Gullfaks C

ENGC · Norway

Climate Gullfaks C 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gullfaks C (ENGC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.2 40 49 56 72 60
February 59.1 50 61 57 61 64
March 62.8 53 61 65 59 67
April 72.3 66 76 81 65
May 62.7 50 64 55 76
June 51.3 52 46 49 66
July 56.7 53 52 48 79
August 62.0 41 61 69 65
September 64.7 58 75 49 53
October 70.0 77 64 62 75
November 65.8 74 67 73 47
December 59.2 60 67 62 65
Average 60.8 48.8 56.6 61.3 59.8 66.7

54th 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 87.7 78 86 84 96 88
February 90.3 86 94 91 88 94
March 89.0 86 87 91 84 94
April 89.6 92 90 97 84
May 79.6 70 82 75 93
June 73.9 77 65 72 78
July 82.1 84 85 81 89
August 83.3 75 79 94 78
September 83.2 76 87 72 80
October 88.4 93 85 77 92
November 91.0 97 90 99 81
December 91.0 92 96 94 93
Average 84.6 83.9 82.9 83.2 83.6 86.2

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 6.6 6 7 8 6 8
February 6.3 6 8 6 5 6
March 6.4 7 6 7 7 7
April 7.8 8 7 7 8
May 9.4 9 10 9 9
June 12.5 13 12 12 14
July 14.3 15 13 16 13
August 14.5 15 14 15 15
September 13.2 14 14 14 12
October 10.7 10 11 11 11
November 8.6 8 10 9 9
December 7.0 6 6 7 8
Average 9.5 6.3 9.7 9.9 9.7 10.0

25th 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 3.7 3 5 4 3 5
February 3.6 4 5 3 3 4
March 3.7 5 2 5 4 4
April 5.0 5 5 4 5
May 6.8 7 7 7 6
June 10.0 10 10 10 11
July 11.8 12 11 13 11
August 12.2 12 12 13 12
September 10.8 11 11 12 10
October 8.2 8 9 9 9
November 6.4 6 8 6 7
December 4.6 4 3 4 6
Average 7.0 3.7 7.1 7.4 7.2 7.4

61st 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 28.2 19 29 31 33 31
February 22.1 28 22 23 17 25
March 21.2 23 23 12 22 23
April 9.5 10 4 12 14
May 11.3 14 16 7 14
June 10.7 6 17 9 9
July 10.8 17 15 8 12
August 12.5 16 15 5 7
September 17.3 21 11 13 19
October 19.4 13 13 24 17
November 20.8 10 22 22 25
December 25.8 17 17 18 27
Average 16.9 23.6 15.2 15.0 13.3 16.0

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 26.4 28 27 30 17 32
February 25.8 25 27 30 26 26
March 23.0 22 21 26 23 25
April 19.7 21 19 20 21
May 17.9 19 20 16 18
June 18.4 15 22 16 18
July 16.1 16 19 14 15
August 17.2 17 19 16 16
September 21.7 22 18 22 24
October 23.2 22 21 25 22
November 24.2 19 25 25 28
December 24.1 22 20 24 23
Average 20.8 23.9 19.5 21.6 19.1 20.7

25th 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 240° 229° 273° 302° 239°
February 206° 263° 251° 182° 238°
March 148° 028° 197° 247° 242°
April 134° 027° 343° 322°
May 241° 220° 036° 277°
June 205° 200° 257° 092°
July 005° 261° 357° 292°
August 343° 219° 013° 282°
September 208° 332° 204° 243°
October 294° 214° 220° 101°
November 080° 175° 271° 222°
December 225° 075° 194° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

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