Scandinavian Mountains Airport

ESKS · Södermanland, Sweden

Climate Scandinavian Mountains Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Scandinavian Mountains Airport (ESKS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.5 54 43 60 44 52
February 53.7 37 61 58 49 64
March 65.2 44 73 86 67 57
April 73.3 67 88 92 46
May 80.1 97 86 69 75
June 87.6 91 86 80 90
July 57.4 71 82 85 2
August 71.6 58 76 80 72
September 63.9 54 65 66 71
October 44.5 57 51 38 24
November 35.7 33 14 51 45
December 32.1 43 44 38 12
Average 55.6 44.1 66.8 73.1 67.5 53.0

40th 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 62.8 70 56 67 58 64
February 67.7 54 73 73 59 80
March 78.3 63 83 91 78 77
April 81.6 87 96 96 48
May 89.2 99 97 87 78
June 95.3 96 95 94 96
July 66.8 90 94 95 2
August 85.8 80 90 95 78
September 85.0 79 88 85 87
October 69.3 85 71 58 61
November 57.2 66 51 61 52
December 51.6 70 50 55 37
Average 69.5 61.8 83.3 86.1 80.9 61.9

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 -5 -3 -2 -7 2
February -2.2 -3 -1 -2 -4 0
March 1.9 2 -1 4 3 2
April 4.9 6 6 5 3
May 11.0 13 12 11 9
June 19.5 20 18 19 21
July 13.7 17 18 21 0
August 17.1 17 19 16 17
September 12.6 15 12 13 14
October 6.5 4 8 8 6
November 0.7 -3 3 0 4
December -5.9 -8 -8 -5 0
Average 3.9 -2.0 5.7 7.8 6.6 5.9

39th 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 -9.0 -13 -8 -8 -13 -3
February -9.8 -9 -8 -8 -11 -6
March -7.9 -4 -11 -7 -5 -4
April -3.0 -2 -4 -4 -1
May 1.6 2 2 3 0
June 9.3 9 9 10 10
July 6.7 8 9 11 0
August 8.1 10 9 7 7
September 5.0 7 4 5 5
October 1.2 -1 1 3 3
November -4.2 -8 -1 -5 -1
December -9.3 -13 -13 -9 -3
Average -3.4 -9.6 -2.2 -1.7 -1.3 0.0

11th 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 26.1 29 31 19 28 23
February 21.7 40 13 17 21 16
March 14.0 19 19 2 13 16
April 11.1 22 10 8 5
May 9.6 5 10 16 6
June 5.4 4 5 6 7
July 7.0 14 10 7 0
August 8.1 17 5 9 2
September 14.6 15 18 13 8
October 16.2 13 8 23 24
November 28.3 42 30 23 19
December 38.6 44 25 35 53
Average 16.8 28.1 17.0 10.8 14.9 10.8

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 5.8 7 6 6 4 7
February 6.5 7 6 6 6 7
March 7.0 6 7 6 7 9
April 6.8 7 6 9 6
May 6.9 8 8 6 6
June 6.2 7 6 6 6
July 4.5 6 7 6 0
August 6.0 6 7 7 4
September 6.8 9 6 6 6
October 7.1 7 6 8 6
November 6.0 6 7 5 6
December 4.7 4 3 4 6
Average 6.0 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.4 5.4

39th 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 150° 153° 280° 098° 205°
February 167° 283° 202° 111° 192°
March 125° 325° 253° 232° 220°
April 039° 337° 328° 280°
May 268° 245° 054° 307°
June 054° 187° 164° 137°
July 150° 255° 125° 322°
August 117° 186° 330° 194°
September 185° 110° 151° 199°
October 320° 204° 195° 154°
November 023° 127° 160° 189°
December 062° 360° 112° 118°

Prevailing wind direction

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