Svalbard Airport, Longyear

ENSB · Svalbard, Norway

Climate Svalbard Airport, Longyear 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Svalbard Airport, Longyear (ENSB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0 0 0 0 0
February 71.2 61 41 70 88 82
March 72.3 72 71 76 58
April 72.5 33 89 79 90
May 0 0 0 0
June 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0
August 72.9 33 79 72 88
September 71.4 61 61 84 69
October 81.2 73 80 91 77
November 0 0 0 0
December 0 0 0 0
Average 71.8 61.4 55.3 73.8 80.7 74.5

27th 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 0 0 0 0 0
February 94.3 90 95 98 100 99
March 94.0 97 95 94 91
April 94.7 84 98 92 98
May 0 0 0 0
June 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0
August 97.1 90 100 99 99
September 96.5 97 94 99 99
October 98.1 98 100 98 95
November 0 0 0 0
December 0 0 0 0
Average 95.0 90.0 93.5 96.4 96.0 96.2

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 -7.1 -9 -2 -8 -5 -11
February -7.4 -5 -4 -10 -5 -13
March -10.5 -11 -6 -7 -13
April -5.1 -2 -8 -4 -6
May 0.1 0 0 -1 2
June 6.0 6 8 5 6
July 9.9 12 11 8 12
August 8.4 10 9 8 9
September 4.4 2 5 5 5
October -1.1 -2 -1 -2 -1
November -3.2 -4 1 -8 -1
December -5.2 -4 -6 -4 -5
Average -2.6 -8.9 0.1 -1.8 -1.1 -2.7

65th 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 -12.4 -14 -6 -13 -10 -16
February -12.2 -11 -9 -15 -9 -18
March -15.2 -16 -11 -13 -19
April -11.8 -8 -12 -9 -13
May -4.5 -4 -4 -5 -2
June 3.0 3 5 2 3
July 6.6 8 8 5 8
August 5.1 7 5 5 5
September 1.0 -1 2 2 2
October -5.7 -6 -4 -6 -4
November -8.7 -9 -3 -12 -5
December -10.6 -8 -11 -9 -9
Average -6.3 -13.4 -4.0 -5.7 -5.0 -6.3

2nd 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 0 0 0 0 0
February 27.0 41 53 17 14 15
March 28.0 20 33 31 33
April 26.3 34 29 31 16
May 0 0 0 0
June 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0
August 18.9 23 6 12 21
September 19.2 22 21 17 26
October 14.8 13 18 24 10
November 0 0 0 0
December 0 0 0 0
Average 24.9 41.4 24.3 23.8 23.5 22.6

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 0 0 0 0 0
February 10.6 9 16 11 8 9
March 10.5 12 10 12 9
April 10.3 10 10 14 9
May 0 0 0 0
June 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0
August 8.3 8 8 6 9
September 8.8 7 9 8 8
October 8.8 12 10 10 6
November 0 0 0 0
December 0 0 0 0
Average 9.5 8.9 9.7 9.4 10.1 8.4

65th 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 360° 360° 360° 360° 360°
February 160° 260° 118° 129° 129°
March 077° 151° 126° 264°
April 203° 120° 073° 117°
May 360° 360° 360° 360°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 360° 360° 360° 360°
August 253° 191° 225° 129°
September 205° 150° 125° 152°
October 091° 103° 116° 121°
November 360° 360° 360° 360°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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