Climate Umeå Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Umeå Airport (ESNU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	56.6	67	56	62	42	61
February	59.7	43	75	60	61	67
March	70.3	47	75	75	74	75
April	85.2		84	87	85	86
May	85.6		92	90	77	90
June	89.1		93	83	87	91
July	84.8		79	87	90	74
August	74.3		66	79	71	80
September	67.5		64	64	74	70
October	57.4		78	69	41	38
November	42.6		19	25	63	55
December	40.4		26	44	61	8
Average	71.6	50.3	74.4	75.7	73.9	73.9

29th 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	69.4	76	68	75	66	65
February	74.5	59	80	70	77	75
March	80.1	62	86	81	82	84
April	91.8		90	92	92	93
May	91.8		96	93	86	97
June	93.0		97	88	93	96
July	93.8		95	94	93	90
August	88.9		88	89	89	88
September	82.4		75	87	85	79
October	74.1		94	79	50	57
November	61.7		51	53	70	66
December	62.4		71	61	76	35
Average	82.7	64.0	87.1	85.1	83.5	83.6

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	-3.2	-6	-1	-1	-6	2
February	-3.9	-3	0	-2	-4	1
March	1.6	1	-1	4	3	3
April	6.8		7	7	7	7
May	12.5		13	13	11	12
June	18.7		20	19	20	21
July	20.6		20	20	23	18
August	18.8		19	20	18	19
September	13.6		16	13	12	14
October	7.0		5	9	8	8
November	1.7		-2	3	1	5
December	-2.5		-4	-6	-4	2
Average	6.7	-3.3	7.7	8.6	7.4	9.3

32nd 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	-11.5	-16	-8	-9	-13	-3
February	-12.8	-10	-10	-12	-14	-8
March	-8.2	-5	-14	-7	-6	-5
April	-4.9		-4	-5	-2	-2
May	1.5		2	2	2	0
June	7.6		7	9	8	10
July	10.3		10	10	12	9
August	9.3		12	10	9	8
September	5.0		7	5	5	5
October	0.2		-3	0	2	3
November	-4.2		-7	-2	-6	-1
December	-8.2		-11	-12	-12	-1
Average	-2.1	-11.5	-2.5	-1.6	-2.7	1.3

13th 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	23.5	11	23	21	32	25
February	21.0	24	11	24	24	15
March	12.7	8	16	6	12	9
April	8.7		7	9	12	8
May	7.4		5	5	9	7
June	5.6		3	6	6	4
July	6.7		11	6	2	15
August	8.8		18	6	12	4
September	10.3		9	12	14	10
October	16.3		7	8	24	26
November	20.8		26	20	20	22
December	35.4		47	43	26	53
Average	11.7	13.7	11.5	9.6	12.5	12.1

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	6.7	6	6	9	7	8
February	7.0	8	7	7	6	8
March	7.9	7	8	8	9	9
April	7.4		6	7	9	9
May	7.8		8	9	7	8
June	7.1		7	7	6	7
July	6.6		6	7	7	7
August	7.1		7	7	7	7
September	7.1		7	7	7	8
October	7.1		6	6	8	7
November	6.7		8	6	6	9
December	6.2		6	5	6	8
Average	7.1	6.9	6.8	7.0	7.1	7.7

32nd 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	246°	181°	290°	005°	239°
February	199°	272°	270°	318°	226°
March	185°	325°	245°	270°	246°
April		036°	332°	297°	313°
May		216°	247°	052°	263°
June		257°	190°	195°	131°
July		126°	234°	225°	221°
August		131°	201°	033°	200°
September		223°	039°	263°	254°
October		317°	233°	203°	021°
November		007°	312°	260°	206°
December		334°	344°	302°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

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