Statfjord B

ENFB · Norway

Climate Statfjord B 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Statfjord B (ENFB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.2 39 43 50 62 53
February 46.1 45 61 54 59 57
March 45.0 50 55 55 46 56
April 53.3 58 65 72 55
May 46.9 49 60 45 69
June 40.0 49 42 42 61
July 43.4 49 52 35 67
August 53.1 38 56 57 52
September 55.8 56 66 39 45
October 57.4 67 50 46 64
November 56.9 69 58 54 38
December 48.8 49 62 54 59
Average 49.1 45.5 52.3 55.4 49.4 57.7

62nd 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 74.5 80 80 85 92 86
February 75.1 81 93 92 86 91
March 74.4 83 85 90 83 93
April 73.5 91 86 96 82
May 65.7 70 80 76 90
June 57.4 73 65 60 76
July 67.9 83 81 70 85
August 80.7 76 77 91 71
September 80.9 74 83 72 79
October 86.1 91 80 76 93
November 88.7 96 84 96 77
December 89.3 92 89 90 92
Average 75.8 81.4 81.3 80.9 80.1 83.6

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 5.4 6 7 6 1 4
February 6.0 6 4 6 6 7
March 5.4 7 2 6 7 2
April 6.6 5 7 2 8
May 6.5 1 10 5 3
June 10.8 9 5 13 14
July 14.1 12 13 16 14
August 13.9 13 14 11 15
September 12.3 14 14 11 8
October 9.9 10 5 11 11
November 8.5 8 10 7 10
December 7.0 7 6 7 9
Average 8.8 6.5 7.6 8.7 7.9 8.7

37th 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 3.0 4 4 3 0 3
February 3.5 4 2 3 3 4
March 2.9 5 0 4 4 1
April 4.1 3 4 1 5
May 4.1 0 7 3 2
June 8.0 6 3 10 10
July 10.3 8 7 12 11
August 10.6 10 11 8 11
September 9.6 11 10 9 6
October 7.3 8 4 8 9
November 6.0 6 9 4 7
December 4.4 4 3 5 6
Average 6.1 4.0 5.1 5.6 5.6 6.2

43rd 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 23.0 10 37 26 30 23
February 20.0 35 18 28 13 28
March 22.8 29 30 19 24 33
April 9.4 11 9 15 10
May 13.3 17 19 11 13
June 12.3 7 16 14 18
July 10.8 16 11 9 13
August 14.0 14 18 8 12
September 18.1 22 11 13 24
October 22.9 19 24 32 13
November 21.2 7 22 25 30
December 26.4 0 35 20 26
Average 17.9 26.4 16.1 17.4 15.9 18.4

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 27.0 28 29 31 18 33
February 26.7 25 28 32 28 26
March 23.5 23 21 28 23 26
April 19.8 22 20 20 19
May 18.2 20 21 16 19
June 18.5 15 23 17 18
July 16.0 16 18 14 15
August 17.2 17 20 15 16
September 22.3 23 18 24 24
October 23.7 23 24 26 22
November 24.9 19 27 26 29
December 24.8 23 22 25 25
Average 21.3 24.9 20.0 22.4 19.7 21.1

37th 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 227° 214° 254° 286° 219°
February 205° 244° 237° 166° 211°
March 144° 024° 185° 231° 212°
April 131° 027° 322° 281°
May 226° 205° 025° 249°
June 175° 181° 229° 090°
July 002° 245° 341° 265°
August 340° 197° 014° 242°
September 200° 298° 186° 219°
October 233° 201° 209° 085°
November 078° 164° 250° 207°
December 208° 069° 179° 163°

Prevailing wind direction

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