Statistics Gällivare Airport 2019-2022

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gällivare Airport (ESNG) between 2019 and 2022.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	58.4	76	47	49	73
February	59.6	48	68	67	63
March	77.7	80	75	80	79
April	82.9	80	89	86	91
May	83.6	87	69	92	78
June		0	0	0	0
July	82.8	79	90	70	90
August	78.1	77	77	89	70
September	64.6	58	73	73	69
October	51.4	63	38	41	63
November	55.6	48	60	57	47
December	47.5	52	54	25	54
Average	73.1	73.0	72.1	75.2	74.9

39th best VFR conditions of Sweden

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	73.8	81	75	65	77
February	74.2	71	80	77	74
March	88.1	89	88	90	88
April	91.1	90	94	92	98
May	91.8	96	84	94	92
June		0	0	0	0
July	95.4	97	97	91	97
August	91.5	87	93	95	88
September	82.5	79	93	86	84
October	69.0	74	61	55	78
November	67.5	64	68	66	63
December	66.1	64	76	43	75
Average	85.6	85.8	86.1	85.0	87.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-9.6	-7	-11	-5	-12
February	-7.1	-7	-7	-5	-7
March	-2.9	2	-1	0	-2
April	4.4	4	4	3	8
May	10.0	11	8	9	10
June	17.3	18	19	21	17
July	19.1	18	22	17	19
August	15.8	18	16	17	17
September	10.7	10	10	12	11
October	2.4	5	3	0	0
November	-4.7	-4	-5	1	-7
December	-6.7	-2	-8	-3	-4
Average	4.6	5.8	4.2	5.4	4.3

47th highest temperature of Sweden

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-17.3	-16	-18	-13	-20
February	-17.0	-17	-17	-16	-17
March	-12.3	-9	-10	-10	-13
April	-6.3	-6	-6	-6	-4
May	0.1	1	-1	-1	0
June	6.7	8	7	8	7
July	9.0	10	10	9	9
August	6.2	7	6	6	7
September	2.3	3	2	3	1
October	-4.1	-3	-3	-4	-8
November	-10.0	-9	-13	-6	-14
December	-13.0	-14	-16	-8	-10
Average	-5.5	-4.7	-5.2	-4.9	-6.9

1st lowest temperature of Sweden

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	35.5	18	53	33	31
February	30.7	34	36	20	31
March	17.4	12	17	14	19
April	14.0	17	11	19	5
May	10.6	11	14	8	17
June		0	0	0	0
July	13.6	21	6	24	5
August	12.1	7	18	5	13
September	13.3	15	14	9	17
October	17.5	9	34	13	22
November	20.6	21	24	16	30
December	37.5	33	41	55	30
Average	16.1	15.0	18.6	14.6	16.2

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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	5.3	7	5	6	4
February	5.4	6	6	5	7
March	8.1	8	9	8	9
April	7.6	8	9	9	6
May	7.6	8	7	8	8
June		0	0	0	0
July	6.4	6	8	6	6
August	6.6	7	6	6	6
September	6.7	6	8	7	6
October	5.6	6	7	5	5
November	5.0	5	4	7	3
December	5.0	4	5	5	6
Average	6.7	6.9	7.2	7.0	6.3

47th 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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	267°	347°	292°	294°
February	306°	314°	277°	280°
March	283°	269°	266°	293°
April	321°	307°	322°	295°
May	287°	353°	272°	348°
June	000°	000°	000°	000°
July	316°	269°	100°	073°
August	214°	350°	273°	133°
September	035°	243°	243°	262°
October	234°	034°	045°	352°
November	268°	293°	224°	306°
December	331°	322°	151°	259°

Prevailing wind direction

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