Climate Lakselv Airport, Banak 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lakselv Airport, Banak (ENNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.2	88	87	80	77	70
February	78.8	84	77	66	75	77
March	80.2	80	80	83	78	75
April	83.2	83	89	75	83	81
May	80.5		84	68	75	82
June			0	0	0	0
July	58.5		34	75	48	99
August	73.4		74	89	77	77
September	74.3		71	60	76	85
October	72.4		66	79	77	65
November	79.4		84	86	80	79
December			0	0	0	0
Average	77.6	82.1	76.7	76.4	76.9	78.6

20th 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	93.2	100	96	87	100	86
February	92.0	99	91	85	91	92
March	91.9	95	91	91	93	85
April	96.4	98	97	94	95	97
May	94.7		99	84	96	92
June			0	0	0	0
July	83.4		61	100	89	99
August	94.1		93	100	96	96
September	97.0		94	99	95	99
October	97.5		97	98	96	96
November	96.2		98	97	98	100
December			0	0	0	0
Average	94.8	97.1	93.8	94.1	94.7	94.4

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	-5.7	-6	-2	-4	-6	-4
February	-5.8	-5	0	-5	-5	-2
March	-2.8	0	-3	1	-1	0
April	3.6	2	5	4	4	2
May	8.6		11	9	7	8
June	13.9		15	15	17	15
July	17.4		17	19	18	16
August	16.0		18	18	16	15
September	11.5		13	10	10	13
October	4.2		2	6	5	5
November	-1.7		-2	0	-2	3
December	-4.3		-7	-5	-6	-2
Average	4.3	-3.8	5.5	6.0	4.7	5.8

58th 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	-12.7	-15	-9	-11	-12	-10
February	-12.9	-10	-8	-13	-11	-9
March	-9.0	-6	-14	-5	-7	-7
April	-4.2	-6	-1	-4	-3	-3
May	1.6		4	2	0	1
June	6.7		7	8	8	7
July	9.4		10	10	9	9
August	8.1		9	9	8	8
September	5.0		5	5	5	5
October	-1.4		-3	1	0	1
November	-6.5		-8	-4	-8	-2
December	-11.5		-13	-12	-15	-7
Average	-3.4	-10.9	-2.2	-1.3	-3.8	-1.4

5th 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	22.3	16	22	24	23	35
February	22.2	22	29	22	29	23
March	21.6	19	18	18	30	33
April	13.0	14	9	17	18	15
May	14.2		15	23	12	19
June			0	0	0	0
July	8.9		17	12	9	0
August	11.0		9	9	10	6
September	13.9		16	22	17	8
October	12.4		16	15	13	12
November	13.2		10	14	13	10
December			0	0	0	0
Average	14.9	17.1	14.2	16.9	17.0	14.8

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	12.2	15	15	10	6	16
February	13.1	16	16	12	14	15
March	11.8	11	8	14	15	14
April	10.0	9	12	10	10	13
May	10.5		9	10	8	14
June			0	0	0	0
July	9.4		10	8	7	8
August	8.7		8	10	8	8
September	10.2		8	11	13	10
October	10.1		9	11	12	10
November	11.0		9	9	12	16
December			0	0	0	0
Average	10.5	11.2	9.5	10.7	11.0	11.6

58th 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	211°	227°	206°	201°	194°
February	177°	203°	199°	186°	197°
March	210°	228°	211°	233°	238°
April	170°	213°	296°	245°	308°
May		268°	275°	335°	234°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		355°	351°	348°	174°
August		284°	220°	343°	291°
September		253°	359°	191°	185°
October		311°	206°	196°	192°
November		186°	187°	189°	194°
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.