Climate Växjö Kronoberg Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Växjö Kronoberg Airport (ESMX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.8	45	14	42	24	16
February	38.2	21	42	39	58	29
March	54.2	41	53	90	59	58
April	79.9		79	78	86	82
May	82.7		95	80	72	83
June	85.9		91	84	88	84
July	82.0		80	84	79	72
August	74.5		58	83	69	84
September	67.3		69	80	64	67
October	46.1		40	41	48	40
November	22.5		25	26	21	16
December	21.9		16	26	38	9
Average	60.7	35.6	62.9	70.1	64.7	61.3

44th 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	51.0	66	49	56	51	35
February	63.6	45	63	75	79	66
March	75.0	66	68	95	76	81
April	91.2		91	86	95	97
May	92.6		98	93	87	92
June	94.6		96	96	95	94
July	93.0		93	93	90	88
August	86.7		76	88	87	92
September	82.4		83	91	76	78
October	71.3		62	71	69	70
November	51.5		52	64	64	52
December	41.7		37	33	57	33
Average	77.5	59.3	77.8	84.1	80.9	78.9

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	2.2	0	4	4	1	6
February	3.2	4	4	4	2	5
March	6.3	8	5	9	7	7
April	11.6		11	11	10	13
May	17.2		18	16	15	15
June	22.2		23	21	24	22
July	22.2		20	23	24	19
August	21.2		20	24	19	23
September	17.1		20	16	17	18
October	11.8		11	13	12	12
November	6.3		4	7	7	9
December	2.7		2	-1	1	5
Average	11.0	3.8	11.8	12.7	11.4	12.6

8th 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	-3.6	-5	0	-2	-3	2
February	-3.5	-1	-3	-1	-7	0
March	-2.1	1	-3	-4	-1	-2
April	0.3		0	-1	-1	1
May	4.7		4	5	5	3
June	9.9		9	10	11	10
July	11.2		11	11	13	10
August	10.5		12	12	10	11
September	8.4		11	7	8	8
October	5.0		4	7	5	6
November	2.3		0	4	2	4
December	-2.9		-2	-6	-4	2
Average	3.0	-2.1	3.6	3.8	3.2	4.5

34th 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	20.2	25	23	11	26	20
February	18.2	19	13	13	9	29
March	14.4	10	24	0	9	14
April	6.0		4	11	6	4
May	8.2		2	11	16	8
June	4.7		2	3	4	7
July	7.3		10	4	5	17
August	9.0		14	4	10	6
September	7.5		5	7	10	6
October	11.4		17	9	11	10
November	14.1		18	9	15	19
December	20.3		32	24	19	17
Average	11.1	16.9	11.6	7.3	10.3	11.7

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	7.7	8	8	9	7	9
February	8.2	8	8	10	7	10
March	7.9	7	8	6	9	9
April	8.2		8	8	9	9
May	7.3		7	8	7	8
June	6.9		6	7	7	7
July	7.1		8	7	6	8
August	6.6		7	6	7	5
September	7.2		7	6	7	8
October	8.0		9	7	8	8
November	6.9		7	7	7	8
December	7.0		8	7	6	7
Average	7.4	7.3	7.4	7.1	7.1	7.7

8th 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	242°	196°	264°	014°	224°
February	212°	269°	233°	324°	222°
March	126°	237°	247°	260°	229°
April		034°	326°	312°	271°
May		197°	239°	194°	259°
June		261°	236°	244°	083°
July		217°	242°	203°	222°
August		217°	248°	259°	207°
September		201°	160°	237°	237°
October		259°	215°	207°	194°
November		073°	155°	244°	213°
December		261°	005°	328°	145°

Prevailing wind direction

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