Climate Ålesund Airport, Vigra 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ålesund Airport, Vigra (ENAL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.6	74	86	68	80	77
February	82.0	85	72	81	93	74
March	81.4	91	77	90	69	76
April	84.2		91	86	84	75
May	80.6		80	87	77	80
June	77.9		78	74	75	84
July	78.5		69	70	75	93
August	79.6		60	78	85	80
September	84.9		85	89	77	77
October	87.1		91	86	84	90
November	88.8		96	98	89	78
December	80.8		74	90	83	99
Average	81.8	85.1	78.4	81.5	79.6	81.8

8th best VFR conditions of Norway

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	94.3	93	100	91	93	98
February	96.1	96	93	95	99	97
March	96.0	96	93	98	94	99
April	96.9		97	98	98	94
May	93.9		90	99	94	98
June	93.1		93	85	95	92
July	94.1		93	97	91	100
August	95.1		88	95	99	91
September	97.7		99	98	96	95
October	99.1		100	98	98	99
November	98.9		100	100	99	96
December	95.7		92	97	96	100
Average	95.5	95.0	93.8	95.4	95.7	96.1

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	5.2	4	6	6	2	8
February	5.2	5	7	5	4	6
March	5.9	7	3	9	7	6
April	8.9		10	8	8	9
May	11.7		11	12	12	10
June	15.5		16	15	16	18
July	16.8		17	16	18	15
August	16.7		17	17	17	17
September	14.9		16	15	15	14
October	10.9		9	12	12	11
November	7.6		5	10	7	10
December	5.2		4	2	5	8
Average	9.8	5.4	9.9	10.7	10.1	11.0

18th highest temperature of Norway

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	1.3	1	2	2	-2	4
February	1.0	1	2	1	0	1
March	0.9	1	-2	3	2	2
April	2.2		2	2	1	3
May	5.6		6	6	6	4
June	9.6		9	10	10	11
July	11.0		12	11	13	10
August	11.5		12	12	10	12
September	9.3		10	9	10	9
October	6.2		5	7	8	7
November	3.4		1	6	3	6
December	1.4		0	-2	1	3
Average	4.8	0.8	4.7	5.7	5.1	6.0

44th lowest temperature of Norway

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	20	22	39	16	30
February	18.6	23	28	21	6	29
March	18.8	16	23	10	30	24
April	11.9		9	11	13	16
May	12.8		19	18	7	15
June	13.0		6	21	15	8
July	12.8		15	25	8	15
August	16.7		15	19	10	18
September	22.4		19	16	22	31
October	21.4		20	23	27	12
November	16.9		6	18	21	29
December	20.5		27	10	16	7
Average	16.6	19.0	15.9	19.0	14.8	18.0

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	12.5	12	13	15	10	17
February	11.3	11	13	14	10	12
March	11.4	9	11	10	12	14
April	9.9		10	9	11	11
May	9.3		10	9	10	9
June	9.2		8	9	9	8
July	8.1		8	9	8	9
August	8.4		7	9	8	8
September	9.5		9	7	9	12
October	10.2		11	10	11	9
November	10.4		9	10	12	12
December	11.0		11	10	11	9
Average	9.8	10.1	9.5	9.7	9.7	10.2

18th highest wind speed of Norway

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	191°	183°	230°	157°	217°
February	186°	216°	202°	160°	206°
March	089°	054°	211°	212°	211°
April		043°	014°	324°	275°
May		242°	230°	042°	249°
June		360°	261°	285°	040°
July		033°	253°	307°	273°
August		003°	225°	023°	353°
September		209°	051°	205°	223°
October		140°	207°	214°	095°
November		110°	142°	207°	212°
December		161°	136°	169°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

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