Hammerfest Airport

ENHF · Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Climate Hammerfest Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hammerfest Airport (ENHF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.6 77 56 85 83 84
February 70.9 82 64 78 59 66
March 63.3 60 62 63 68 57
April 62.6 60 53 56 68
May 62.9 39 44 75 73
June 0 0 0 0
July 72.8 100 100 56 100
August 63.1 71 72 59 67
September 68.8 61 45 71 78
October 70.0 55 58 72 66
November 74.5 69 67 81 66
December 0 0 0 0
Average 66.1 68.3 61.1 60.0 65.0 68.5

58th 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 95.1 90 94 100 97 94
February 92.1 93 91 92 89 89
March 85.5 87 81 86 91 84
April 89.6 90 85 87 88
May 90.4 85 87 94 91
June 0 0 0 0
July 96.5 100 100 88 100
August 92.2 95 93 95 92
September 93.0 89 82 96 98
October 97.2 95 97 98 95
November 97.4 97 99 98 99
December 0 0 0 0
Average 91.2 89.0 90.1 89.0 92.7 91.4

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 -2.8 -2 1 -1 -3 -1
February -2.7 -2 1 -2 -2 0
March -1.2 0 -2 2 0 -1
April 2.2 3 2 3 1
May 6.2 8 7 5 6
June 10.9 12 13 12 11
July 15.2 15 17 14 15
August 13.7 16 16 13 13
September 10.2 11 9 9 11
October 4.5 2 6 5 6
November 1.9 0 3 0 4
December -1.6 -2 -1 -2 1
Average 4.4 -1.0 5.4 6.0 4.4 5.5

61st 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 -6.4 -7 -4 -5 -6 -6
February -6.0 -6 -4 -7 -7 -5
March -6.9 -4 -7 -2 -4 -5
April -2.1 0 -2 -2 -2
May 1.6 3 2 0 1
June 5.8 7 7 7 6
July 9.1 9 10 8 10
August 8.6 11 9 8 8
September 6.0 7 6 5 7
October 1.0 -2 3 1 2
November -3.9 -4 -1 -4 1
December -5.2 -7 -5 -7 -4
Average -1.8 -6.2 0.7 1.4 0.1 1.1

11th 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 26.6 23 31 12 31 36
February 29.8 29 40 29 40 34
March 31.8 23 37 33 28 39
April 23.6 22 32 34 22
May 26.6 32 47 21 22
June 0 0 0 0
July 17.4 0 0 42 0
August 15.7 12 19 15 15
September 17.8 21 19 18 18
October 19.9 22 33 20 18
November 20.7 17 20 24 25
December 0 0 0 0
Average 22.9 25.1 23.9 27.7 24.4 22.4

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 11.7 15 14 11 12 13
February 9.2 9 11 10 10 10
March 9.5 7 8 11 10 12
April 8.8 9 10 9 9
May 8.5 7 9 7 9
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.9 6 6 8 8
August 7.5 6 9 7 8
September 7.7 8 9 8 8
October 7.7 6 8 10 7
November 7.6 7 5 9 11
December 0 0 0 0
Average 8.4 8.3 7.7 9.2 8.3 8.8

61st 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 233° 244° 255° 081° 177°
February 217° 239° 208° 107° 240°
March 193° 359° 255° 265° 249°
April 234° 297° 257° 313°
May 265° 330° 066° 236°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 088° 110° 040° 086°
August 125° 235° 244° 242°
September 250° 111° 219° 231°
October 003° 228° 190° 164°
November 107° 240° 228° 229°
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.