Climate Leknes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Leknes Airport (ENLK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	71.7	63	67	55	98	84
February	65.0	55	61	71	61	64
March	74.7	72	78	73	74	71
April	75.7		68	79	90	67
May	71.9		59	55	87	70
June			0	0	0	0
July	71.5		69	58	52	73
August	69.8		72	71	60	70
September	75.4		60	76	76	66
October	77.4		78	79	72	74
November	74.5		92	81	74	69
December	53.2		70	27	100	57
Average	72.0	64.7	69.3	70.0	74.4	69.6

41st 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	93.1	92	99	91	99	93
February	90.1	92	89	84	92	88
March	91.7	92	93	91	93	91
April	92.7		93	91	98	89
May	92.7		87	81	97	95
June			0	0	0	0
July	90.9		83	96	85	94
August	95.4		96	93	96	100
September	95.9		92	98	95	97
October	96.7		99	99	91	96
November	95.9		100	97	97	90
December	96.7		100	91	100	100
Average	93.4	92.1	92.8	91.5	94.5	93.7

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	1.4	1	2	2	0	3
February	1.6	2	4	0	1	2
March	2.2	4	0	5	4	2
April	5.2		6	5	5	4
May	8.7		8	10	9	7
June	13.1		14	13	13	15
July	15.8		17	16	15	15
August	15.2		18	15	14	15
September	12.2		12	12	12	12
October	7.1		5	8	7	9
November	4.2		0	5	4	7
December	2.0		1	1	1	4
Average	6.8	2.1	7.2	7.8	7.0	7.8

41st 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	-2.0	-4	-1	-2	-3	1
February	-3.8	-2	0	-4	-3	-2
March	-3.8	-1	-7	1	-1	-1
April	0.9		2	0	1	1
May	4.7		4	5	5	4
June	9.0		9	10	10	11
July	11.6		13	12	11	12
August	10.9		14	11	10	10
September	7.9		9	8	8	8
October	3.4		1	5	4	5
November	0.7		-4	3	0	3
December	-1.0		-2	-4	-3	2
Average	2.8	-2.0	3.1	3.9	3.4	4.5

31st 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	29.8	46	31	36	3	21
February	30.1	33	34	29	29	33
March	25.3	18	22	30	24	37
April	17.1		16	18	19	22
May	19.2		27	40	5	24
June			0	0	0	0
July	10.7		0	24	24	17
August	15.9		9	23	16	7
September	20.1		30	12	31	24
October	20.3		18	24	24	13
November	26.2		9	20	25	36
December	30.6		0	27	0	43
Average	21.3	27.8	19.4	25.2	20.1	22.2

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	10.5	12	11	13	8	10
February	10.4	12	13	10	9	12
March	9.7	7	8	9	11	14
April	7.8		7	8	10	9
May	9.2		9	9	10	9
June			0	0	0	0
July	8.5		8	9	10	9
August	7.7		8	8	8	7
September	8.7		9	8	9	10
October	7.4		7	8	8	8
November	8.0		5	6	8	13
December	10.5		6	5	8	16
Average	8.7	9.3	8.1	8.5	9.2	9.8

41st 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	216°	210°	285°	094°	152°
February	184°	251°	128°	215°	254°
March	153°	004°	248°	205°	227°
April		156°	328°	300°	313°
May		183°	200°	047°	254°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		357°	224°	322°	085°
August		090°	234°	329°	217°
September		176°	059°	203°	218°
October		015°	234°	091°	066°
November		086°	151°	183°	224°
December		126°	167°	065°	226°

Prevailing wind direction

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