Climate Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (ENCN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	56.3	54	37	68	70	57
February	51.8	41	69	67	45	55
March	61.9	38	58	79	73	68
April	84.1		82	90	95	83
May	82.2		91	82	65	92
June	83.1		87	86	77	91
July	79.5		76	85	80	69
August	78.7		76	85	89	82
September	68.5		63	76	70	71
October	59.4		59	50	57	62
November	45.7		49	31	59	55
December	48.3		44	64	44	25
Average	67.8	43.0	70.6	76.0	72.1	72.5

22nd 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	81.0	82	74	88	84	81
February	72.3	65	87	83	64	73
March	79.9	74	75	91	85	84
April	93.9		96	95	98	94
May	93.0		98	94	86	98
June	93.9		97	95	91	99
July	92.3		92	93	97	87
August	92.8		92	92	98	91
September	90.2		82	94	92	91
October	82.7		89	74	80	86
November	79.0		83	75	80	80
December	76.4		79	91	69	72
Average	86.1	73.1	88.9	90.2	87.8	88.5

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	3.5	0	4	6	0	8
February	4.2	4	7	6	1	6
March	6.5	6	5	8	9	7
April	10.7		10	11	10	12
May	15.4		16	15	14	15
June	19.9		21	19	20	21
July	20.7		19	21	23	18
August	19.8		19	21	20	21
September	16.7		18	17	18	17
October	11.9		10	13	13	13
November	7.0		4	9	8	10
December	3.6		2	-1	2	6
Average	10.7	3.1	11.4	12.4	11.4	12.6

2nd 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	-3.6	-7	-1	0	-6	2
February	-2.1	-1	0	-1	-6	0
March	-2.9	2	-3	-2	-1	0
April	1.3		2	0	0	1
May	6.1		6	6	6	4
June	10.8		11	10	11	11
July	12.4		12	13	14	11
August	11.3		12	12	11	12
September	9.5		11	8	10	9
October	5.1		4	6	7	5
November	2.0		-1	5	2	4
December	-2.6		-2	-7	-4	3
Average	3.6	-3.9	4.2	4.6	3.6	5.1

32nd 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	23.8	32	29	19	18	22
February	29.1	39	16	25	32	34
March	20.9	35	32	3	9	17
April	9.4		12	6	5	10
May	10.3		6	9	26	4
June	9.4		5	10	7	9
July	9.9		15	9	6	16
August	10.6		13	8	6	9
September	16.1		14	13	9	11
October	21.9		30	22	13	23
November	28.6		32	49	25	18
December	30.8		34	17	33	48
Average	18.0	35.5	16.9	13.3	13.5	15.5

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	10	7	8	6	8
February	8.4	9	8	8	8	11
March	8.9	10	8	8	8	10
April	9.1		9	10	9	9
May	8.2		8	9	8	9
June	8.0		7	8	7	8
July	8.1		8	8	8	9
August	7.6		8	7	7	8
September	8.4		8	8	8	9
October	8.4		11	8	8	8
November	8.6		10	10	8	8
December	7.6		9	8	8	8
Average	8.4	9.5	8.2	8.2	7.7	8.5

2nd 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	008°	346°	260°	038°	235°
February	015°	269°	240°	037°	232°
March	064°	042°	079°	225°	212°
April		070°	050°	286°	245°
May		034°	223°	103°	250°
June		151°	220°	180°	127°
July		229°	240°	123°	242°
August		211°	194°	187°	173°
September		193°	082°	137°	236°
October		010°	219°	220°	088°
November		037°	092°	274°	231°
December		020°	040°	041°	093°

Prevailing wind direction

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