Climate Lycksele Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lycksele Airport (ESNL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.9	63	57	67	24	63
February	59.8	52	75	65	58	71
March	70.9	43	74	85	73	80
April	87.6		87	85	89	90
May	85.7		95	89	79	89
June	90.2		95	86	91	90
July	86.1		81	86	94	75
August	78.3		68	80	73	88
September	65.2		65	58	71	73
October	53.6		65	69	43	34
November	46.4		35	29	59	61
December	40.3		37	46	54	17
Average	72.4	49.7	76.3	77.0	74.8	76.5

23rd 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	66.2	73	65	81	41	70
February	75.9	75	80	84	71	84
March	85.4	72	88	90	90	92
April	93.7		93	91	95	96
May	93.7		98	98	88	95
June	95.9		99	94	97	97
July	95.2		95	96	97	92
August	90.6		83	93	88	96
September	84.7		84	91	88	85
October	71.1		72	85	61	58
November	62.6		58	40	72	79
December	58.1		56	63	65	42
Average	85.2	73.0	86.6	89.1	85.5	87.8

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	-6.3	-9	-1	-4	-11	1
February	-4.1	-4	-1	-3	-6	-2
March	1.0	2	-1	5	2	2
April	6.7		7	6	6	6
May	13.5		15	14	12	11
June	19.7		21	20	20	23
July	20.9		20	20	24	17
August	18.7		19	20	18	20
September	12.9		16	12	11	13
October	5.2		2	7	6	6
November	-2.3		-6	0	-2	3
December	-5.5		-8	-5	-8	0
Average	5.7	-4.3	6.9	8.0	6.1	8.2

34th 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	-16.7	-19	-13	-14	-19	-7
February	-16.7	-15	-12	-15	-19	-16
March	-12.4	-8	-18	-9	-9	-9
April	-6.2		-7	-7	-5	-4
May	0.4		0	2	0	-2
June	6.4		7	7	7	8
July	8.9		10	9	10	9
August	7.2		9	8	6	7
September	3.4		5	4	3	4
October	-2.4		-5	0	-1	0
November	-9.7		-12	-5	-10	-4
December	-13.4		-16	-16	-18	-4
Average	-5.1	-14.2	-5.6	-3.4	-5.6	-2.5

8th 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	28.2	23	21	15	54	27
February	24.5	21	12	26	30	11
March	16.0	14	22	10	15	10
April	8.2		7	12	9	5
May	7.1		6	5	7	6
June	6.3		3	7	7	6
July	7.2		10	9	2	14
August	7.3		12	7	9	2
September	8.6		7	9	10	9
October	14.4		12	5	24	26
November	17.7		24	14	21	12
December	34.0		50	37	25	40
Average	12.2	18.0	11.6	9.9	12.6	10.7

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	4.2	4	4	6	3	6
February	5.2	6	6	5	4	5
March	6.8	5	6	7	9	7
April	6.6		6	6	8	9
May	7.0		7	8	6	7
June	6.5		7	6	6	5
July	5.9		5	7	6	6
August	5.9		5	6	6	5
September	6.1		6	6	7	7
October	5.7		5	6	7	6
November	4.1		4	4	4	7
December	3.6		4	4	3	5
Average	5.9	5.1	5.8	6.2	6.2	6.3

34th 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	236°	237°	269°	012°	253°
February	163°	279°	265°	289°	195°
March	118°	302°	279°	282°	263°
April		352°	318°	309°	310°
May		268°	282°	356°	284°
June		295°	276°	255°	108°
July		103°	273°	258°	301°
August		120°	209°	348°	245°
September		227°	029°	264°	259°
October		300°	230°	165°	057°
November		337°	126°	147°	182°
December		272°	313°	295°	120°

Prevailing wind direction

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