Climate Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden (ENOV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.9	72	81	61	85	82
February	77.0	83	60	67	92	67
March	80.9	92	75	90	70	76
April	83.0		89	84	78	77
May	83.4		79	84	92	79
June	85.3		82	79	86	93
July	82.6		67	73	90	94
August	83.2		66	85	83	84
September	86.4		88	88	77	80
October	84.9		80	90	88	85
November	88.8		96	100	80	85
December	78.8		76	84	84	96
Average	83.2	84.6	78.1	82.2	83.6	83.4

7th 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	94.0	93	97	95	91	99
February	94.5	96	89	88	100	96
March	95.7	99	91	97	95	97
April	95.6		96	95	93	94
May	97.4		98	99	98	91
June	98.2		96	96	99	100
July	96.3		96	92	98	99
August	97.3		97	96	98	96
September	97.7		98	97	95	97
October	98.6		100	99	100	99
November	97.5		98	100	95	98
December	93.8		91	92	97	99
Average	96.7	96.4	95.7	95.6	96.7	96.7

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	3.1	2	4	4	-2	7
February	3.4	4	5	4	-3	5
March	5.9	8	4	9	6	6
April	9.5		11	9	7	9
May	13.2		12	12	13	10
June	17.3		18	17	17	21
July	18.2		17	17	20	16
August	17.7		18	18	18	18
September	15.0		17	15	16	13
October	9.5		7	11	12	9
November	4.8		1	9	6	9
December	2.3		1	-3	2	5
Average	9.3	4.4	8.9	10.6	9.3	10.7

20th 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	-2.2	-5	-2	-1	-7	3
February	-2.1	-3	0	0	-8	0
March	-2.8	-1	-6	1	2	0
April	1.1		0	-1	0	2
May	6.0		5	5	6	5
June	9.9		8	9	11	12
July	11.3		10	10	14	10
August	10.8		11	10	10	11
September	8.1		8	6	10	8
October	3.6		0	5	7	3
November	0.0		-6	2	1	6
December	-3.5		-6	-10	-3	2
Average	2.9	-3.2	1.2	3.4	3.6	5.1

24th 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	33.5	42	28	62	16	40
February	28.4	28	44	41	10	35
March	26.2	16	30	17	43	38
April	19.5		16	18	23	26
May	20.3		27	32	11	27
June	16.1		4	27	17	4
July	17.8		33	27	6	21
August	19.3		22	24	13	16
September	29.4		29	24	24	39
October	31.1		33	30	38	18
November	20.7		6	21	32	30
December	26.6		30	16	25	10
Average	23.1	25.8	24.7	26.9	20.5	24.2

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	4.0	3	3	5	2	7
February	3.9	4	4	5	4	5
March	4.0	3	3	4	5	5
April	4.2		4	3	4	5
May	4.2		4	4	4	5
June	3.8		3	3	4	4
July	3.6		3	4	4	4
August	3.2		3	3	3	3
September	3.5		4	2	4	4
October	3.3		3	3	5	2
November	3.1		1	3	4	5
December	2.9		2	1	3	3
Average	3.7	3.0	3.1	3.3	4.0	4.2

20th 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	226°	071°	222°	077°	233°
February	242°	240°	233°	021°	233°
March	226°	207°	226°	237°	224°
April		186°	218°	211°	229°
May		236°	234°	208°	229°
June		233°	225°	224°	222°
July		214°	222°	230°	223°
August		217°	228°	207°	225°
September		234°	202°	217°	230°
October		229°	241°	224°	231°
November		219°	059°	238°	232°
December		227°	231°	222°	059°

Prevailing wind direction

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