Climate Vilhelmina South Lapland Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vilhelmina South Lapland Airport (ESNV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.9	48	50	60	23	54
February	60.1	56	74	68	58	72
March	67.4	41	73	84	68	77
April	86.2		84	80	88	91
May	83.0		92	84	78	84
June	89.1		96	83	93	90
July	87.1		84	87	92	84
August	76.1		64	82	72	85
September	63.5		62	58	67	71
October	53.3		59	56	45	43
November	42.8		29	28	53	56
December	35.6		27	44	47	11
Average	70.6	46.9	74.3	74.7	73.5	76.3

32nd 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	63.0	68	69	75	36	72
February	75.9	72	86	84	70	85
March	83.0	65	89	91	86	90
April	93.0		94	90	93	95
May	92.9		100	98	85	92
June	96.3		99	93	98	97
July	96.7		97	98	98	96
August	90.6		85	94	92	94
September	86.1		81	89	91	83
October	72.6		68	74	63	69
November	58.6		55	44	67	66
December	57.2		45	67	67	38
Average	84.4	67.9	87.1	88.7	85.4	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	-6.0	-9	-4	-4	-12	1
February	-4.0	-4	-2	-4	-6	0
March	-1.8	0	-3	3	1	2
April	5.5		6	5	5	5
May	10.8		13	12	10	4
June	16.9		20	18	18	14
July	18.9		19	18	22	13
August	15.8		18	18	16	14
September	11.0		14	10	10	10
October	3.9		1	5	5	4
November	-2.5		-6	1	-2	2
December	-5.2		-8	-8	-8	-1
Average	4.4	-5.7	5.5	6.5	4.9	5.6

42nd 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	-15.2	-19	-13	-14	-20	-5
February	-15.3	-15	-13	-17	-18	-11
March	-13.8	-9	-20	-10	-10	-5
April	-7.9		-6	-7	-6	-4
May	-1.8		0	1	0	0
June	4.9		6	7	7	0
July	6.8		9	7	9	0
August	4.7		8	5	5	0
September	1.9		4	0	2	2
October	-3.3		-7	-1	-1	-3
November	-9.6		-12	-6	-9	-5
December	-13.7		-17	-16	-17	-4
Average	-6.4	-15.7	-6.9	-4.1	-5.2	-3.1

3rd 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	38.8	34	37	27	56	39
February	26.6	26	12	26	30	17
March	20.9	20	24	11	21	17
April	10.4		9	15	11	7
May	9.5		7	11	5	9
June	8.5		3	13	11	6
July	9.0		10	13	4	16
August	11.1		15	11	13	5
September	13.8		14	19	11	13
October	22.3		22	18	38	24
November	24.3		30	28	23	17
December	44.4		73	37	41	52
Average	16.5	24.9	15.1	15.5	15.8	13.9

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	4.3	4	5	5	2	7
February	5.0	5	6	5	5	5
March	6.5	4	6	7	8	8
April	5.7		5	5	7	8
May	6.4		7	7	6	7
June	6.0		6	6	5	5
July	5.3		5	6	6	6
August	5.5		5	6	5	5
September	5.9		6	4	6	8
October	5.2		4	6	6	5
November	4.0		4	4	4	7
December	3.5		4	2	3	4
Average	5.5	4.5	5.5	5.7	5.6	6.2

42nd 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	215°	169°	243°	065°	229°
February	184°	259°	224°	269°	200°
March	170°	281°	263°	251°	238°
April		075°	300°	294°	295°
May		259°	262°	003°	266°
June		277°	260°	251°	183°
July		119°	263°	248°	277°
August		124°	231°	319°	238°
September		225°	077°	215°	235°
October		286°	223°	172°	078°
November		037°	174°	181°	211°
December		181°	018°	076°	123°

Prevailing wind direction

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