Climate Halmstad Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Halmstad Airport (ESMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	36.8	49	29	42	48	27
February	49.6	39	49	60	65	49
March	57.2	57	53	77	52	72
April	82.8		90	83	88	83
May	82.0		92	84	74	82
June	83.2		84	77	83	91
July	84.0		85	85	89	80
August	83.2		70	91	86	91
September	74.9		73	92	70	72
October	62.9		61	55	64	69
November	43.1		56	46	41	27
December	39.6		48	54	48	29
Average	67.6	49.2	70.8	75.1	71.7	70.6

33rd 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	65.3	72	67	58	73	54
February	74.7	65	68	87	78	82
March	76.8	78	71	86	69	92
April	92.3		98	91	96	97
May	94.0		98	97	93	97
June	96.3		95	98	98	97
July	97.1		97	99	98	96
August	95.0		90	96	99	96
September	91.5		91	98	91	86
October	83.8		85	75	85	89
November	78.4		85	84	83	68
December	69.1		75	71	64	81
Average	85.7	72.3	87.7	89.8	88.5	89.2

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	3.4	1	5	5	2	7
February	3.9	5	5	5	2	6
March	6.3	8	5	8	6	7
April	11.4		12	11	10	12
May	16.1		17	15	14	14
June	21.0		22	20	21	22
July	21.2		19	21	24	18
August	21.0		19	23	20	23
September	17.5		20	17	18	18
October	12.6		12	14	13	13
November	7.6		5	9	8	9
December	4.0		3	1	2	6
Average	11.3	4.6	12.0	12.8	11.6	12.8

6th 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	-1.4	-4	2	1	-2	3
February	-1.3	1	0	1	-5	2
March	0.0	2	-1	-2	0	1
April	2.5		3	1	1	3
May	7.4		7	8	7	6
June	12.2		12	12	12	13
July	13.4		13	14	15	12
August	13.5		13	13	13	14
September	10.7		13	9	10	10
October	7.3		7	9	7	7
November	3.7		1	6	4	6
December	0.1		-1	-5	-2	3
Average	5.1	-1.5	5.6	5.9	5.1	6.6

48th 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	14.0	13	21	10	17	13
February	12.2	19	11	15	4	13
March	10.9	7	23	1	8	7
April	6.1		5	8	5	4
May	6.3		3	8	13	4
June	4.7		4	6	3	6
July	6.9		12	6	7	11
August	9.5		17	6	8	5
September	9.1		4	9	11	6
October	11.8		20	5	15	13
November	11.0		11	9	15	15
December	14.5		16	16	10	18
Average	9.3	12.2	11.1	7.2	8.7	8.4

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	10.1	11	11	11	9	12
February	10.7	11	10	13	9	14
March	9.8	10	10	7	9	11
April	10.2		9	10	11	11
May	9.0		8	9	8	11
June	8.4		7	8	7	9
July	9.1		10	9	7	12
August	8.3		8	6	9	7
September	9.3		8	8	7	10
October	10.6		12	10	10	10
November	9.4		9	10	9	12
December	9.6		11	8	8	9
Average	9.5	10.4	9.0	8.9	8.5	10.3

6th 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	233°	207°	263°	106°	240°
February	216°	266°	247°	098°	239°
March	141°	234°	207°	256°	233°
April		051°	302°	314°	281°
May		253°	263°	240°	283°
June		277°	260°	272°	250°
July		241°	273°	258°	260°
August		257°	273°	287°	237°
September		223°	145°	251°	256°
October		267°	232°	236°	184°
November		109°	163°	240°	230°
December		248°	071°	086°	143°

Prevailing wind direction

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