Climate Såtenäs Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Såtenäs Air Base (ESIB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	43.8	44	34	54	34	45
February	52.5	33	61	68	57	61
March	60.8	44	49	85	66	71
April	85.6		89	86	92	90
May	86.3		94	87	80	86
June	87.5		92	86	80	94
July	87.2		86	85	89	86
August	82.3		71	87	81	89
September	76.4		70	94	76	72
October	65.8		64	61	64	61
November	44.6		34	45	69	37
December	40.2		28	47	51	37
Average	69.7	40.2	70.8	78.9	74.4	75.4

15th 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	72.9	67	64	77	81	83
February	76.5	64	74	87	80	88
March	81.1	76	73	89	86	88
April	94.0		96	89	98	98
May	94.8		98	97	94	95
June	96.9		97	97	95	98
July	96.9		98	96	97	98
August	94.6		89	93	95	97
September	91.9		90	98	92	87
October	86.8		84	81	88	86
November	76.8		69	83	89	77
December	76.7		70	79	76	88
Average	87.2	69.9	87.0	91.2	91.2	92.0

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	2.3	0	3	4	0	6
February	2.8	3	4	4	0	5
March	5.4	6	4	8	7	6
April	10.4		10	10	9	11
May	15.7		17	15	14	14
June	20.9		22	21	21	22
July	21.4		19	22	24	18
August	20.2		19	22	19	22
September	16.3		19	16	16	17
October	11.3		9	13	12	12
November	6.2		4	8	7	9
December	2.5		1	-1	0	5
Average	10.3	2.7	10.9	12.0	10.8	12.3

14th 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	-7	0	-1	-3	2
February	-2.0	-1	-1	-1	-7	1
March	-2.7	1	-3	-3	0	0
April	1.1		0	0	1	2
May	6.0		5	6	6	5
June	10.9		10	11	12	11
July	12.2		12	12	14	11
August	11.7		13	12	11	12
September	9.3		12	8	9	10
October	5.5		4	7	7	6
November	2.0		0	5	2	5
December	-2.5		-3	-6	-4	2
Average	3.6	-3.9	4.1	4.4	3.9	5.4

38th 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	20.7	30	32	17	23	16
February	19.9	28	20	17	20	18
March	15.8	22	30	1	12	12
April	6.2		8	9	4	4
May	9.6		5	10	24	3
June	7.0		4	7	2	8
July	8.2		14	9	6	15
August	10.5		15	9	10	7
September	11.4		9	8	14	7
October	16.9		23	17	17	16
November	20.4		25	30	17	22
December	19.3		37	22	20	15
Average	13.7	25.9	15.8	10.9	12.7	10.7

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	10.0	10	11	12	8	13
February	10.4	10	10	12	8	14
March	9.8	9	9	7	10	12
April	9.7		8	9	11	11
May	8.6		8	10	8	10
June	8.4		7	9	9	8
July	8.9		11	9	8	10
August	8.7		8	8	9	7
September	9.7		10	8	8	11
October	10.2		12	10	11	9
November	8.9		8	10	9	11
December	8.6		9	7	8	8
Average	9.3	9.6	9.0	9.0	8.9	9.9

14th 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	210°	202°	255°	099°	227°
February	209°	265°	235°	147°	227°
March	121°	235°	239°	234°	234°
April		019°	355°	317°	270°
May		263°	253°	225°	279°
June		312°	240°	245°	055°
July		227°	249°	268°	234°
August		224°	239°	315°	225°
September		215°	056°	219°	232°
October		292°	222°	219°	160°
November		062°	150°	207°	218°
December		223°	088°	125°	126°

Prevailing wind direction

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