Climate Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (ENKB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.4	71	86	60	84	81
February	80.4	86	68	76	98	71
March	80.5	92	67	84	71	81
April	81.3		88	82	78	70
May	77.7		74	85	77	73
June	72.8		74	66	67	82
July	75.9		75	58	71	90
August	78.9		65	77	75	80
September	83.5		87	80	74	80
October	84.7		83	82	81	80
November	85.7		96	95	75	77
December	78.3		84	79	71	93
Average	79.7	85.3	77.0	75.9	75.4	79.7

23rd 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	94.7	91	99	92	92	97
February	94.9	96	89	93	100	91
March	96.0	99	89	98	93	99
April	95.8		97	97	95	94
May	93.3		93	96	93	94
June	90.2		90	83	92	92
July	92.2		93	89	88	99
August	93.2		88	91	96	92
September	96.1		97	96	91	94
October	97.5		98	96	95	96
November	97.8		100	100	95	99
December	96.1		97	95	90	100
Average	94.4	96.5	93.2	92.8	93.0	94.9

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	4.3	4	5	6	1	7
February	4.6	4	6	4	3	5
March	5.6	8	2	9	7	6
April	8.6		9	8	7	8
May	12.1		12	12	12	10
June	15.9		16	15	16	20
July	17.3		17	16	19	16
August	16.8		17	17	16	17
September	14.6		16	14	15	14
October	10.2		8	11	12	11
November	6.5		4	9	6	9
December	3.9		2	1	3	7
Average	9.5	5.2	9.5	10.4	9.7	10.7

14th 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	0.4	0	1	1	-2	3
February	0.0	0	1	0	-2	1
March	0.4	2	-2	3	2	1
April	2.5		3	2	1	2
May	5.7		6	6	6	5
June	9.9		10	10	10	12
July	11.4		12	11	13	10
August	11.3		12	11	11	11
September	9.3		10	9	10	9
October	5.6		4	7	7	6
November	2.6		0	6	2	5
December	0.4		-2	-3	0	3
Average	4.4	0.5	4.5	5.2	4.8	5.6

47th 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	21.2	22	16	32	12	32
February	16.6	14	24	24	5	26
March	18.7	9	24	13	28	24
April	14.8		9	14	18	21
May	13.8		15	19	7	20
June	13.1		7	19	14	9
July	13.8		13	23	7	19
August	16.0		20	16	11	15
September	23.0		18	20	25	29
October	22.5		22	24	31	14
November	18.2		9	8	26	36
December	19.3		19	13	20	8
Average	16.3	13.4	15.5	18.6	15.5	19.7

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	8.6	8	8	12	5	12
February	8.2	7	10	10	7	9
March	8.9	6	9	9	10	10
April	8.1		8	8	9	10
May	8.2		9	9	8	9
June	8.1		7	8	8	7
July	7.2		7	8	8	7
August	6.7		6	7	7	7
September	7.4		7	5	7	9
October	7.2		8	7	8	6
November	7.0		6	7	9	10
December	7.5		7	7	8	5
Average	7.7	6.9	7.6	8.0	7.8	8.2

14th 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	210°	186°	249°	131°	233°
February	195°	234°	219°	171°	228°
March	085°	341°	230°	232°	226°
April		049°	313°	277°	271°
May		256°	255°	022°	245°
June		295°	295°	284°	002°
July		349°	265°	278°	262°
August		353°	277°	334°	292°
September		243°	349°	260°	245°
October		221°	224°	250°	089°
November		098°	121°	229°	226°
December		144°	166°	217°	110°

Prevailing wind direction

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