Climate Andøya Airport, Andenes 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Andøya Airport, Andenes (ENAN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.2	82	71	47	83	75
February	72.5	70	67	88	65	69
March	73.5	70	79	77	67	68
April	72.1		65	71	77	71
May	71.7		64	56	82	73
June			0	0	0	0
July	59.2		42	74	23	91
August	68.7		71	71	53	77
September	77.9		60	70	74	81
October	76.0		76	71	73	76
November	77.0		85	81	78	72
December			0	0	0	0
Average	72.2	70.8	67.7	70.9	67.4	74.8

39th 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	93.1	95	90	83	97	92
February	90.8	86	94	94	91	89
March	90.8	92	90	96	90	89
April	92.4		86	91	94	90
May	92.5		95	93	96	94
June			0	0	0	0
July	68.6		53	86	49	91
August	89.8		84	95	91	97
September	96.0		89	98	99	98
October	97.0		98	97	93	98
November	97.0		100	98	97	97
December			0	0	0	0
Average	91.3	90.3	88.0	93.9	91.1	93.6

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	1.0	0	2	1	0	2
February	1.1	1	3	2	1	2
March	1.2	3	-1	4	2	2
April	4.0		5	4	4	3
May	7.9		9	9	7	7
June	11.5		12	13	13	12
July	14.3		15	15	13	15
August	13.8		16	14	13	14
September	11.3		11	11	11	11
October	6.4		5	7	6	8
November	3.8		2	4	3	6
December	1.7		0	1	0	3
Average	5.9	1.3	6.5	7.1	6.2	7.0

48th 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	-4.9	-5	-2	-3	-3	-1
February	-4.6	-3	-1	-4	-3	-3
March	-4.7	-2	-6	0	-2	-2
April	-1.4		1	-1	-1	-1
May	3.1		4	4	3	2
June	7.1		7	8	8	8
July	9.7		11	10	10	10
August	9.5		11	10	9	9
September	6.8		8	7	6	7
October	2.4		1	4	3	4
November	0.0		-2	1	-1	3
December	-3.6		-4	-4	-4	0
Average	1.6	-3.0	2.1	2.7	1.9	2.9

23rd 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	21.5	23	25	47	8	18
February	20.4	28	30	12	21	20
March	21.4	19	19	26	22	27
April	17.5		22	14	23	21
May	17.9		23	42	8	20
June			0	0	0	0
July	5.1		1	17	8	3
August	13.9		10	20	16	14
September	15.1		28	14	13	15
October	15.6		15	19	18	13
November	16.4		7	12	17	23
December			0	0	0	0
Average	17.1	22.5	18.4	21.0	16.2	17.6

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	15.7	18	16	16	14	17
February	14.7	14	19	14	16	15
March	13.7	11	13	15	14	17
April	11.3		10	12	14	13
May	11.7		11	12	12	12
June			0	0	0	0
July	10.2		10	9	12	8
August	9.5		9	10	10	9
September	10.9		12	11	11	12
October	11.2		11	12	13	11
November	12.0		11	10	11	16
December			0	0	0	0
Average	11.7	12.4	11.3	11.9	12.3	12.3

48th 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	199°	235°	248°	131°	148°
February	187°	242°	160°	168°	238°
March	152°	005°	226°	230°	229°
April		207°	295°	284°	287°
May		217°	253°	061°	243°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		021°	349°	023°	142°
August		059°	235°	327°	260°
September		189°	074°	213°	221°
October		042°	222°	119°	117°
November		145°	168°	187°	222°
December		360°	360°	360°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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