Climate Sørkjosen Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sørkjosen Airport (ENSR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.7	82	77	63	96	89
February	85.7	93	78	85	81	87
March	83.0	86	76	86	85	86
April	80.8		88	77	67	91
May	83.6		89	70	94	91
June			0	0	0	0
July	66.4		43	71	61	100
August	83.7		80	87	84	89
September	87.9		83	89	81	98
October	86.9		76	94	85	85
November	88.4		83	90	93	90
December			0	0	0	0
Average	85.0	88.3	80.3	83.0	81.0	90.7

6th 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	91.1	88	89	82	100	96
February	92.3	96	90	89	89	90
March	92.0	96	86	94	96	94
April	93.3		96	90	86	97
May	95.1		96	90	100	95
June			0	0	0	0
July	84.0		75	100	65	100
August	94.5		88	97	97	100
September	98.7		97	100	100	100
October	98.6		99	100	98	97
November	97.5		94	99	100	98
December			0	0	0	0
Average	94.9	95.4	91.9	95.1	93.9	97.1

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	-3.0	-3	0	-2	-5	-2
February	-3.5	-2	2	-4	-2	-1
March	-1.7	2	-2	3	1	0
April	4.1		6	4	4	2
May	8.8		10	9	7	7
June	13.0		14	15	15	13
July	16.4		18	18	15	16
August	15.2		18	17	14	14
September	11.3		12	10	11	12
October	4.5		3	6	5	6
November	0.8		-1	2	0	4
December	-3.7		-4	-3	-5	0
Average	4.8	-2.9	6.2	6.6	4.9	6.0

49th 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	-8.9	-10	-6	-6	-7	-4
February	-7.3	-8	-4	-8	-6	-5
March	-6.9	-4	-9	-2	-4	-3
April	-1.8		-1	-2	0	1
May	4.5		3	3	4	5
June	8.4		8	9	10	9
July	11.5		11	10	12	12
August	10.5		11	9	11	10
September	6.8		7	6	7	7
October	0.9		-3	2	2	3
November	-3.1		-7	-2	-4	1
December	-7.8		-9	-8	-10	-3
Average	0.5	-7.0	0.0	1.3	1.2	2.8

14th 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	29.4	38	42	44	5	26
February	32.1	32	47	23	40	23
March	27.7	23	29	35	24	28
April	25.8		18	38	35	25
May	29.5		30	46	4	25
June			0	0	0	0
July	11.1		5	29	0	2
August	16.3		12	27	14	18
September	19.5		25	17	27	20
October	22.8		29	31	18	21
November	20.7		36	15	10	31
December			0	0	0	0
Average	20.9	27.3	24.4	30.5	21.4	21.3

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	10.4	9	6	10	16	16
February	11.2	12	10	12	13	10
March	8.4	8	7	9	10	10
April	7.5		8	7	8	11
May	7.2		6	7	8	10
June			0	0	0	0
July	7.6		7	7	8	10
August	6.4		7	6	6	6
September	6.7		5	6	8	7
October	7.4		6	6	10	8
November	7.8		7	7	9	11
December			0	0	0	0
Average	8.0	9.6	6.9	7.1	8.7	8.4

49th 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	152°	233°	250°	130°	146°
February	150°	206°	158°	179°	163°
March	161°	169°	187°	220°	159°
April		159°	286°	275°	291°
May		289°	307°	134°	259°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		002°	319°	352°	146°
August		119°	316°	011°	332°
September		320°	071°	168°	172°
October		202°	189°	152°	156°
November		174°	165°	146°	164°
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.