Climate Molde Airport, Årø 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Molde Airport, Årø (ENML) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.3	72	92	72	85	88
February	79.4	83	61	81	97	68
March	83.2	96	73	90	73	83
April	85.0	85	89	88	81	76
May	85.8		84	92	86	79
June	85.0		81	80	84	92
July	87.9		87	85	87	96
August	85.5		76	85	85	86
September	88.7		91	86	82	88
October	88.3		88	90	85	91
November	89.4		95	97	82	87
December	79.9		76	82	77	96
Average	85.4	85.8	82.7	85.9	83.7	85.9

3rd 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	93.7	93	100	96	90	96
February	94.8	91	91	95	99	94
March	96.2	100	89	99	91	98
April	96.5	97	100	97	94	93
May	97.6		98	99	98	96
June	98.8		99	96	100	99
July	98.1		100	97	97	99
August	98.9		99	99	98	100
September	97.9		97	97	97	98
October	98.9		100	97	99	100
November	98.1		100	98	96	99
December	95.0		94	90	93	99
Average	97.3	95.9	97.6	97.0	96.4	97.6

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	3.5	3	4	5	0	7
February	4.1	4	5	4	2	5
March	5.9	8	3	9	7	6
April	9.4	9	10	9	7	9
May	13.6		13	13	14	11
June	18.1		19	17	18	22
July	19.0		19	17	21	17
August	18.0		18	18	18	19
September	15.1		16	15	15	14
October	10.2		8	11	11	11
November	6.1		4	9	6	9
December	3.1		1	-1	3	6
Average	10.0	5.9	10.0	10.9	10.2	11.1

15th 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	-2.6	-2	-1	0	-5	2
February	-2.8	-2	0	0	-4	0
March	-1.3	1	-3	1	1	0
April	1.6	2	2	1	0	2
May	5.7		5	6	6	4
June	10.4		11	10	11	12
July	11.7		12	11	13	10
August	11.4		12	11	11	11
September	8.5		9	8	10	8
October	4.7		3	6	7	5
November	1.3		-2	4	1	4
December	-2.8		-4	-5	-2	1
Average	3.7	-1.6	3.7	4.7	4.1	5.0

34th 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	29.4	31	20	43	17	37
February	25.3	16	40	33	12	39
March	25.2	10	34	13	36	35
April	21.8	19	13	20	30	34
May	20.2		23	29	9	32
June	15.2		5	22	20	8
July	17.3		17	28	8	24
August	19.2		21	20	18	18
September	28.1		22	22	29	39
October	31.6		34	27	40	20
November	21.1		7	15	31	38
December	28.0		25	20	33	10
Average	21.7	17.7	20.2	23.9	21.5	26.6

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	9	9	12	7	13
February	9.2	9	10	11	9	11
March	9.4	7	9	9	10	11
April	8.4	9	8	8	9	10
May	8.0		9	9	7	9
June	7.6		7	7	8	7
July	7.2		7	8	8	8
August	7.1		6	7	7	7
September	7.8		7	6	8	9
October	8.4		10	8	8	7
November	8.7		9	8	10	10
December	8.4		8	9	8	7
Average	8.1	8.2	7.8	8.1	8.0	8.7

15th 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	232°	032°	271°	027°	250°
February	285°	239°	235°	047°	253°
March	036°	039°	259°	249°	247°
April	002°	071°	302°	273°	269°
May		260°	264°	053°	257°
June		272°	293°	294°	005°
July		307°	275°	282°	278°
August		355°	289°	325°	272°
September		270°	007°	269°	268°
October		358°	272°	296°	065°
November		021°	067°	271°	265°
December		357°	018°	343°	051°

Prevailing wind direction

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