Ekofisk Oil Pltf

ENLE · Norway

Climate Ekofisk Oil Pltf 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ekofisk Oil Pltf (ENLE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.4 59 65 76 78 61
February 69.3 66 62 78 72 75
March 65.4 51 55 82 66 89
April 78.8 67 81 78 93 88
May 70.0 53 80 57 86
June 68.9 71 66 70 84
July 76.6 88 77 68 86
August 81.5 79 88 78 75
September 77.5 70 87 69 70
October 78.3 70 82 75 84
November 74.6 72 82 81 71
December 75.4 65 88 70 76
Average 73.5 60.6 70.0 79.6 72.4 80.0

11th 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 93.0 96 96 94 94 87
February 88.9 82 89 93 89 93
March 87.0 79 80 94 89 98
April 90.4 89 93 93 99 98
May 81.1 67 89 78 91
June 88.4 94 86 90 94
July 92.3 97 95 93 95
August 95.3 96 93 100 86
September 93.9 91 97 91 90
October 92.4 95 94 87 96
November 92.3 93 96 96 89
December 93.1 98 95 86 96
Average 90.2 85.5 89.8 92.7 90.8 92.8

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 6.9 6 7 8 6 8
February 6.7 7 8 7 5 7
March 6.6 7 7 7 7 7
April 8.0 8 8 8 7 9
May 10.6 10 11 10 11
June 14.3 15 14 15 15
July 16.4 16 16 17 16
August 16.9 17 18 16 17
September 15.3 17 15 16 15
October 12.5 12 14 13 12
November 9.6 9 11 10 11
December 8.1 8 7 8 8
Average 10.7 7.0 11.1 11.4 10.7 11.3

10th 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 4.5 3 5 5 3 6
February 4.3 5 6 5 3 5
March 4.1 5 3 5 4 5
April 5.4 6 6 5 4 6
May 7.8 7 9 7 8
June 11.8 12 12 12 12
July 13.5 13 13 14 13
August 14.3 14 15 14 14
September 12.8 14 13 14 12
October 10.1 10 12 10 10
November 7.5 6 9 8 9
December 5.5 5 4 5 6
Average 8.2 4.8 8.4 9.0 8.2 8.8

66th 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 12.4 15 11 10 14 5
February 13.4 20 8 17 8 15
March 11.3 18 18 3 10 7
April 5.1 11 5 2 3 5
May 5.1 2 8 7 5
June 5.3 3 4 5 7
July 7.1 5 7 5 11
August 6.2 7 2 3 6
September 7.6 8 8 4 7
October 12.5 16 10 12 11
November 12.4 19 9 11 14
December 11.7 18 8 12 14
Average 9.3 15.6 8.5 6.6 6.9 8.2

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 24.3 28 25 27 19 26
February 25.7 24 25 33 25 30
March 22.2 23 22 18 20 24
April 18.8 23 18 18 17 18
May 17.0 17 18 15 17
June 16.6 15 17 14 17
July 17.2 18 19 14 18
August 17.2 17 15 18 18
September 20.0 18 22 18 20
October 24.2 26 24 25 23
November 22.9 21 24 24 23
December 23.0 27 19 21 23
Average 20.4 23.9 19.5 20.1 18.3 20.4

10th 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 255° 238° 263° 267° 223°
February 223° 265° 236° 139° 228°
March 136° 250° 141° 242° 220°
April 199° 094° 349° 313° 264°
May 319° 227° 285° 261°
June 339° 218° 283° 124°
July 235° 262° 320° 246°
August 263° 213° 305° 051°
September 206° 016° 208° 258°
October 081° 208° 209° 194°
November 074° 156° 259° 209°
December 231° 344° 191° 161°

Prevailing wind direction

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