Climate Hinterstoisser Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hinterstoisser Air Base (LOXZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.1	88	67	3	5	0
February	24.6	89	93	1	1	1
March	24.7	92	91	0	3	4
April	15.0		92	4	0	1
May	20.1		86	42	2	1
June	28.5		94	95	2	3
July	29.0		92	97	3	3
August	27.9		84	94	2	2
September	29.2		87	90	0	7
October	26.7		92	80	2	3
November	25.5		81	72	6	1
December	18.5		70	56	2	8
Average	30.8	89.8	86.7	56.0	2.2	2.7

9th best VFR conditions of Austria

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	2021	2020
January	27.5	92	81	5	10	1
February	27.2	92	93	3	3	4
March	28.0	96	95	3	7	5
April	18.0		98	7	2	1
May	24.5		97	50	5	3
June	30.5		99	100	3	5
July	30.7		97	100	3	4
August	32.1		97	97	4	4
September	34.0		91	96	3	14
October	30.8		95	85	7	7
November	33.5		92	80	12	7
December	25.4		77	68	8	20
Average	34.7	93.6	93.5	60.5	5.0	5.7

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	2021	2020
January	2.3	4	4	4	0	5
February	6.7	11	5	7	8	8
March	10.7	12	11	11	10	9
April	14.2		12	13	12	17
May	18.0		18	20	16	18
June	24.4		24	25	26	21
July	25.5		25	26	26	24
August	24.5		24	25	22	25
September	19.8		23	18	21	20
October	15.7		18	17	14	13
November	7.5		8	8	7	6
December	2.1		2	1	1	1
Average	13.6	8.6	14.5	15.0	13.5	13.9

9th highest temperature of Austria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-8.9	-6	-4	-6	-9	-7
February	-5.7	-1	-6	-4	-5	-3
March	-3.9	1	-1	-5	-4	-3
April	1.4		1	1	-1	0
May	6.8		8	8	4	6
June	11.4		11	12	12	11
July	12.4		14	12	13	12
August	12.5		13	13	11	13
September	8.0		9	7	7	8
October	3.6		5	5	1	3
November	-1.2		-1	-1	-2	-2
December	-6.3		-6	-5	-8	-4
Average	2.4	-3.9	3.4	3.4	1.6	2.9

2nd lowest temperature of Austria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.3	9	24	9	15	2
February	9.9	8	6	10	8	12
March	9.0	9	10	4	10	14
April	10.6		13	15	11	5
May	17.5		20	16	24	9
June	6.7		10	6	4	13
July	7.0		9	9	4	8
August	9.8		17	13	10	12
September	10.7		5	16	4	10
October	9.0		9	4	7	13
November	12.0		11	11	14	5
December	14.2		16	24	12	16
Average	10.4	8.6	12.4	10.9	9.9	9.8

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	2021	2020
January	3.4	3	3	5	3	2
February	4.3	4	5	5	4	6
March	4.7	5	5	4	4	5
April	5.1		5	5	6	4
May	4.6		4	4	5	6
June	4.4		4	4	5	4
July	4.1		4	4	5	4
August	3.5		4	4	4	4
September	3.4		3	4	4	3
October	3.4		4	2	3	4
November	2.8		4	2	2	2
December	2.6		2	2	2	2
Average	4.0	4.2	3.9	3.9	4.1	3.8

9th highest wind speed of Austria

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	271°	280°	280°	277°	281°
February	257°	290°	298°	013°	277°
March	221°	260°	110°	040°	057°
April		063°	115°	292°	114°
May		098°	145°	233°	033°
June		094°	109°	124°	339°
July		189°	077°	168°	106°
August		181°	089°	097°	105°
September		133°	254°	099°	093°
October		244°	165°	202°	244°
November		269°	270°	198°	057°
December		249°	097°	309°	319°

Prevailing wind direction

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