Climate Kulusuk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kulusuk Airport (BGKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.0	46	70	58	73	69
February	55.6	52	46	52	49	70
March	67.1	71	86	62	61	65
April	63.8	83	66	59	70	68
May	62.8		75	70	56	66
June	64.4		46	78	82	61
July	70.7		50	77	69	76
August	74.2		83	70	69	74
September	71.3		78	64	77	64
October	71.3		69	56	87	67
November	69.6		80	59	63	70
December	80.3		92	92	75	86
Average	67.5	69.0	67.1	67.6	69.4	68.6

5th best VFR conditions of Greenland

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	75.7	77	77	70	84	76
February	70.1	73	65	55	64	78
March	81.3	88	94	75	74	79
April	84.2	92	88	81	81	84
May	86.3		91	91	80	87
June	82.0		65	93	93	91
July	83.4		53	87	86	90
August	87.7		93	89	90	90
September	93.2		97	83	96	90
October	91.8		85	90	96	90
November	85.9		93	89	81	80
December	91.8		100	95	91	91
Average	84.6	85.1	81.0	85.0	85.3	86.6

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	2021	2020
January	-5.7	-4	-7	-4	-4	-4
February	-4.9	-5	-4	-4	-1	-4
March	-4.6	-3	-5	-1	-3	-5
April	0.8	-1	2	3	0	1
May	3.0		4	3	2	3
June	6.7		6	7	8	7
July	9.5		10	9	10	10
August	9.4		11	8	11	9
September	6.1		6	8	6	4
October	2.7		3	3	3	3
November	0.0		1	3	-1	-2
December	-3.1		-6	-3	-1	-2
Average	1.5	-4.9	1.6	2.8	2.4	1.7

2nd highest temperature of Greenland

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	-9.2	-8	-12	-9	-9	-8
February	-8.4	-10	-9	-9	-6	-8
March	-9.5	-7	-11	-7	-8	-9
April	-4.2	-6	-2	-4	-5	-3
May	-2.7		-1	-2	-3	-1
June	1.6		1	1	2	3
July	4.0		4	3	5	4
August	4.3		5	3	6	4
September	2.2		2	3	2	1
October	-1.3		-1	0	-1	0
November	-4.7		-3	0	-4	-6
December	-7.2		-10	-6	-6	-7
Average	-3.0	-8.2	-3.0	-3.9	-3.8	-3.5

5th lowest temperature of Greenland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	42.7	59	28	44	27	56
February	44.0	43	46	50	50	36
March	32.4	28	12	38	35	30
April	33.6	12	30	32	15	35
May	24.7		18	25	26	18
June	20.0		22	19	14	40
July	13.1		8	6	24	6
August	16.0		10	23	27	20
September	27.1		17	23	24	28
October	29.1		33	42	9	36
November	30.4		27	38	31	30
December	18.2		5	4	25	14
Average	25.8	28.8	19.6	25.8	23.8	26.6

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	12.4	11	8	16	11	16
February	14.2	14	14	19	13	13
March	10.6	12	7	13	14	9
April	11.6	8	12	10	8	13
May	9.5		8	8	11	9
June	7.8		9	7	7	11
July	7.4		6	7	9	7
August	7.3		5	9	8	8
September	8.6		8	7	8	8
October	9.7		14	9	7	10
November	11.2		12	13	8	9
December	8.3		7	5	11	6
Average	9.5	10.7	8.7	9.4	9.1	9.6

2nd highest wind speed of Greenland

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	086°	091°	064°	078°	058°
February	081°	086°	069°	078°	077°
March	074°	083°	080°	081°	073°
April	080°	077°	088°	093°	075°
May		077°	084°	073°	090°
June		090°	126°	189°	078°
July		275°	281°	123°	251°
August		311°	074°	078°	111°
September		080°	090°	046°	083°
October		066°	081°	077°	076°
November		068°	073°	064°	057°
December		058°	141°	074°	055°

Prevailing wind direction

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