Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport

EFKK · Ostrobothnia, Finland

Climate Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (EFKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.5 54 44 52 38 51
February 55.3 44 56 53 59 55
March 65.1 46 68 72 74 69
April 79.2 81 78 76 77
May 83.6 89 88 74 91
June 90.6 87 86 92 92
July 83.9 73 87 94 79
August 80.0 75 87 65 85
September 68.6 61 73 75 69
October 55.2 65 49 43 59
November 34.6 33 26 42 49
December 34.3 44 37 48 21
Average 69.7 46.9 71.3 74.2 71.8 74.2

3rd 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 68.0 59 64 65 64 71
February 74.1 70 70 73 74 71
March 80.2 66 80 85 85 88
April 87.3 85 90 83 86
May 91.1 97 93 82 96
June 95.3 91 95 94 96
July 94.3 86 97 97 93
August 92.3 88 95 85 94
September 86.7 82 89 91 83
October 78.2 85 69 66 78
November 64.2 55 50 75 81
December 64.0 70 66 67 56
Average 83.7 65.7 83.6 86.6 84.0 87.3

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 -3.2 -8 -1 -2 -5 2
February -3.7 -3 0 -2 -5 1
March 1.0 2 -1 4 2 3
April 6.5 7 5 7 5
May 13.1 15 14 12 11
June 19.5 20 20 22 23
July 20.9 20 21 24 19
August 19.5 21 21 18 20
September 13.7 17 12 12 15
October 7.0 4 9 9 9
November 1.8 -2 1 1 5
December -2.3 -5 -4 -4 1
Average 6.7 -4.8 7.8 8.5 7.6 9.4

6th 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 -9.4 -15 -5 -9 -9 -3
February -10.0 -10 -6 -9 -15 -6
March -8.6 -5 -11 -6 -7 -4
April -4.4 -5 -4 -3 -3
May 1.4 3 2 1 -1
June 7.8 7 9 9 9
July 10.0 10 10 12 9
August 9.3 11 9 8 8
September 5.4 8 4 4 6
October 0.6 -4 2 3 3
November -3.3 -7 -2 -4 0
December -7.5 -10 -9 -12 -2
Average -2.6 -10.1 -1.2 0.0 -1.1 1.4

16th 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 32.9 32 24 37 48 32
February 29.0 25 23 39 41 23
March 20.3 15 23 14 24 11
April 14.0 14 14 15 17
May 10.1 10 10 15 7
June 6.5 5 8 5 3
July 9.1 20 10 3 14
August 10.5 13 11 18 6
September 12.5 14 8 8 13
October 19.0 20 14 27 23
November 21.2 30 13 16 19
December 37.5 52 51 38 37
Average 15.6 21.6 16.7 14.1 16.5 13.3

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 7.2 7 8 9 6 9
February 7.4 9 7 8 6 10
March 8.2 7 8 9 9 10
April 7.2 6 7 8 9
May 7.6 8 8 8 7
June 7.2 6 7 7 8
July 6.5 6 7 7 7
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 7.1 8 7 7 9
October 7.0 6 8 9 7
November 6.9 7 6 7 10
December 6.9 6 7 6 8
Average 7.2 7.5 6.8 7.2 7.2 8.0

6th 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 186° 179° 225° 090° 198°
February 174° 212° 176° 158° 193°
March 179° 291° 220° 241° 210°
April 021° 289° 287° 314°
May 235° 278° 347° 286°
June 291° 224° 274° 279°
July 317° 212° 256° 191°
August 132° 186° 041° 219°
September 192° 036° 223° 206°
October 275° 194° 174° 130°
November 058° 141° 188° 186°
December 115° 159° 204° 142°

Prevailing wind direction

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