Skellefteå Airport

ESNS · Västerbotten, Sweden

Climate Skellefteå Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Skellefteå Airport (ESNS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.1 72 60 69 35 59
February 60.3 54 79 50 53 71
March 70.9 51 75 79 74 79
April 84.1 88 88 80 86
May 84.8 94 92 69 92
June 90.1 90 88 92 89
July 83.0 75 87 91 66
August 79.1 69 83 73 88
September 67.7 64 62 78 71
October 59.7 78 75 46 41
November 43.4 16 29 59 59
December 41.4 32 41 55 15
Average 73.0 56.4 75.0 77.8 73.4 75.0

18th 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 67.6 74 66 85 49 68
February 72.7 72 86 60 65 78
March 80.7 64 85 83 88 88
April 90.0 91 91 88 93
May 91.2 96 97 82 95
June 94.0 95 93 95 93
July 92.0 90 94 96 81
August 89.3 85 89 89 93
September 80.0 80 80 87 84
October 73.9 92 87 60 53
November 58.8 38 45 71 67
December 59.3 52 59 73 40
Average 82.6 68.7 85.3 85.8 83.5 83.3

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 -4.2 -8 -1 -2 -7 1
February -3.2 -3 0 -3 -4 0
March 1.1 1 -2 4 2 3
April 6.4 6 6 6 6
May 13.2 16 14 11 12
June 19.5 20 20 21 22
July 20.6 19 21 24 18
August 19.2 20 20 18 20
September 13.3 16 12 12 14
October 6.0 4 8 7 7
November 0.5 -3 1 0 4
December -3.6 -5 -5 -4 1
Average 6.3 -4.7 7.4 8.5 7.1 8.9

33rd 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 -11.0 -16 -8 -9 -14 -4
February -12.7 -11 -8 -12 -13 -9
March -8.2 -6 -13 -6 -6 -4
April -4.6 -5 -4 -3 -2
May 2.4 3 3 2 1
June 9.2 10 10 10 10
July 11.3 12 12 13 10
August 10.2 13 11 9 10
September 5.7 8 6 5 6
October 0.4 -3 3 2 2
November -5.5 -8 -3 -6 -1
December -9.9 -11 -12 -12 -2
Average -2.2 -11.0 -1.1 0.3 -1.0 1.4

17th 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 28.3 21 23 13 53 26
February 26.1 22 12 38 34 13
March 16.3 17 16 10 14 6
April 10.3 10 10 16 9
May 6.8 4 6 12 6
June 6.4 4 9 7 5
July 7.3 17 5 3 14
August 7.7 12 7 12 3
September 12.3 12 15 12 10
October 17.1 9 9 27 27
November 22.3 43 24 19 14
December 35.4 49 41 34 42
Average 13.3 19.5 13.1 11.4 15.0 10.9

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 6.9 7 7 9 7 9
February 6.9 7 8 6 7 8
March 7.9 6 8 8 9 9
April 6.9 6 7 8 9
May 7.5 8 8 7 8
June 6.9 7 7 7 7
July 6.4 6 6 8 7
August 6.8 7 7 7 7
September 6.8 7 7 7 8
October 6.7 6 7 7 7
November 6.3 7 5 6 9
December 6.0 6 8 7 6
Average 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.5

33rd 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 256° 233° 265° 341° 247°
February 225° 257° 263° 296° 237°
March 243° 298° 255° 266° 251°
April 024° 327° 287° 310°
May 243° 261° 024° 273°
June 276° 255° 241° 091°
July 032° 255° 257° 222°
August 111° 218° 009° 229°
September 237° 016° 261° 256°
October 294° 237° 223° 349°
November 360° 264° 254° 218°
December 305° 301° 286° 135°

Prevailing wind direction

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