Climate Vadsø Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vadsø Airport (ENVD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	65.0	54	84	80	31	85
February	59.7	46	47	67	69	71
March	77.9	71	81	80	78	77
April	80.0		80	77	85	81
May	79.8		89	72	76	78
June			0	0	0	0
July	46.7		34	36	58	41
August	71.1		73	83	76	75
September	69.9		71	59	67	78
October	68.2		78	65	70	44
November	55.7		72	37	56	68
December			0	0	0	0
Average	70.6	61.5	74.4	70.9	73.5	71.8

32nd 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	83.1	86	95	90	46	88
February	85.0	84	77	90	84	91
March	91.0	92	89	90	92	91
April	95.2		98	95	94	95
May	93.4		98	86	93	92
June			0	0	0	0
July	82.9		61	94	90	75
August	92.9		93	95	93	98
September	95.0		94	90	95	100
October	92.3		95	93	90	82
November	87.6		92	86	95	97
December			0	0	0	0
Average	91.7	89.1	92.1	91.5	91.6	92.9

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	-4	-1	-4	-4	-3
February	-4.6	-4	-1	-3	-6	-3
March	-3.8	-1	-4	-1	-2	-2
April	2.0		3	2	3	1
May	6.6		10	6	5	7
June	11.5		12	13	14	12
July	15.5		14	17	15	16
August	14.2		17	16	14	14
September	10.2		12	9	9	11
October	3.7		2	5	4	5
November	0.3		-1	2	-2	2
December	-3.5		-4	-2	-5	-1
Average	3.6	-3.0	4.8	5.3	3.9	5.0

62nd 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	-8.0	-9	-6	-9	-7	-8
February	-8.3	-8	-6	-7	-10	-7
March	-8.8	-6	-10	-5	-6	-6
April	-3.3		-2	-3	-2	-3
May	1.8		3	1	1	3
June	6.1		5	7	9	7
July	9.6		9	10	10	11
August	8.7		10	9	9	9
September	5.4		5	5	4	6
October	0.2		-2	1	1	2
November	-4.9		-6	-2	-5	0
December	-7.6		-9	-8	-8	-5
Average	-2.9	-8.2	-1.3	0.3	-1.7	0.7

7th 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	29.2	28	21	20	89	20
February	27.7	37	40	30	27	24
March	22.6	23	25	20	34	26
April	14.5		13	15	17	18
May	15.5		8	21	19	17
June			0	0	0	0
July	9.1		11	19	19	1
August	12.0		10	12	10	10
September	16.6		21	24	8	13
October	15.7		18	21	22	12
November	19.6		15	20	16	9
December			0	0	0	0
Average	18.1	28.2	16.9	18.8	19.1	15.6

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	13.4	16	12	15	16	12
February	12.8	13	13	14	12	12
March	12.6	11	11	13	14	14
April	12.0		13	12	12	14
May	11.2		10	12	10	13
June			0	0	0	0
July	9.6		7	9	8	12
August	8.8		9	9	8	8
September	9.9		9	10	11	8
October	10.6		11	10	13	10
November	11.4		11	10	12	13
December			0	0	0	0
Average	11.1	11.8	10.5	11.2	11.3	11.1

62nd 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	255°	277°	294°	101°	263°
February	232°	258°	273°	285°	249°
March	311°	316°	294°	288°	265°
April		287°	313°	290°	329°
May		306°	311°	061°	262°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		098°	011°	100°	076°
August		040°	276°	047°	311°
September		269°	011°	265°	249°
October		320°	261°	266°	290°
November		308°	258°	253°	251°
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.