Kópasker Airport

BIKP · Northeast, Iceland

Climate Kópasker Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Þórshöfn Airport (BITN) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 64.6 49 56 79
February 54.2 42 52 65
March 47.8 27 29 67 65
April 51.6 44 47 62
May 57.4 62 54 57
June 73.3 55 75 96
July 44.1 27 28 71
August 63.9 54 55 81
September 67.3 54 59 86
October 37.9 34 42 39
November 47.0 46 33 60
December 66.1 52 79 72
Average 50.7 36.4 45.4 54.4 66.6

4th 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
January 88.4 88 69 100
February 75.7 65 75 85
March 81.3 71 76 88 89
April 78.2 72 72 88
May 82.6 93 60 95
June 97.3 100 90 100
July 71.0 54 79 80
August 83.0 85 69 93
September 82.9 86 69 93
October 69.3 82 52 69
November 66.4 88 37 77
December 85.9 76 100 88
Average 77.5 71.8 78.9 72.7 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
January -1.5 -1 0 0
February -1.4 -1 2 -2
March 0.4 1 -4 2 3
April 3.4 4 3 3
May 6.4 9 6 5
June 11.0 13 10 10
July 11.1 9 9 15
August 12.7 12 11 16
September 9.9 9 10 11
October 4.2 4 4 4
November 2.3 2 4 1
December -2.8 -2 -2 0
Average 3.9 -1.4 4.7 4.7 6.8

2nd 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
January -2.2 -2 -2 -1
February -3.8 -3 1 -4
March -1.1 0 -4 0 1
April 1.9 3 2 2
May 4.6 7 4 3
June 9.2 11 8 8
July 9.5 7 8 13
August 10.5 10 9 13
September 7.7 7 8 8
October 3.0 3 3 3
November 1.3 0 4 0
December -3.4 -4 -3 -1
Average 2.4 -2.3 3.2 3.2 4.9

11th 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
January 13.0 12 28 5
February 19.1 26 21 13
March 22.0 32 30 8 19
April 12.5 19 8 12
May 11.3 5 23 6
June 6.6 3 10 8
July 16.7 21 25 7
August 8.8 6 21 2
September 12.6 21 11 7
October 29.1 29 26 32
November 20.6 27 19 18
December 11.2 20 7 6
Average 18.1 25.9 19.0 15.6 12.0

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
January 17.4 15 19 18
February 15.2 13 17 16
March 13.9 13 15 14 14
April 11.2 12 9 13
May 11.3 11 12 12
June 10.1 8 9 13
July 9.7 10 12 8
August 8.4 7 12 7
September 10.5 12 10 10
October 13.2 13 15 13
November 12.7 10 13 14
December 11.0 12 7 12
Average 12.2 13.4 11.9 12.5 11.1

2nd 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
January 274° 009° 234°
February 299° 161° 073°
March 055° 041° 173° 229°
April 054° 044° 260°
May 200° 020° 060°
June 283° 356° 151°
July 325° 327° 015°
August 337° 304° 221°
September 077° 320° 205°
October 074° 336° 360°
November 049° 096° 299°
December 071° 042° 156°

Prevailing wind direction

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