Svolvær Airport, Helle

ENSH · Nordland, Norway

Climate Svolvær Airport, Helle 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Svolvær Airport, Helle (ENSH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.6 59 80 45 85 77
February 67.7 66 69 75 64 61
March 74.6 85 81 69 64 72
April 74.5 75 72 78 69
May 70.8 55 56 86 60
June 0 0 0 0
July 77.5 93 62 48 85
August 77.2 89 81 69 72
September 79.4 67 81 74 74
October 79.1 82 69 74 83
November 73.5 89 87 67 66
December 64.8 80 57 100 63
Average 74.6 75.4 75.4 71.1 71.9 72.7

36th 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 92.8 97 97 82 97 96
February 89.6 89 93 95 92 85
March 91.3 97 90 91 89 93
April 91.4 89 86 95 92
May 87.8 73 83 99 90
June 0 0 0 0
July 93.4 100 96 91 95
August 96.7 99 95 95 98
September 95.7 90 97 94 97
October 97.8 99 98 95 100
November 95.5 99 94 100 93
December 88.8 100 86 100 100
Average 93.4 94.5 90.4 91.5 94.5 95.0

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 1.2 1 2 1 0 3
February 1.4 2 4 0 1 2
March 1.9 3 0 4 3 1
April 5.0 6 4 5 3
May 8.4 8 9 9 7
June 13.4 14 14 13 15
July 16.3 18 16 15 16
August 15.4 18 15 14 15
September 12.1 12 12 11 12
October 7.1 5 8 7 9
November 4.5 2 6 4 7
December 2.0 1 1 0 4
Average 6.8 2.0 7.4 7.6 6.9 7.8

44th 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 -2.7 -3 0 -1 -2 0
February -2.4 -2 0 -2 -1 -1
March -2.5 0 -5 2 0 -1
April 1.7 2 1 2 3
May 5.2 4 6 6 5
June 9.4 8 10 10 12
July 12.3 13 12 12 12
August 11.9 14 12 11 11
September 8.7 9 9 9 9
October 4.5 2 6 5 6
November 2.0 -1 4 1 4
December -1.8 -2 -2 -2 2
Average 3.6 -2.4 3.6 4.8 4.2 5.4

38th 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 26.6 41 22 51 4 14
February 30.4 35 42 19 29 33
March 25.2 16 23 35 26 31
April 19.6 24 20 25 18
May 21.5 31 43 6 40
June 0 0 0 0
July 14.3 0 27 25 20
August 17.9 15 26 19 16
September 23.2 30 18 29 31
October 20.4 23 29 23 12
November 26.0 13 16 27 47
December 38.8 20 43 0 38
Average 22.6 25.4 23.7 27.6 21.8 24.9

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 12.8 15 12 13 13 14
February 11.6 12 12 13 11 12
March 10.0 9 9 12 11 14
April 8.2 7 8 9 9
May 9.2 10 8 10 10
June 0 0 0 0
July 8.7 9 10 10 8
August 9.5 8 11 10 9
September 10.0 10 9 10 12
October 10.1 7 11 12 11
November 10.1 9 8 9 14
December 12.2 7 10 11 13
Average 9.9 10.5 8.8 9.9 10.2 11.0

44th 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 126° 210° 242° 064° 074°
February 187° 233° 085° 045° 198°
March 071° 020° 226° 196° 076°
April 128° 016° 294° 016°
May 202° 217° 084° 221°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 016° 249° 320° 045°
August 075° 219° 272° 213°
September 211° 046° 169° 200°
October 040° 199° 049° 048°
November 048° 069° 108° 183°
December 087° 100° 076° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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