Climate Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen (ENSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	70.0	73	79	61	83	65
February	74.3	68	73	58	94	58
March	78.5	85	75	83	82	72
April	85.5		89	89	89	76
May	88.4		84	88	98	90
June	91.8		95	84	91	98
July	92.1		86	88	97	92
August	89.9		82	88	96	91
September	88.7		85	94	89	87
October	85.3		85	91	87	89
November	83.3		91	94	79	76
December	73.7		69	89	76	90
Average	84.4	76.9	84.4	85.3	90.2	83.1

4th 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	91.6	94	94	93	92	93
February	90.9	90	87	77	98	92
March	93.3	97	91	97	95	92
April	95.5		95	99	94	98
May	97.2		98	96	99	99
June	97.7		99	97	97	98
July	97.7		96	98	99	98
August	96.0		93	94	98	98
September	96.6		96	98	95	96
October	95.5		98	99	94	92
November	92.9		95	96	92	94
December	85.5		77	89	88	93
Average	95.0	94.1	94.6	95.5	96.0	95.5

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	-2.7	-4	-1	1	-6	2
February	-1.6	0	1	-1	-4	1
March	1.8	4	-1	4	3	2
April	6.1		7	6	4	6
May	11.2		10	10	12	8
June	16.8		20	16	17	19
July	17.4		17	15	20	14
August	16.1		16	16	17	18
September	12.2		14	13	13	12
October	6.4		4	7	8	8
November	2.2		-1	5	3	5
December	-2.7		-3	-6	-2	2
Average	6.5	-1.9	6.9	7.6	7.2	8.1

38th 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	-5.7	-8	-4	-2	-8	-1
February	-4.0	-5	-3	-4	-7	-2
March	-3.0	-2	-7	-2	-1	-2
April	0.5		-1	0	-1	1
May	5.4		3	5	6	3
June	9.9		9	10	11	13
July	10.8		9	10	13	9
August	9.8		9	11	10	10
September	7.3		7	7	9	7
October	2.5		0	4	4	3
November	-1.1		-5	2	-1	2
December	-4.3		-7	-9	-4	0
Average	1.7	-5.1	0.8	3.0	2.6	3.6

28th 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	28.1	32	22	49	7	30
February	24.9	35	21	44	12	36
March	23.1	18	30	13	25	27
April	16.3		17	8	15	24
May	15.6		19	21	10	13
June	11.6		6	14	13	3
July	13.7		26	16	6	18
August	15.2		27	13	6	12
September	22.3		31	10	17	30
October	23.7		27	29	30	8
November	16.9		7	18	29	21
December	21.2		25	5	14	10
Average	19.1	26.3	21.2	18.3	14.3	19.0

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	6.3	6	6	9	4	8
February	6.4	6	6	7	7	8
March	6.3	5	5	6	7	6
April	6.7		5	6	8	8
May	6.6		6	7	6	8
June	5.6		4	5	6	5
July	5.5		4	6	6	7
August	4.7		4	4	5	5
September	6.0		5	5	6	6
October	6.3		7	5	7	5
November	5.7		5	7	7	6
December	5.6		4	4	6	6
Average	6.0	5.5	4.9	5.8	6.1	6.4

38th 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	262°	001°	242°	056°	241°
February	281°	243°	243°	061°	246°
March	048°	055°	251°	249°	246°
April		046°	260°	253°	247°
May		254°	256°	047°	255°
June		279°	248°	264°	049°
July		251°	251°	301°	253°
August		263°	255°	261°	260°
September		254°	341°	268°	247°
October		324°	245°	241°	050°
November		051°	048°	244°	245°
December		360°	050°	038°	047°

Prevailing wind direction

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