Båtsfjord Airport

ENBS · Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Climate Båtsfjord Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Båtsfjord Airport (ENBS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.2 79 62 72 44 86
February 68.5 69 60 65 79 68
March 68.8 53 69 65 63 73
April 67.7 64 56 76 73
May 68.1 60 59 57 89
June 0 0 0 0
July 21.6 0 31 33 6
August 59.6 60 71 60 65
September 56.4 54 36 63 82
October 65.7 64 62 71 45
November 62.6 65 54 58 63
December 0 0 0 0
Average 64.5 59.9 60.5 57.9 66.0 68.8

59th 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 85.6 94 77 89 74 93
February 88.7 88 84 88 85 91
March 86.4 92 85 74 79 85
April 87.9 89 81 94 86
May 89.5 87 84 91 99
June 0 0 0 0
July 60.8 28 60 100 53
August 86.8 86 92 88 91
September 90.2 90 78 99 95
October 93.0 89 94 87 91
November 89.0 90 93 83 96
December 0 0 0 0
Average 88.8 90.4 86.2 84.3 88.3 89.6

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 -4.2 -4 -2 -4 -5 -5
February -5.8 -5 -1 -4 -6 -3
March -4.8 -2 -5 -2 -3 -3
April 0.2 1 0 1 -1
May 4.3 8 4 3 4
June 9.3 11 12 12 9
July 14.3 12 17 14 14
August 13.0 16 15 12 12
September 9.0 11 8 7 10
October 2.3 1 4 3 4
November -1.3 -2 1 -2 1
December -3.0 -4 -2 -5 -2
Average 2.4 -4.6 3.8 4.4 2.7 3.1

63rd 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 -8.1 -9 -6 -7 -8 -8
February -8.1 -9 -7 -8 -9 -8
March -8.9 -7 -10 -5 -7 -6
April -3.1 -3 -4 -2 -3
May 0.9 2 0 1 2
June 5.3 5 6 8 6
July 9.2 7 10 9 10
August 8.9 10 9 9 8
September 5.4 6 5 4 7
October -1.6 -2 1 0 1
November -4.5 -6 -2 -5 -1
December -7.2 -9 -8 -8 -5
Average -2.6 -9.9 -2.9 0.1 -1.4 0.1

10th 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 45.6 35 35 28 87 64
February 44.7 44 48 33 51 50
March 39.2 40 40 36 57 47
April 28.7 27 38 30 29
May 28.0 35 37 20 19
June 0 0 0 0
July 21.6 33 29 17 29
August 14.3 15 16 19 15
September 26.2 27 39 18 12
October 23.4 31 22 29 20
November 30.3 38 27 18 22
December 0 0 0 0
Average 29.0 41.0 29.3 30.2 33.5 25.9

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 18.2 22 16 13 17 19
February 17.0 19 19 15 16 16
March 14.7 12 11 17 18 19
April 14.6 17 15 15 15
May 13.2 13 14 9 14
June 0 0 0 0
July 9.1 6 8 4 10
August 10.9 10 13 10 10
September 12.9 12 12 16 12
October 12.3 11 13 15 11
November 13.3 12 12 15 18
December 0 0 0 0
Average 13.7 14.7 12.6 13.6 14.6 13.8

63rd 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 238° 231° 244° 127° 188°
February 217° 224° 220° 213° 230°
March 265° 255° 278° 272° 260°
April 241° 259° 254° 319°
May 273° 254° 117° 237°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 015° 099° 101° 071°
August 229° 243° 271° 301°
September 232° 324° 214° 231°
October 324° 216° 240° 202°
November 243° 201° 224° 236°
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.