Climate Troll A Platform 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Troll A Platform (ENQA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	51.2	42	51	49	68	51
February	51.2	52	47	53	59	53
March	59.2	57	65	65	50	55
April	75.7		75	84	80	68
May	65.5		45	64	70	73
June	58.5		64	49	53	69
July	56.9		65	50	49	73
August	60.2		39	59	66	66
September	63.3		58	71	50	59
October	64.5		71	55	51	77
November	59.5		66	68	42	44
December	54.0		56	71	47	62
Average	60.0	51.4	58.3	60.7	58.2	65.0

55th 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	84.8	81	82	77	94	90
February	81.2	75	79	89	84	80
March	83.4	81	87	86	74	90
April	89.2		91	92	95	88
May	80.1		64	80	85	90
June	77.5		82	70	77	79
July	81.5		84	83	81	89
August	84.2		75	77	97	81
September	84.2		77	90	79	79
October	85.6		92	82	69	94
November	86.4		96	87	66	81
December	86.3		88	93	73	91
Average	83.0	79.1	81.6	82.4	82.1	85.7

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	6.1	5	7	7	5	8
February	5.8	6	7	6	4	7
March	5.9	7	5	7	7	7
April	7.9		8	7	7	8
May	10.0		9	10	10	9
June	13.6		14	13	14	16
July	15.1		16	12	17	14
August	15.4		15	15	16	16
September	13.8		14	15	14	13
October	11.0		10	12	11	12
November	8.6		8	10	9	10
December	6.7		6	5	6	8
Average	9.7	5.7	9.8	10.1	9.8	10.5

26th 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	3.2	3	4	4	2	5
February	3.1	3	5	3	2	4
March	3.3	4	2	5	4	4
April	4.7		5	4	3	5
May	6.7		7	7	7	6
June	10.2		10	10	10	11
July	11.8		13	8	14	11
August	12.4		12	12	13	13
September	11.0		12	12	12	11
October	8.4		7	9	9	10
November	6.2		5	8	6	8
December	4.2		3	2	4	6
Average	6.9	3.2	6.9	7.1	7.1	7.6

57th 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	31.2	31	35	27	28	25
February	27.8	39	27	25	14	36
March	26.1	24	32	12	29	34
April	12.7		11	8	14	16
May	15.4		25	19	9	14
June	13.4		8	13	16	13
July	12.8		14	14	7	15
August	12.2		19	12	4	11
September	19.5		22	13	11	23
October	21.8		18	24	20	18
November	18.4		16	17	7	27
December	26.5		30	23	0	27
Average	19.6	30.2	19.5	15.8	12.7	19.4

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	26.6	26	28	30	18	30
February	25.9	24	27	31	23	28
March	22.0	22	20	25	22	26
April	18.3		18	18	20	20
May	17.2		17	19	15	17
June	17.8		15	19	16	17
July	15.8		16	18	13	15
August	17.4		18	17	18	17
September	21.2		21	18	21	23
October	22.6		21	21	27	21
November	22.5		17	22	24	28
December	23.7		21	16	24	24
Average	20.3	23.4	19.0	20.4	18.9	20.6

26th 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	213°	195°	260°	159°	216°
February	188°	244°	226°	166°	210°
March	133°	026°	175°	216°	202°
April		126°	026°	346°	315°
May		228°	191°	015°	288°
June		353°	195°	283°	056°
July		310°	262°	336°	287°
August		352°	190°	010°	307°
September		193°	005°	180°	215°
October		253°	196°	197°	107°
November		119°	163°	249°	203°
December		187°	108°	177°	161°

Prevailing wind direction

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