Johan Sverdrup

ENJS · Norway

Climate Johan Sverdrup 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Johan Sverdrup (ENJS) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 46.8 43 51
February 55.0 53 57
March 46.0 38 54
April 61.5 63 61
May 45.2 45
June 60.7 61
July 68.1 68
August 72.1 71 73
September 75.4 62 83
October 61.6 61 62
November 56.5 59 56
December 64.1 59 67
Average 59.0 50.0 59.7 67.3

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
January 90.2 93 88
February 86.0 82 91
March 74.9 71 79
April 85.5 84 87
May 64.5 65
June 80.6 81
July 90.7 91
August 91.5 92 91
September 91.6 83 96
October 84.4 94 80
November 89.7 91 90
December 89.9 90 90
Average 85.0 81.5 84.6 89.0

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
January 6.4 6 7
February 7.0 6 8
March 6.1 7 6
April 8.1 8 9
May 10.0 10
June 14.9 15
July 16.0 16
August 15.9 16 16
September 15.0 16 14
October 11.2 10 12
November 9.0 8 10
December 6.4 7 6
Average 9.5 6.5 10.6 11.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.8 3 5
February 4.7 4 6
March 3.6 4 3
April 5.0 5 5
May 7.0 7
June 11.5 12
July 12.5 13
August 13.1 13 14
September 12.3 13 12
October 9.1 8 10
November 6.9 6 8
December 3.8 4 4
Average 7.0 4.0 7.7 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 17.6 14 21
February 21.9 21 23
March 24.2 21 28
April 17.0 23 11
May 9.1 9
June 4.3 4
July 15.0 15
August 8.5 8 9
September 9.9 9 11
October 14.7 16 14
November 15.4 17 15
December 24.1 18 27
Average 16.3 20.4 13.5 15.0

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
January 27.7 30 25
February 27.1 25 29
March 23.6 26 21
April 20.4 23 18
May 18.2 18
June 15.7 16
July 17.3 17
August 17.3 18 17
September 21.3 19 23
October 24.4 26 24
November 28.9 21 31
December 23.3 26 22
Average 23.3 25.3 20.1 24.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 241° 229°
February 217° 280°
March 153° 009°
April 181° 140°
May 271°
June 029°
July 260°
August 317° 203°
September 207° 059°
October 176° 201°
November 115° 155°
December 202° 130°

Prevailing wind direction

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