Troll C Platform

ENQC · Vestland, Norway

Climate Troll C Platform 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Troll C Platform (ENQC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.9 0 49 52 65 47
February 45.2 0 51 52 61 53
March 47.8 0 55 65 46 57
April 68.3 24 75 79 82 68
May 68.6 46 82 72 76
June 67.1 65 83 52 89
July 62.6 62 88 48 73
August 62.1 40 71 68 62
September 62.2 59 55 52 61
October 62.3 73 55 51 67
November 58.2 50 70 61 34
December 45.9 0 69 55 61
Average 55.8 8.0 55.1 71.7 59.4 66.1

38th 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 73.5 0 84 82 91 85
February 72.0 0 81 87 87 84
March 72.5 0 84 89 76 90
April 81.5 27 93 90 97 89
May 81.4 66 90 83 92
June 82.7 83 90 79 91
July 84.4 86 93 82 90
August 84.5 75 75 96 79
September 82.8 78 69 85 80
October 82.4 91 82 70 78
November 84.4 72 88 93 63
December 74.3 0 93 94 88
Average 74.7 9.2 77.9 85.7 85.2 85.5

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 6.8 6 8 8 6 8
February 6.6 6 8 7 6 7
March 7.1 9 7 8 8 7
April 9.1 9 10 9 9 9
May 11.4 11 11 13 10
June 14.6 16 14 15 16
July 16.7 17 15 19 15
August 16.4 16 15 17 17
September 14.6 15 16 15 14
October 11.5 11 12 12 11
November 9.1 9 11 10 8
December 7.6 7 6 7 9
Average 10.7 7.5 11.3 11.1 11.4 10.9

12th 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 3.9 4 5 4 3 5
February 3.7 4 5 3 3 4
March 3.8 5 3 5 4 4
April 5.2 5 6 5 5 5
May 7.1 7 8 8 6
June 10.4 11 11 10 11
July 12.3 14 9 14 12
August 12.4 13 10 13 13
September 11.2 12 10 13 10
October 8.4 7 9 10 8
November 6.6 6 9 7 6
December 4.6 4 4 5 5
Average 7.3 4.3 7.7 7.4 7.9 7.4

59th 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 21.0 0 0 24 29 30
February 16.2 0 1 28 11 31
March 15.9 0 7 8 22 29
April 10.9 2 12 8 14 16
May 11.5 18 11 8 12
June 10.1 7 0 15 14
July 9.6 12 0 6 16
August 10.2 14 0 4 12
September 14.7 17 0 8 20
October 18.3 17 0 28 10
November 14.4 10 1 18 20
December 21.6 0 0 23 29
Average 12.7 0.5 10.7 5.5 13.2 17.9

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 24.4 24 26 26 17 28
February 23.6 22 25 27 22 25
March 20.3 20 18 23 21 24
April 17.0 19 17 16 19 19
May 15.4 16 17 13 16
June 16.0 14 17 14 15
July 14.5 14 16 12 14
August 15.6 17 16 16 15
September 19.0 19 16 19 21
October 20.1 20 20 24 15
November 19.7 17 21 21 19
December 21.9 20 17 25 22
Average 18.3 20.8 17.4 18.3 17.1 18.2

12th 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° 189° 251° 162° 210°
February 184° 227° 213° 153° 205°
March 128° 008° 170° 204° 200°
April 124° 116° 026° 320° 289°
May 213° 182° 001° 264°
June 319° 179° 265° 024°
July 281° 243° 321° 265°
August 317° 185° 002° 266°
September 188° 321° 174° 211°
October 226° 188° 196° 048°
November 095° 148° 236° 185°
December 172° 103° 145° 148°

Prevailing wind direction

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