Statistics Wiesbaden Army Airfield 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wiesbaden Army Airfield (ETOU) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	44.8	35	43	52	51	47
February	70.4	46	66	75	73	84
March	78.0	66	86	90	85	77
April	85.8	69	81	91	98	88
May	89.6	81	95	89	96	83
June	94.4	97	93	91	95	96
July	92.2	84	99	83	97	94
August	92.2	78	98	92	95	96
September	87.1		79	92	87	89
October	70.1		62	74	70	67
November	50.7		44	33	52	64
December	38.0		28	36	33	59
Average	77.9	72.4	77.0	78.8	82.1	81.5

37th 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	86.6	90	85	86	81	89
February	90.9	72	99	87	95	96
March	95.6	92	96	100	99	98
April	97.0	93	97	100	100	98
May	97.7	94	98	99	98	98
June	98.9	100	100	99	98	99
July	98.0	93	100	98	100	98
August	97.8	92	100	98	98	100
September	95.7		93	98	94	95
October	90.1		83	86	96	91
November	75.4		64	77	67	80
December	78.5		73	81	75	88
Average	93.2	92.0	92.0	94.0	93.6	95.1

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	5.4	6	6	4	7	4
February	7.5	7	9	7	9	10
March	11.1	11	13	11	12	12
April	15.8	13	14	13	19	17
May	19.6	20	22	16	20	17
June	25.6	27	26	26	23	27
July	26.4	26	28	24	26	27
August	26.1	25	29	23	28	26
September	21.1		20	22	23	21
October	15.7		18	14	14	15
November	9.1		11	8	10	9
December	5.7		2	6	6	7
Average	15.9	17.0	17.0	14.5	16.3	15.9

8th 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	1.2	2	1	0	1	0
February	0.8	2	2	0	2	0
March	2.5	3	2	2	3	4
April	5.6	4	5	3	6	7
May	9.1	10	10	6	7	8
June	14.4	15	14	15	13	14
July	14.8	14	15	15	14	15
August	14.9	15	16	13	16	15
September	10.6		10	11	11	11
October	6.9		5	6	8	8
November	3.3		4	3	3	3
December	1.4		-2	2	2	2
Average	7.3	8.1	7.1	6.3	7.2	7.2

36th 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	17.0	22	11	25	8	19
February	11.7	11	15	15	14	6
March	12.8	23	6	9	12	13
April	11.7	22	19	9	3	9
May	8.0	9	7	12	6	11
June	4.3	1	7	4	8	3
July	5.6	13	2	5	3	6
August	6.4	16	4	4	3	7
September	6.6		13	3	4	8
October	8.7		9	6	11	14
November	9.0		9	11	3	10
December	15.2		24	9	11	12
Average	9.4	14.5	9.7	8.4	6.7	9.1

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	6.7	8	6	6	5	7
February	7.4	7	10	5	10	4
March	7.6	8	6	7	9	10
April	6.4	7	7	6	6	6
May	6.0	6	5	8	5	6
June	5.4	6	5	4	6	6
July	5.7	7	5	5	6	5
August	5.5	6	5	6	5	5
September	5.0		5	4	4	6
October	5.3		4	5	6	6
November	4.6		4	4	4	6
December	5.3		4	5	5	5
Average	5.9	6.8	5.7	5.5	6.0	5.9

8th 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	235°	268°	268°	223°	280°
February	286°	252°	069°	250°	239°
March	252°	071°	270°	020°	255°
April	351°	007°	342°	058°	058°
May	041°	290°	250°	014°	339°
June	035°	277°	335°	302°	173°
July	256°	328°	271°	278°	312°
August	251°	046°	275°	254°	247°
September		261°	083°	211°	269°
October		199°	214°	227°	207°
November		202°	237°	202°	165°
December		046°	231°	191°	229°

Prevailing wind direction

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