Wunstorf Air Base

ETNW · Lower Saxony, Germany

Climate Wunstorf Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wunstorf Air Base (ETNW) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 12.4 16 12 10
February 12.0 15 4 22
March 24.4 23 24 28
April 38.5 40 37
May 56.1 37 78
June 58.0 60 55
July 40.9 41 40
August 48.2 46 52
September 53.0 48 56
October 26.0 20 41
November 13.0 17 7
December 12.0 14 8
Average 26.2 18.2 27.2 33.1

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 55.2 60 57 49
February 54.0 64 33 78
March 61.9 67 61 58
April 73.3 66 79
May 82.4 70 96
June 76.5 77 76
July 78.0 73 89
August 70.5 75 64
September 74.0 61 82
October 63.0 59 73
November 53.2 68 31
December 40.9 44 35
Average 63.5 63.4 60.5 66.6

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 5.6 6 6 5
February 7.7 9 6 8
March 7.5 9 7 6
April 9.7 10 10
May 16.2 14 18
June 20.2 21 20
July 20.4 21 20
August 21.3 20 24
September 17.2 21 15
October 14.0 13 15
November 8.0 8 8
December 3.9 6 0
Average 10.6 7.8 12.1 12.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.4 3 4 3
February 5.4 7 4 5
March 4.8 7 4 4
April 7.6 7 8
May 14.2 12 16
June 18.6 19 18
July 18.4 19 18
August 18.8 18 21
September 14.9 18 13
October 11.7 10 13
November 6.0 5 7
December 2.2 4 -2
Average 8.4 5.4 9.8 10.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 52.9 43 57 58
February 53.0 40 57 60
March 42.7 28 62 20
April 42.2 38 45
May 35.0 47 22
June 25.9 29 21
July 50.4 57 37
August 38.8 48 24
September 35.8 45 30
October 34.2 43 14
November 40.1 49 26
December 51.8 61 31
Average 41.6 37.1 51.3 36.4

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
January 11.7 12 11 12
February 12.9 11 13 16
March 8.8 8 10 7
April 10.6 9 12
May 7.6 7 8
June 7.4 8 7
July 9.1 9 9
August 8.8 10 7
September 6.4 7 6
October 8.6 9 9
November 9.3 10 9
December 10.0 11 7
Average 9.9 10.3 9.8 9.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 245° 254° 295°
February 249° 268° 271°
March 207° 259° 266°
April 334° 273°
May 320° 265°
June 331° 274°
July 248° 298°
August 264° 317°
September 289° 263°
October 237° 245°
November 234° 125°
December 250° 306°

Prevailing wind direction

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