Værøy Heliport

ENVR · Nordland, Norway

Climate Værøy Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Værøy Heliport (ENVR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.5 38 50 50 33 100
February 72.0 51 52 72 66 89
March 75.3 63 78 64 62 81
April 80.1 63 82 82 76
May 79.2 51 49 87 95
June 0 0 0 0
July 68.3 68 38 40 84
August 75.0 72 52 56 68
September 79.8 66 77 67 63
October 76.1 62 53 57 75
November 82.4 70 82 83 82
December 100.0 0 0 0 0
Average 73.4 56.3 64.9 61.6 65.2 78.2

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 81.2 63 83 83 67 100
February 88.8 83 90 83 80 94
March 91.1 84 93 88 92 92
April 89.3 75 96 97 83
May 88.3 75 72 94 96
June 0 0 0 0
July 85.5 98 75 78 88
August 93.9 90 92 90 92
September 94.5 88 100 87 96
October 95.6 96 94 93 97
November 97.2 90 100 100 91
December 100.0 0 0 0 0
Average 90.1 81.9 87.7 88.4 89.3 92.2

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 2.5 2 3 2 2 4
February 2.2 2 4 1 3 3
March 2.1 3 0 4 4 2
April 4.3 5 4 4 3
May 7.2 7 7 7 6
June 10.5 12 11 11 12
July 13.2 15 13 13 13
August 13.4 15 13 13 13
September 11.2 11 11 11 11
October 7.7 6 8 8 9
November 5.5 4 7 5 7
December 3.4 2 3 2 5
Average 6.4 2.4 7.0 7.1 6.8 7.2

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 1.5 1 3 1 1 3
February 1.2 2 2 1 2 1
March 1.1 3 -1 4 2 1
April 3.3 4 3 3 3
May 5.9 6 6 6 5
June 9.1 10 9 9 10
July 11.6 13 12 11 11
August 12.0 13 12 11 12
September 9.9 11 10 9 10
October 6.8 6 8 7 8
November 4.5 3 6 4 6
December 2.5 2 1 2 4
Average 5.3 1.7 5.8 6.1 5.7 6.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.0 50 33 17 17 0
February 19.1 23 20 8 16 23
March 13.9 24 10 14 15 14
April 8.7 9 4 7 14
May 11.4 13 30 5 12
June 0 0 0 0
July 8.7 5 13 18 12
August 10.6 6 21 18 4
September 13.9 17 9 6 22
October 15.6 17 20 17 12
November 24.3 0 0 25 46
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 14.4 25.5 11.9 14.9 12.6 14.5

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 16.0 20 15 13 13 22
February 14.9 14 14 15 15 14
March 13.8 12 13 14 12 16
April 10.7 11 12 11 11
May 11.2 12 11 11 11
June 0 0 0 0
July 9.7 8 10 11 9
August 9.8 9 11 10 10
September 12.3 14 12 12 14
October 13.0 12 12 14 12
November 12.8 13 13 11 13
December 22.0 0 0 0 0
Average 12.2 13.6 11.7 12.1 11.7 12.3

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 189° 291° 298° 100° 102°
February 175° 237° 125° 154° 227°
March 111° 002° 224° 197° 212°
April 113° 018° 307° 303°
May 220° 238° 027° 241°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 352° 267° 268° 339°
August 011° 245° 268° 240°
September 137° 066° 201° 222°
October 026° 220° 074° 045°
November 060° 081° 186° 215°
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.