Climate Vardø Airport, Svartnes 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vardø Airport, Svartnes (ENSS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.7	70	81	84	43	71
February	59.2	44	54	66	55	74
March	70.5	54	68	85	64	67
April	77.3		70	75	84	72
May	73.8		72	71	63	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	32.2		3	24	90	12
August	63.3		63	76	65	66
September	64.2		65	43	68	76
October	73.2		74	75	85	49
November	59.0		80	60	39	51
December			0	0	0	0
Average	66.2	51.8	65.9	67.4	68.2	62.7

43rd 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	84.6	78	100	84	81	88
February	81.8	73	82	89	69	88
March	86.9	88	81	97	78	80
April	93.5		92	89	97	89
May	91.1		96	81	93	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	60.4		14	63	100	48
August	84.1		84	87	85	86
September	90.0		88	80	100	97
October	94.1		92	94	93	90
November	89.9		96	92	88	93
December			0	0	0	0
Average	87.7	81.8	86.3	86.6	88.6	87.4

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	-3.8	-2	0	-2	-3	-2
February	-3.4	-3	-1	-2	-4	-3
March	-2.0	-1	-3	0	-2	-2
April	1.2		2	1	2	0
May	5.4		9	4	5	7
June	9.3		10	10	12	10
July	12.7		11	15	14	12
August	12.5		15	15	12	12
September	9.8		12	9	8	11
October	4.1		3	6	5	6
November	1.4		1	3	0	3
December	-2.5		-3	-1	-3	-1
Average	3.4	-2.0	4.6	5.2	3.9	4.6

64th 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	-6.0	-8	-4	-6	-6	-6
February	-7.9	-7	-6	-5	-7	-6
March	-6.3	-5	-9	-3	-5	-5
April	-2.7		-2	-1	-1	0
May	2.2		3	1	2	7
June	5.9		5	6	8	7
July	8.7		8	10	9	9
August	9.0		10	9	9	9
September	6.5		6	6	6	7
October	1.1		-1	2	1	3
November	-2.3		-4	-1	-3	1
December	-5.2		-7	-6	-6	-3
Average	-1.9	-7.4	0.0	1.3	0.7	1.9

12th 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	29.8	16	27	20	62	33
February	34.7	37	29	29	70	35
March	32.8	32	44	15	48	49
April	14.6		15	19	17	11
May	17.0		19	22	28	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	11.6		5	15	0	24
August	12.1		8	12	18	11
September	18.8		22	27	14	12
October	18.3		22	26	17	17
November	20.0		17	18	25	27
December			0	0	0	0
Average	21.1	32.4	20.3	20.0	27.4	20.8

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	18.2	21	15	16	20	17
February	17.8	19	17	16	19	18
March	15.8	13	14	19	18	16
April	14.7		16	15	14	19
May	12.3		11	12	12	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	9.5		8	7	6	13
August	10.1		9	11	10	10
September	12.6		11	13	14	12
October	13.7		13	13	16	12
November	14.3		14	12	14	17
December			0	0	0	0
Average	13.9	15.6	12.5	12.9	14.2	13.3

64th 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	237°	255°	252°	117°	202°
February	224°	240°	222°	240°	232°
March	283°	282°	260°	278°	276°
April		252°	253°	254°	347°
May		289°	262°	085°	360°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		357°	083°	090°	077°
August		290°	259°	339°	317°
September		235°	020°	237°	221°
October		330°	241°	213°	173°
November		271°	225°	238°	232°
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.