Climate Arvika Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Karlstad Airport (ESOK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.8	57	33	55	45	56
February	51.2	35	59	60	60	64
March	64.0	43	59	83	73	65
April	85.5		79	89	92	91
May	85.3		96	87	74	89
June	88.0		92	91	77	93
July	87.5		80	85	86	88
August	79.5		69	80	84	88
September	71.0		61	83	71	68
October	59.0		67	53	54	46
November	37.1		34	17	57	40
December	36.7		30	60	50	11
Average	69.0	43.7	70.1	76.4	72.8	73.9

28th 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	66.5	69	50	77	76	69
February	71.3	55	74	80	72	84
March	78.9	71	71	86	88	79
April	92.3		87	94	95	98
May	92.7		98	95	87	94
June	95.0		97	97	90	98
July	95.8		94	95	96	96
August	92.5		85	92	96	97
September	86.8		81	93	79	84
October	78.5		86	68	80	73
November	58.4		57	57	74	64
December	59.3		54	79	70	42
Average	82.8	65.3	82.8	87.9	86.3	86.2

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	0.7	-3	2	3	-2	6
February	1.5	1	3	3	-1	5
March	4.9	5	3	7	7	6
April	10.6		10	10	10	11
May	15.9		17	15	14	14
June	21.2		23	21	21	23
July	21.8		20	21	24	19
August	20.1		19	22	19	22
September	15.8		18	15	16	16
October	10.2		8	12	12	11
November	4.6		2	6	5	8
December	0.7		-2	-3	-1	4
Average	9.6	1.1	10.2	11.4	10.2	11.9

22nd 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	-5.6	-10	-2	-3	-6	1
February	-5.8	-4	-4	-3	-7	-2
March	-3.1	0	-5	-4	-2	-1
April	-1.8		0	-1	-1	1
May	4.6		4	5	4	3
June	10.3		10	11	11	11
July	11.3		11	11	13	10
August	10.7		11	11	10	11
September	7.9		10	7	8	8
October	3.7		2	5	6	5
November	0.2		-3	2	-1	3
December	-5.9		-8	-8	-6	1
Average	1.9	-5.5	2.2	3.0	2.4	4.0

27th 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	15.5	21	16	9	15	12
February	13.8	19	11	15	11	12
March	10.6	14	17	1	8	10
April	7.7		15	9	4	7
May	8.5		5	9	19	5
June	5.2		3	4	4	7
July	6.7		11	6	5	13
August	8.9		17	4	6	4
September	9.0		7	10	12	6
October	13.0		13	12	16	14
November	17.7		20	21	13	15
December	21.3		37	23	12	26
Average	10.8	17.3	12.3	8.3	9.6	9.6

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	7.2	8	8	8	6	9
February	7.9	8	8	9	7	10
March	7.8	7	8	6	8	10
April	7.8		7	7	9	9
May	7.1		7	8	7	7
June	7.1		6	7	7	7
July	6.8		8	7	6	7
August	6.9		6	7	7	7
September	7.7		8	7	7	8
October	8.0		9	8	9	8
November	7.4		7	8	7	8
December	6.4		6	7	6	7
Average	7.3	7.5	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.9

22nd 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	217°	204°	263°	015°	220°
February	195°	276°	231°	345°	222°
March	102°	347°	270°	253°	227°
April		057°	351°	325°	279°
May		217°	223°	083°	285°
June		169°	199°	190°	131°
July		202°	239°	137°	219°
August		158°	192°	335°	188°
September		199°	044°	187°	225°
October		319°	211°	211°	143°
November		013°	113°	222°	214°
December		001°	348°	355°	114°

Prevailing wind direction

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