Holzdorf Air Base

ETSH · Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Climate Holzdorf Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Holzdorf Air Base (ETSH) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 13.5 12 18 10
February 22.2 33 7 31
March 27.5 48 12 55
April 34.4 25 45
May 53.4 56 50
June 63.1 62 65
July 52.2 66 42
August 54.9 62 47
September 51.4 57 49
October 32.6 20 58
November 21.5 18 26
December 7.8 9 7
Average 31.6 29.8 28.0 36.9

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 46.8 48 42 51
February 62.2 70 48 74
March 57.7 63 52 73
April 62.2 50 76
May 81.3 84 78
June 84.2 84 84
July 76.1 79 74
August 76.4 89 62
September 70.0 70 70
October 48.9 37 73
November 52.6 55 50
December 35.2 46 22
Average 60.4 61.0 57.3 63.0

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 3.6 3 4 4
February 6.6 8 6 6
March 7.3 8 7 7
April 8.9 9 10
May 17.1 17 18
June 22.3 22 23
July 22.1 24 21
August 23.8 23 25
September 16.3 19 14
October 14.0 14 15
November 6.7 6 7
December 1.7 4 -1
Average 10.3 6.3 12.3 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 1.9 1 3 2
February 4.1 5 3 4
March 4.5 5 4 4
April 7.1 7 7
May 15.5 16 16
June 20.7 21 21
July 20.6 22 19
August 20.6 20 22
September 13.4 16 11
October 11.4 11 12
November 4.7 5 5
December 0.1 2 -2
Average 8.0 3.8 10.3 9.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 51.4 48 64 41
February 48.0 41 55 48
March 46.3 18 70 5
April 43.3 40 48
May 20.9 12 33
June 14.4 13 16
July 20.8 14 26
August 30.3 42 17
September 12.8 0 19
October 37.7 48 18
November 38.7 53 18
December 49.0 54 44
Average 37.4 37.0 45.9 29.4

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 8.4 9 8 8
February 10.5 10 9 13
March 6.8 6 8 5
April 7.3 6 9
May 7.5 8 8
June 6.6 7 7
July 7.5 9 6
August 6.0 6 7
September 4.9 4 6
October 5.6 6 6
November 6.3 7 5
December 6.1 8 4
Average 7.6 8.8 7.1 7.0

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 235° 267° 254°
February 255° 270° 253°
March 230° 261° 026°
April 015° 276°
May 344° 271°
June 303° 289°
July 252° 274°
August 253° 319°
September 177° 250°
October 241° 219°
November 249° 113°
December 245° 007°

Prevailing wind direction

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