Climate Stóra Dímun Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vágar Airport (EKVG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.3	20	32	26	56	36
February	40.5	44	23	47	44	40
March	45.2	38	50	40	38	50
April	50.8		57	54	56	56
May	45.6		26	31	62	53
June	35.7		46	32	19	42
July	29.0		34	19	20	37
August	36.9		35	30	26	38
September	33.1		30	29	29	34
October	37.2		40	32	32	46
November	41.3		63	22	26	35
December	43.1		55	53	40	42
Average	39.1	35.6	39.6	33.1	35.9	43.1

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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	78.6	76	80	67	89	75
February	81.6	87	74	84	75	89
March	86.0	92	83	79	80	91
April	82.6		86	84	81	89
May	77.7		61	69	93	85
June	65.5		72	55	47	74
July	63.9		85	48	57	77
August	71.6		80	71	60	64
September	68.5		68	61	62	67
October	81.4		86	84	66	94
November	84.3		96	79	81	75
December	80.3		90	76	83	79
Average	76.4	86.4	78.4	68.6	69.9	79.2

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	5.4	5	5	7	4	7
February	5.4	5	7	4	5	5
March	5.7	6	3	7	7	5
April	7.1		8	7	6	8
May	9.0		9	9	8	9
June	11.5		13	12	11	12
July	12.7		13	12	13	12
August	12.7		14	12	13	13
September	11.3		11	12	12	10
October	9.0		9	10	9	9
November	7.0		7	9	7	8
December	5.6		5	4	5	6
Average	8.2	5.4	8.6	8.8	8.3	8.5

1st highest temperature of Faroe Islands

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	1.5	2	1	2	-1	3
February	1.7	1	3	0	2	1
March	2.1	3	-1	4	3	1
April	3.0		4	3	2	3
May	5.0		6	6	3	4
June	7.7		8	8	8	8
July	9.1		9	9	9	8
August	9.0		10	9	10	9
September	8.0		8	8	9	7
October	5.6		5	6	6	5
November	3.7		3	7	3	4
December	2.3		1	1	2	3
Average	4.5	1.7	4.7	5.3	4.7	4.7

1st lowest temperature of Faroe Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.5	49	32	49	40	31
February	33.1	36	37	43	25	40
March	28.7	31	38	29	24	32
April	23.5		22	21	31	22
May	19.2		26	20	14	21
June	16.7		11	20	19	16
July	18.8		30	27	7	17
August	15.9		19	20	7	14
September	27.5		35	26	27	28
October	30.6		30	25	35	27
November	34.5		34	32	50	39
December	40.8		38	54	33	44
Average	25.5	36.9	26.9	26.6	21.9	24.3

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	14.0	16	13	17	12	16
February	13.4	11	14	15	14	14
March	12.9	15	13	13	12	12
April	12.0		11	11	12	12
May	11.5		12	12	11	12
June	10.2		9	12	11	11
July	10.2		11	11	8	11
August	9.3		10	10	8	9
September	11.8		12	13	10	11
October	13.1		14	13	14	10
November	13.0		11	15	14	14
December	12.7		12	14	11	13
Average	11.9	14.1	11.4	12.2	10.8	11.5

1st highest wind speed of Faroe Islands

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	260°	292°	272°	335°	239°
February	278°	241°	273°	135°	145°
March	071°	043°	178°	250°	233°
April		104°	085°	312°	185°
May		234°	223°	030°	308°
June		165°	189°	191°	054°
July		002°	253°	252°	309°
August		043°	197°	040°	188°
September		180°	127°	193°	228°
October		098°	215°	231°	078°
November		047°	135°	296°	237°
December		037°	014°	135°	090°

Prevailing wind direction

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