Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen

ENKR · Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Climate Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (ENKR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.0 80 78 83 49 84
February 66.7 55 63 54 73 72
March 70.7 57 77 68 71 71
April 74.6 83 77 69 65
May 69.3 69 74 49 69
June 0 0 0 0
July 56.6 46 40 69 73
August 64.6 69 84 65 70
September 61.4 58 44 55 76
October 57.8 60 54 66 40
November 50.7 78 38 50 53
December 0 0 0 0
Average 65.2 57.9 69.2 65.5 63.1 66.8

49th 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 84.9 98 88 89 74 86
February 86.7 88 84 80 82 85
March 89.9 90 90 85 91 88
April 92.6 98 95 89 88
May 89.7 94 93 80 86
June 0 0 0 0
July 82.6 61 87 94 86
August 87.5 89 94 91 94
September 89.8 85 81 91 96
October 83.9 85 85 83 76
November 75.3 93 66 79 89
December 0 0 0 0
Average 88.3 90.1 89.1 87.8 87.3 88.4

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 -6.1 -7 -3 -5 -8 -6
February -7.9 -7 -4 -6 -8 -4
March -3.1 -2 -5 -1 -2 -2
April 1.9 3 2 3 1
May 7.3 11 7 5 7
June 12.9 13 15 16 14
July 17.1 15 18 17 17
August 15.2 18 18 14 15
September 10.3 12 9 8 11
October 2.9 2 5 4 4
November -2.1 -4 -1 -3 1
December -6.9 -8 -6 -6 -3
Average 2.8 -6.8 4.3 4.9 3.4 4.7

59th 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 -13.1 -14 -9 -12 -14 -13
February -13.7 -12 -10 -12 -14 -10
March -10.6 -8 -14 -7 -9 -8
April -4.3 -3 -4 -3 -4
May 1.2 3 1 1 1
June 6.0 6 7 8 7
July 9.7 9 11 10 10
August 8.8 11 10 8 8
September 4.9 6 5 3 6
October -1.0 -2 1 -1 1
November -7.5 -10 -5 -10 -2
December -11.1 -14 -12 -12 -9
Average -4.8 -12.7 -3.8 -1.0 -3.4 -2.9

6th 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 24.5 20 22 31 40 14
February 22.5 19 25 33 24 20
March 21.2 20 18 17 23 30
April 13.2 8 10 12 20
May 17.5 14 13 27 24
June 0 0 0 0
July 9.8 8 23 7 1
August 12.2 8 10 10 10
September 14.9 19 23 7 12
October 14.5 18 17 18 12
November 18.7 7 16 23 10
December 0 0 0 0
Average 16.3 19.6 13.8 16.4 16.0 16.5

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 9.4 13 11 10 9 8
February 9.8 11 12 10 10 9
March 10.1 8 7 12 11 12
April 9.6 11 10 10 12
May 9.0 8 10 7 10
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.7 6 8 5 8
August 7.7 7 9 7 7
September 8.9 9 9 10 8
October 8.6 9 9 10 8
November 9.0 8 7 10 12
December 0 0 0 0
Average 9.0 9.7 8.6 9.6 9.0 9.5

59th 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 219° 229° 215° 126° 232°
February 193° 211° 194° 210° 205°
March 257° 257° 249° 244° 242°
April 240° 264° 272° 332°
May 277° 277° 089° 233°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 027° 119° 043° 078°
August 189° 226° 345° 267°
September 210° 018° 230° 212°
October 306° 225° 207° 199°
November 196° 200° 182° 217°
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.