Climate Ivalo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ivalo Airport (EFIV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.6	67	57	74	36	47
February	50.3	32	55	46	61	57
March	67.0	54	70	68	62	72
April	76.7		90	72	76	67
May	71.6		86	71	44	71
June			0	0	0	0
July	64.0		25	56	70	79
August	63.0		67	73	66	75
September	57.3		50	50	57	69
October	44.9		58	50	40	38
November	41.4		59	30	41	43
December	36.3		67	33	33	33
Average	60.9	48.4	66.0	62.0	58.6	65.6

24th best VFR conditions of Finland

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	76.9	83	80	89	63	75
February	79.5	87	86	75	76	76
March	89.3	88	88	86	93	91
April	92.1		99	88	94	87
May	87.7		96	87	67	88
June			0	0	0	0
July	86.6		53	93	95	88
August	87.1		85	95	88	89
September	85.6		83	82	93	89
October	75.6		88	85	73	66
November	64.4		73	56	65	82
December	68.1		67	67	33	67
Average	85.3	87.0	86.0	85.9	83.7	84.9

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	-8.4	-10	-4	-6	-10	-7
February	-7.2	-7	-4	-7	-9	-4
March	-3.6	-1	-5	0	-2	-1
April	3.2		5	3	4	1
May	8.9		12	10	6	8
June	15.5		16	17	19	17
July	18.9		16	19	19	19
August	16.2		18	18	15	16
September	10.5		13	9	9	12
October	2.3		1	4	3	4
November	-3.1		-7	-2	-5	1
December	-7.7		-9	-9	-8	-3
Average	3.0	-6.0	4.4	5.1	3.5	5.1

22nd highest temperature of Finland

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	-16.3	-18	-12	-15	-17	-15
February	-15.1	-12	-12	-14	-17	-13
March	-13.1	-10	-19	-8	-11	-11
April	-6.7		-5	-5	-5	-6
May	0.6		3	1	0	-1
June	6.7		7	8	9	7
July	10.1		9	11	10	10
August	8.0		9	10	7	8
September	3.6		5	3	3	4
October	-3.5		-5	-1	-2	1
November	-9.5		-15	-7	-11	-3
December	-14.8		-16	-15	-16	-11
Average	-5.2	-14.6	-5.9	-3.8	-5.8	-3.6

8th lowest temperature of Finland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	35.5	27	19	17	61	36
February	39.4	50	40	38	42	36
March	28.2	28	31	20	37	29
April	19.6		10	27	22	30
May	20.5		14	20	40	20
June			0	0	0	0
July	9.0		16	14	8	7
August	14.3		15	10	12	13
September	17.6		22	23	20	14
October	23.1		24	15	32	25
November	26.7		37	20	26	16
December	36.3		33	33	33	33
Average	22.8	35.1	20.4	19.8	26.5	21.4

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	6.3	8	8	8	6	5
February	7.0	9	8	8	6	8
March	7.6	7	5	9	9	10
April	7.4		8	7	8	9
May	7.4		8	8	8	7
June			0	0	0	0
July	6.4		7	6	7	7
August	6.3		5	8	6	6
September	7.0		7	6	8	7
October	6.3		6	8	8	5
November	6.3		5	6	6	9
December	6.9		1	1	8	12
Average	6.9	7.4	6.7	7.5	7.3	7.3

22nd highest wind speed of Finland

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	227°	220°	242°	061°	231°
February	210°	235°	228°	235°	226°
March	264°	271°	250°	246°	241°
April		237°	316°	267°	322°
May		256°	269°	026°	243°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		037°	341°	315°	071°
August		153°	231°	002°	263°
September		228°	355°	242°	225°
October		290°	230°	220°	220°
November		253°	219°	230°	218°
December		360°	135°	041°	208°

Prevailing wind direction

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