Climate Honningsvåg Airport, Valan 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (ENHV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.2	39	48	91	29	61
February	63.5	62	61	68	56	54
March	64.5	52	64	72	64	59
April	60.9		63	59	57	70
May	61.5		48	59	86	53
June			0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	61.0		61	71	66	53
September	60.6		54	45	67	73
October	69.8		69	65	73	61
November	67.1		66	52	78	72
December			0	0	0	0
Average	62.4	54.8	60.6	61.5	65.6	61.0

53rd 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	81.6	50	86	100	86	89
February	83.5	69	83	96	88	81
March	87.1	87	84	85	92	88
April	90.9		93	87	85	97
May	91.3		83	95	99	89
June			0	0	0	0
July	46.6		0	0	0	47
August	91.3		93	93	92	86
September	93.9		89	94	99	98
October	96.1		95	97	94	95
November	93.6		95	92	94	97
December			0	0	0	0
Average	90.0	79.4	89.7	91.6	92.3	90.9

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	0.0	-1	2	2	-2	-1
February	-1.2	-1	2	-2	-2	0
March	-1.4	1	-2	2	0	-1
April	2.4		4	3	3	1
May	6.0		8	6	5	6
June	9.7		11	12	12	9
July	12.8		12	16	12	12
August	12.7		15	15	12	12
September	10.2		11	9	9	11
October	4.7		4	6	4	6
November	3.0		2	4	1	4
December	0.0		-2	1	-1	1
Average	4.4	-1.5	5.4	6.3	4.4	4.9

53rd 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	-4.4	-5	-2	-3	-3	-4
February	-4.4	-4	-3	-4	-4	-3
March	-4.4	-3	-5	-1	-3	-3
April	-1.8		0	-1	0	0
May	3.1		4	3	3	4
June	6.6		7	7	8	7
July	9.5		9	10	9	10
August	9.5		11	10	10	10
September	7.2		7	7	7	8
October	2.5		1	4	3	4
November	0.1		-2	1	-1	2
December	-3.5		-5	-4	-4	-1
Average	1.4	-4.2	1.8	2.7	1.9	2.7

25th 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	35.2	23	38	18	21	56
February	34.5	26	49	13	44	44
March	34.1	33	36	38	33	42
April	27.9		23	33	31	23
May	34.5		37	45	20	42
June			0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	19.1		15	21	17	14
September	23.6		24	28	26	15
October	23.7		22	31	25	21
November	26.2		21	28	25	19
December			0	0	0	0
Average	27.3	30.3	26.2	29.7	26.9	23.9

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	17.1	19	16	11	20	16
February	16.3	18	17	17	19	14
March	14.0	12	12	17	17	17
April	13.1		15	14	13	14
May	11.9		11	12	7	14
June			0	0	0	0
July	13.9		0	0	0	14
August	9.3		8	11	9	9
September	11.3		10	12	13	10
October	11.7		10	12	15	12
November	13.1		12	11	15	18
December			0	0	0	0
Average	12.5	14.1	11.3	12.9	13.2	12.3

53rd 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	245°	263°	228°	109°	168°
February	199°	227°	222°	178°	239°
March	194°	273°	255°	237°	247°
April		240°	290°	247°	296°
May		285°	297°	098°	266°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		360°	360°	360°	060°
August		270°	250°	256°	265°
September		252°	343°	205°	206°
October		343°	234°	196°	187°
November		232°	207°	191°	206°
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.