Climate Utti Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Utti Air Base (EFUT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.5	51	27	34	20	35
February	41.4	41	45	27	41	39
March	57.6	43	47	78	54	63
April	77.2		92	79	69	79
May	87.0		93	87	79	91
June	89.5		95	87	93	89
July	85.0		88	85	96	79
August	79.1		79	87	62	85
September	65.4		64	74	63	67
October	42.7		53	42	37	45
November	22.3		20	11	21	45
December	22.6		30	34	45	16
Average	64.4	44.1	70.1	70.0	64.6	69.3

11th 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	45.0	57	38	47	37	53
February	58.7	50	62	46	64	63
March	73.2	59	66	92	74	73
April	87.0		95	87	84	90
May	93.2		97	96	87	95
June	94.5		97	95	96	91
July	93.5		93	95	98	90
August	90.4		91	96	85	92
September	80.9		80	90	86	84
October	65.3		80	60	65	65
November	46.1		48	32	54	68
December	46.6		52	58	57	37
Average	76.9	55.8	81.6	82.2	79.9	80.8

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	-3.4	-7	-1	-3	-4	2
February	-3.7	-3	-2	-1	-7	2
March	1.7	3	0	4	1	4
April	7.9		10	6	8	7
May	15.0		16	14	14	14
June	20.9		21	21	24	23
July	21.9		21	22	26	20
August	20.5		21	23	18	20
September	14.3		18	12	12	16
October	7.8		6	9	9	10
November	2.6		0	2	2	5
December	-2.2		-5	-4	-6	1
Average	7.6	-3.6	8.9	9.3	8.2	10.2

8th 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	-8.5	-14	-5	-8	-7	-2
February	-8.0	-8	-8	-6	-13	-3
March	-6.5	-3	-7	-6	-6	-3
April	-1.0		-1	-2	0	-1
May	4.6		5	3	5	3
June	10.5		9	8	14	13
July	11.6		10	8	15	12
August	11.2		13	10	11	12
September	7.3		11	5	6	9
October	2.8		1	3	5	5
November	-2.9		-4	-1	-1	1
December	-6.4		-9	-8	-12	-2
Average	0.5	-9.8	1.3	0.7	1.4	3.5

17th 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	48.6	39	51	53	59	37
February	40.1	36	38	47	46	39
March	24.6	29	34	11	28	23
April	13.6		5	16	20	15
May	10.0		10	10	21	6
June	8.2		8	9	4	9
July	9.2		12	8	4	12
August	10.2		12	5	17	6
September	14.6		10	13	12	16
October	24.7		24	21	24	20
November	38.2		56	43	32	25
December	46.6		63	48	43	47
Average	20.7	33.4	20.4	17.3	20.5	17.1

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	7.7	8	8	9	7	10
February	8.0	8	8	9	7	10
March	8.0	7	8	7	9	9
April	7.5		8	8	8	8
May	7.4		7	8	8	8
June	7.2		7	7	7	7
July	6.8		7	7	7	7
August	7.4		8	8	8	7
September	7.5		8	7	8	8
October	7.9		9	8	10	7
November	7.4		7	8	8	8
December	7.4		7	6	7	8
Average	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.5	7.7	7.8

8th 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	234°	196°	298°	081°	232°
February	161°	272°	192°	006°	224°
March	165°	252°	274°	232°	222°
April		059°	296°	202°	291°
May		251°	251°	119°	315°
June		307°	220°	216°	093°
July		240°	228°	246°	222°
August		142°	174°	155°	248°
September		210°	034°	004°	214°
October		325°	229°	206°	151°
November		074°	101°	267°	208°
December		063°	116°	311°	149°

Prevailing wind direction

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