Climate Oseberg A Platform 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oseberg A Platform (ENOA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.1	49	49	51	77	65
February	57.9	52	50	66	59	62
March	61.7	51	57	65	63	69
April	71.3	63	63	78	84	70
May	66.1		44	70	63	77
June	56.2		64	49	55	66
July	59.8		55	56	54	83
August	63.4		49	63	74	66
September	66.7		61	78	53	61
October	70.1		75	61	61	80
November	67.6		69	74	73	54
December	58.2		52	71	50	69
Average	62.7	55.0	56.9	64.2	63.4	69.6

51st 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	88.8	87	83	82	97	92
February	86.4	77	86	93	85	90
March	86.6	79	84	88	81	95
April	88.5	83	88	93	95	92
May	80.8		67	82	80	92
June	77.3		80	74	79	80
July	84.3		87	85	87	91
August	84.7		79	79	95	77
September	84.9		77	88	78	84
October	86.8		92	84	75	92
November	90.9		97	90	96	76
December	90.2		94	94	93	90
Average	84.8	81.4	82.6	84.6	85.6	87.2

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	6.5	6	7	8	6	8
February	6.2	6	8	6	4	7
March	6.2	7	5	7	7	7
April	7.7	8	8	7	7	8
May	9.7		9	10	9	9
June	13.0		14	13	13	15
July	14.7		15	14	16	13
August	15.1		15	15	15	16
September	13.6		15	14	14	13
October	10.9		10	12	11	11
November	8.7		8	10	9	10
December	7.1		6	6	7	8
Average	9.7	6.4	9.9	10.2	9.9	10.2

24th 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	3.7	3	5	4	3	5
February	3.6	4	5	3	3	4
March	3.7	5	2	5	5	4
April	4.9	5	5	4	4	5
May	6.9		7	8	7	6
June	10.6		11	10	10	11
July	12.3		13	11	13	11
August	12.7		13	12	13	13
September	11.1		12	11	12	10
October	8.5		8	9	9	9
November	6.5		5	8	7	7
December	4.5		3	3	4	6
Average	7.2	3.9	7.3	7.6	7.4	7.7

60th 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	24.0	19	25	33	22	22
February	22.5	29	24	22	18	28
March	18.3	21	21	11	16	22
April	11.2	15	11	6	11	17
May	10.2		12	16	8	11
June	10.1		5	10	13	9
July	10.8		14	14	6	15
August	11.5		10	14	5	8
September	14.3		13	9	12	19
October	20.7		13	15	31	19
November	18.7		14	15	23	29
December	26.4		18	24	27	26
Average	15.6	20.2	13.5	13.8	13.5	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	26.0	27	28	28	18	29
February	25.6	25	27	30	25	26
March	22.5	23	21	27	21	25
April	18.9	22	20	19	17	20
May	17.0		18	19	15	17
June	17.8		16	20	16	17
July	15.8		16	19	13	15
August	17.3		18	18	17	16
September	21.3		21	19	22	23
October	22.5		21	22	26	21
November	23.0		18	26	23	25
December	23.7		23	19	23	23
Average	20.3	23.7	19.5	21.2	18.4	20.1

24th 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	243°	216°	262°	205°	220°
February	203°	258°	237°	164°	213°
March	146°	026°	179°	238°	211°
April	165°	135°	022°	343°	309°
May		232°	204°	019°	272°
June		044°	201°	262°	068°
July		335°	264°	350°	285°
August		351°	204°	008°	316°
September		198°	009°	184°	226°
October		232°	202°	205°	101°
November		113°	163°	252°	202°
December		224°	100°	175°	162°

Prevailing wind direction

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