Climate Paamiut Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Narsarsuaq Airport (BGBW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.6	87	88	71	85	82
February	84.0	88	67	77	88	94
March	89.2	92	98	89	85	92
April	87.7		92	91	79	89
May	85.7		76	86	89	86
June	80.4		75	86	82	72
July	80.1		91	85	72	63
August	77.9		83	73	86	72
September	84.2		84	72	86	83
October	85.6		81	82	96	81
November	79.9		73	76	69	71
December	88.0		88	94	92	81
Average	84.1	89.3	83.2	82.1	83.4	79.3

2nd 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	92.9	95	94	87	94	92
February	92.9	96	85	91	95	98
March	94.7	98	100	93	94	96
April	95.5		96	100	95	95
May	96.1		94	98	95	98
June	94.6		90	96	92	95
July	92.4		95	94	93	81
August	92.7		92	91	96	89
September	94.8		96	89	96	94
October	93.7		93	92	100	89
November	91.1		86	86	86	90
December	94.5		95	100	98	89
Average	94.2	96.6	93.3	93.5	94.4	92.0

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	2021	2020
January	-3.9	-1	-5	-2	2	-7
February	-4.0	-4	-4	-9	0	-5
March	0.4	1	5	-2	1	-2
April	6.0		8	8	7	5
May	9.8		9	10	10	11
June	13.5		13	15	13	12
July	15.2		18	16	15	15
August	13.7		16	12	15	14
September	9.3		8	12	9	8
October	4.4		5	3	5	5
November	1.4		3	3	0	-1
December	0.4		1	-4	2	1
Average	4.9	-1.0	6.4	5.4	6.5	4.7

1st 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	-9.3	-6	-13	-9	-3	-13
February	-11.3	-9	-13	-15	-6	-12
March	-7.7	-6	-2	-10	-5	-8
April	-1.1		0	1	0	-2
May	2.9		2	3	3	4
June	5.9		6	7	6	6
July	7.5		9	8	8	8
August	6.5		7	6	8	7
September	2.9		2	6	2	2
October	-2.9		-1	-2	-2	0
November	-5.6		-4	-3	-5	-8
December	-6.8		-4	-9	-4	-6
Average	-2.3	-8.8	-1.0	-2.8	0.1	-2.2

6th 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	20.7	14	21	36	14	18
February	24.2	19	44	32	14	13
March	14.7	5	3	15	21	19
April	10.8		3	5	9	15
May	12.7		23	8	9	11
June	16.0		14	17	13	30
July	13.4		6	7	23	11
August	16.2		6	26	17	13
September	17.6		10	24	14	26
October	12.5		13	18	4	21
November	20.9		33	11	33	31
December	16.5		18	8	13	26
Average	15.2	11.5	13.7	16.1	14.9	18.6

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	9.2	11	7	9	13	6
February	8.7	9	9	6	11	6
March	8.5	8	11	8	9	6
April	9.3		10	9	8	11
May	9.6		8	8	11	9
June	7.9		6	8	7	7
July	6.3		6	6	6	6
August	5.8		5	5	6	6
September	6.0		5	6	5	6
October	5.2		5	4	5	6
November	7.8		9	7	5	6
December	9.8		12	3	15	7
Average	7.8	8.6	7.3	6.7	7.8	7.1

1st 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	064°	069°	078°	064°	062°
February	070°	081°	058°	061°	065°
March	065°	062°	078°	067°	099°
April		060°	077°	196°	066°
May		208°	218°	069°	070°
June		228°	175°	219°	224°
July		261°	235°	043°	233°
August		236°	240°	060°	259°
September		230°	062°	223°	073°
October		061°	067°	063°	064°
November		074°	064°	069°	071°
December		064°	065°	063°	071°

Prevailing wind direction

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