 8
November 10.3 11 9
December 10.5 12 5
Average 10.0 9.8 10.5 9.9

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 249° 264° 252°
February 226° 270° 241°
March 173° 265° 135°
April 243° 229°
May 357° 244°
June 315° 203°
July 234° 317°
August 233° 332°
September 237° 019°
October 176° 208°
November 247° 164°
December 252° 056°

Prevailing wind direction

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