Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport

BIFF · East, Iceland

Climate Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Egilsstaðir Airport (BIEG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.2 83 63 89 67 76
February 73.5 69 84 67 74 67
March 69.3 47 50 80 78 76
April 80.7 82 83 86 81
May 78.8 89 74 68 89
June 77.9 90 77 89 76
July 71.3 51 77 84 80
August 74.6 70 85 78 92
September 81.9 76 80 93 82
October 79.9 70 82 71 74
November 71.1 66 56 79 80
December 68.4 65 59 72 61
Average 74.4 61.0 73.1 77.6 79.9 80.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Iceland

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 89.4 94 89 94 86 86
February 87.2 92 94 82 84 82
March 86.7 72 76 94 87 92
April 93.2 96 95 97 91
May 93.4 97 90 92 96
June 92.6 99 89 95 90
July 88.0 88 92 92 96
August 90.7 92 93 88 97
September 95.3 94 91 99 96
October 92.4 92 93 85 91
November 87.1 87 77 92 97
December 86.6 86 83 91 89
Average 90.0 82.7 91.8 90.5 91.5 93.0

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 2.0 1 2 3 0 2
February 2.5 0 4 0 2 1
March 2.8 3 -1 6 5 2
April 6.2 7 7 6 6
May 9.6 12 9 6 9
June 13.6 17 13 13 14
July 14.3 11 14 18 13
August 14.0 14 14 17 16
September 11.6 11 13 13 10
October 6.5 6 6 6 7
November 3.5 3 6 3 5
December 1.2 -1 -2 1 1
Average 6.6 1.1 7.0 7.7 7.5 7.0

5th highest temperature of Iceland

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 -5.3 -6 -5 -4 -5 -4
February -5.5 -7 -3 -9 -4 -6
March -4.7 -2 -7 -2 -2 -5
April -1.3 0 -1 -2 -2
May 2.2 4 2 0 1
June 5.5 8 6 5 6
July 7.2 6 7 8 6
August 6.6 6 6 8 7
September 4.5 4 5 5 3
October 0.8 0 0 0 1
November -2.1 -2 2 -3 -1
December -5.3 -8 -7 -6 -3
Average 0.0 -5.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2

2nd lowest temperature of Iceland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.3 17 34 14 29 21
February 28.4 23 19 44 23 30
March 30.5 47 59 26 17 23
April 14.7 21 16 7 14
May 13.8 14 22 16 8
June 12.4 9 15 12 10
July 12.3 17 15 4 9
August 10.8 4 15 4 6
September 19.0 31 8 11 19
October 24.0 32 18 22 35
November 23.5 26 34 22 14
December 31.0 32 36 18 44
Average 19.3 33.4 21.3 19.0 12.5 15.2

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 9.9 9 10 12 9 12
February 9.3 8 9 10 7 10
March 10.1 10 11 10 10 12
April 10.1 9 9 11 10
May 10.2 11 9 11 11
June 9.1 9 9 10 9
July 8.5 9 8 8 8
August 8.3 7 9 8 9
September 9.3 10 9 10 10
October 8.2 9 8 8 7
November 8.3 9 8 8 9
December 9.0 8 6 7 12
Average 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.8 9.2 9.7

5th highest wind speed of Iceland

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 221° 222° 218° 346° 229°
February 202° 202° 130° 198° 061°
March 009° 012° 194° 240° 189°
April 209° 348° 261° 261°
May 211° 002° 032° 228°
June 207° 303° 259° 153°
July 002° 326° 312° 004°
August 003° 257° 298° 196°
September 355° 256° 201° 222°
October 009° 304° 355° 045°
November 013° 021° 271° 231°
December 164° 015° 171° 003°

Prevailing wind direction

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