Røst Airport

ENRS · Nordland, Norway

Climate Røst Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Røst Airport (ENRS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.7 64 68 52 81 71
February 66.3 63 65 65 66 76
March 76.6 75 78 74 75 73
April 77.6 73 76 87 76
May 68.0 59 61 82 87
June 0 0 0 0
July 54.6 36 52 42 82
August 68.9 74 63 50 72
September 76.1 63 74 77 77
October 78.1 79 70 71 80
November 76.0 85 84 66 75
December 64.8 68 63 93 54
Average 72.9 69.2 66.7 65.9 70.0 76.4

47th 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 87.8 83 90 84 97 92
February 89.5 90 90 85 84 95
March 91.6 91 88 91 94 95
April 91.5 88 92 99 95
May 82.5 75 77 95 93
June 0 0 0 0
July 77.8 64 83 73 94
August 90.2 93 87 79 93
September 93.8 89 96 91 93
October 96.8 97 96 92 99
November 94.2 99 98 94 92
December 88.2 94 89 100 85
Average 90.5 89.1 85.5 88.0 89.6 94.2

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 2.9 3 4 3 2 5
February 2.8 3 5 2 3 3
March 2.8 4 1 5 4 3
April 5.0 6 4 4 4
May 7.6 8 8 7 6
June 11.1 11 12 12 12
July 13.5 14 14 13 13
August 13.6 16 14 12 13
September 11.6 12 12 11 11
October 8.0 7 9 8 9
November 5.8 4 8 5 7
December 3.6 3 3 2 5
Average 6.9 3.4 7.6 7.9 7.0 7.7

40th 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 1.0 -1 1 1 1 3
February 0.9 0 2 0 1 1
March 0.8 2 -2 3 2 2
April 3.3 3 3 3 3
May 5.7 5 5 6 5
June 8.9 8 8 10 10
July 11.3 11 11 11 12
August 11.6 13 11 11 11
September 9.9 10 10 9 10
October 5.9 5 4 6 8
November 4.1 2 5 4 6
December 2.0 0 0 1 4
Average 4.9 0.4 4.7 5.2 5.5 6.2

45th 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 27.6 27 29 41 8 32
February 25.5 28 23 32 24 24
March 22.0 17 27 18 31 31
April 13.9 11 19 18 14
May 17.2 24 23 5 13
June 0 0 0 0
July 9.6 4 14 19 13
August 14.6 8 17 22 16
September 16.5 20 7 16 20
October 18.7 19 21 25 13
November 22.4 14 14 31 36
December 27.0 19 22 14 46
Average 18.1 22.3 16.9 17.9 19.8 19.2

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 17.5 18 16 19 16 17
February 16.9 16 19 18 14 18
March 15.0 13 14 15 18 18
April 12.4 11 12 14 14
May 12.7 13 12 14 14
June 0 0 0 0
July 10.6 10 10 14 9
August 10.7 9 13 11 9
September 12.7 13 11 12 16
October 13.5 13 14 14 12
November 12.7 12 11 14 15
December 14.0 13 14 11 16
Average 13.3 14.8 12.5 12.5 13.8 13.4

40th 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 208° 238° 265° 094° 192°
February 206° 254° 157° 189° 241°
March 096° 010° 227° 225° 333°
April 166° 338° 305° 319°
May 221° 223° 360° 251°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 022° 291° 290° 006°
August 068° 240° 330° 230°
September 205° 049° 242° 213°
October 015° 244° 088° 042°
November 078° 153° 232° 200°
December 178° 130° 070° 177°

Prevailing wind direction

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