Climate Krókstaðarmelar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Akureyri Airport (BIAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.4	80	66	85	64	54
February	76.6	77	87	73	81	59
March	77.7	67	60	89	78	85
April	82.6		81	81	84	82
May	82.4		86	71	90	90
June	82.3		87	76	89	84
July	74.4		56	71	86	79
August	78.0		81	81	85	92
September	80.7		76	76	87	78
October	74.5		84	77	56	79
November	77.0		78	65	77	88
December	72.4		69	78	83	53
Average	78.0	72.6	76.4	76.6	82.5	81.2

3rd 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	87.8	90	92	93	80	82
February	89.6	90	95	86	93	82
March	90.8	89	83	93	91	92
April	94.9		92	94	93	93
May	95.3		96	88	100	98
June	95.4		93	92	98	98
July	93.8		91	91	92	96
August	95.0		94	100	97	98
September	96.5		98	88	99	97
October	95.9		96	91	98	99
November	94.4		96	96	94	98
December	88.4		85	92	91	84
Average	93.5	89.2	93.0	91.9	95.1	95.0

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	1.7	2	1	3	0	2
February	2.0	0	5	-1	1	2
March	2.1	2	-2	5	4	1
April	6.8		7	7	5	6
May	9.7		12	9	7	10
June	13.1		16	12	13	14
July	14.1		11	14	18	12
August	13.6		15	13	17	15
September	11.0		10	12	11	9
October	6.0		5	6	5	7
November	2.8		2	6	3	4
December	0.6		-2	-2	1	2
Average	6.3	1.0	6.5	7.3	7.1	6.9

7th 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	-6.8	-6	-5	-4	-7	-4
February	-5.3	-8	-1	-9	-5	-5
March	-4.0	-3	-8	-2	-2	-5
April	-1.6		0	0	-2	-1
May	2.7		4	2	0	2
June	6.3		8	6	6	7
July	8.0		7	8	10	6
August	6.7		6	6	10	7
September	4.3		4	4	4	4
October	0.1		-1	-1	0	1
November	-4.9		-4	1	-4	-2
December	-6.1		-10	-9	-6	-4
Average	-1.7	-6.2	-1.8	0.5	0.4	0.4

1st 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	33.2	23	34	27	36	56
February	27.6	28	16	32	26	43
March	26.8	34	45	19	24	21
April	16.4		13	13	15	18
May	14.5		15	22	9	8
June	13.2		9	16	13	10
July	12.6		11	14	7	17
August	13.0		5	17	7	9
September	21.9		23	9	22	27
October	27.0		22	30	33	27
November	22.1		18	23	33	14
December	36.3		34	25	27	63
Average	19.9	29.6	17.0	18.5	16.6	19.4

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	2021	2020
January	9.3	9	9	12	9	11
February	9.2	7	12	9	7	9
March	9.0	8	8	11	12	10
April	8.7		7	7	10	10
May	9.3		10	8	8	10
June	8.9		9	9	10	8
July	8.2		8	9	9	8
August	8.0		7	9	8	8
September	8.6		9	9	9	10
October	7.0		7	7	7	6
November	7.0		6	7	8	9
December	7.3		5	5	6	11
Average	8.5	8.0	8.4	8.6	8.9	8.9

7th 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	170°	197°	193°	322°	208°
February	183°	180°	169°	189°	288°
March	354°	032°	175°	199°	177°
April		070°	165°	188°	186°
May		199°	343°	055°	206°
June		206°	340°	196°	247°
July		344°	339°	181°	341°
August		348°	345°	332°	190°
September		211°	334°	186°	259°
October		087°	336°	333°	119°
November		232°	349°	190°	195°
December		196°	201°	161°	332°

Prevailing wind direction

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