Climate Skövde Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Karlsborg Air Base (ESIA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	44.4	49	29	60	33	43
February	54.3	41	56	63	61	58
March	65.2	47	53	91	73	72
April	91.0		89	84	92	94
May	87.6		96	87	82	89
June	90.2		91	91	81	94
July	88.5		86	87	88	87
August	81.3		66	82	83	90
September	78.9		78	90	74	72
October	62.8		53	63	72	56
November	36.8		29	30	62	40
December	32.8		21	37	51	28
Average	70.7	45.6	69.5	78.3	75.5	75.2

20th best VFR conditions of Sweden

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	73.6	70	67	82	72	80
February	78.3	67	74	84	82	92
March	83.9	75	73	95	93	89
April	95.7		94	92	96	98
May	95.5		99	97	93	96
June	97.0		96	99	94	97
July	97.2		98	97	95	98
August	93.6		89	92	96	96
September	91.8		92	97	91	87
October	87.9		86	88	93	81
November	72.0		60	74	88	90
December	65.5		51	67	79	62
Average	87.1	71.0	86.0	91.7	91.1	91.1

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	2.2	-1	3	4	0	6
February	3.3	2	4	3	1	5
March	5.7	5	3	7	7	6
April	10.1		10	9	9	11
May	14.8		17	15	14	14
June	21.1		22	21	21	21
July	21.3		19	21	23	19
August	20.3		19	22	19	22
September	16.1		18	15	16	17
October	11.0		9	13	12	11
November	6.0		3	7	7	9
December	2.3		1	-1	1	5
Average	10.4	2.2	10.6	11.6	10.7	12.1

20th highest temperature of Sweden

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	-3.7	-6	-1	-1	-4	2
February	-2.4	-2	-2	-1	-5	0
March	-2.9	0	-3	-3	0	0
April	0.7		0	0	0	2
May	5.4		6	6	6	4
June	11.0		11	11	12	11
July	12.6		12	12	14	11
August	12.0		13	13	10	12
September	9.2		12	8	9	9
October	5.3		4	7	6	6
November	2.3		-1	4	2	4
December	-2.7		-3	-5	-4	3
Average	3.8	-3.4	4.0	4.5	3.9	5.3

39th lowest temperature of Sweden

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.2	24	24	11	19	9
February	15.4	24	14	16	7	16
March	13.3	17	29	1	7	9
April	6.0		8	10	5	4
May	10.6		5	9	20	8
June	5.5		5	5	2	7
July	9.7		16	7	8	16
August	11.4		22	8	10	5
September	9.2		7	8	16	8
October	14.0		25	20	11	10
November	14.1		22	20	11	9
December	21.1		39	25	12	21
Average	12.2	21.2	15.9	9.8	10.2	9.4

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	8.9	10	9	10	7	11
February	9.2	9	8	10	8	12
March	8.4	8	9	6	9	9
April	8.0		7	7	9	9
May	7.0		7	8	6	7
June	6.4		6	7	6	7
July	6.8		9	7	7	7
August	6.5		7	6	7	6
September	7.9		7	7	8	8
October	8.7		12	8	8	9
November	8.1		8	9	8	8
December	7.7		8	7	7	8
Average	7.7	8.8	7.8	7.4	7.3	8.1

20th highest wind speed of Sweden

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	247°	215°	260°	007°	244°
February	211°	265°	241°	311°	240°
March	104°	252°	266°	259°	241°
April		058°	018°	306°	281°
May		197°	232°	106°	275°
June		093°	233°	228°	098°
July		223°	252°	091°	239°
August		202°	230°	291°	203°
September		211°	085°	109°	253°
October		004°	226°	226°	205°
November		054°	132°	239°	233°
December		022°	008°	228°	141°

Prevailing wind direction

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