Kärdla Airport

EEKA · Hiiumaa, Estonia

Climate Kärdla Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kärdla Airport (EEKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.1 46 34 36 24 43
February 47.4 33 42 43 53 58
March 60.9 39 57 82 57 56
April 80.2 87 81 79
May 87.8 94 84 79 89
June 88.4 98 90 93 93
July 86.1 82 92 93 83
August 85.0 69 90 76 93
September 77.4 64 94 77 71
October 56.5 63 56 68 52
November 36.4 41 18 50 45
December 37.4 34 41 62 21
Average 66.8 38.3 71.2 75.9 72.9 68.2

1st best VFR conditions of Estonia

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 62.4 79 60 61 59 61
February 68.5 54 59 69 78 78
March 76.8 64 72 92 74 77
April 88.8 92 90 88
May 93.2 97 91 87 100
June 93.9 99 95 95 95
July 96.1 97 97 97 98
August 94.0 88 97 89 99
September 89.7 78 97 86 89
October 79.7 86 76 82 76
November 67.5 72 59 82 77
December 66.1 70 56 83 54
Average 82.2 63.5 85.0 87.4 85.6 84.5

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 0.2 -3 1 1 -1 5
February 0.4 0 1 2 -2 3
March 3.1 4 2 5 3 5
April 7.5 8 6 7
May 13.5 14 12 13 11
June 19.1 19 20 22 17
July 20.1 20 21 24 19
August 20.7 20 23 18 21
September 15.6 18 14 14 17
October 10.0 8 11 11 11
November 5.3 3 5 5 8
December 1.0 -1 -2 -1 3
Average 8.7 0.2 9.3 10.2 9.4 11.0

1st highest temperature of Estonia

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 -2.2 -6 -1 -1 -2 3
February -2.0 -2 -1 -1 -6 1
March -1.5 1 -1 -1 -1 2
April 2.7 3 2 3
May 7.8 6 7 8 8
June 13.6 13 14 16 14
July 15.2 14 16 19 14
August 15.1 16 17 14 15
September 11.5 14 9 10 13
October 7.3 6 9 8 9
November 3.2 0 3 3 6
December -1.2 -3 -4 -4 1
Average 5.1 -3.7 5.4 6.1 5.8 7.7

6th lowest temperature of Estonia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.5 28 28 26 43 12
February 21.9 24 19 35 15 18
March 16.6 21 26 4 16 23
April 8.2 10 12 13
May 7.4 4 10 18 9
June 5.1 3 5 1 4
July 7.3 9 10 8 9
August 7.8 16 3 14 2
September 8.6 6 7 3 9
October 20.7 21 13 25 13
November 18.5 32 15 20 27
December 25.5 34 47 20 18
Average 13.7 22.8 13.9 11.3 13.7 11.7

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 10 9 12 9 9
February 8.7 8 9 9 9 10
March 8.6 7 9 7 9 9
April 8.4 8 8 10
May 7.8 7 8 8 10
June 7.7 7 7 6 6
July 7.4 7 7 8 7
August 7.1 7 8 7 6
September 7.8 7 7 9 8
October 8.9 11 8 9 8
November 7.5 7 7 8 8
December 8.5 7 7 9 9
Average 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.2 8.1

1st highest wind speed of Estonia

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 175° 181° 319° 088° 223°
February 141° 288° 217° 342° 233°
March 136° 228° 264° 277° 231°
April 013° 337° 315°
May 302° 278° 162° 312°
June 345° 237° 299° 025°
July 234° 280° 354° 232°
August 161° 110° 345° 308°
September 200° 015° 350° 215°
October 343° 247° 192° 140°
November 075° 125° 233° 209°
December 121° 113° 343° 145°

Prevailing wind direction

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