Climate Arvidsjaur Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arvidsjaur Airport (ESNX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	57.9	64	66	72	28	57
February	59.5	53	73	56	56	72
March	70.8	44	74	82	71	80
April	83.3		82	80	88	85
May	82.8		95	87	72	88
June	88.9		89	83	95	87
July	83.4		84	86	90	65
August	76.7		63	81	75	87
September	62.5		64	50	69	71
October	52.7		65	65	39	35
November	47.1		33	33	53	55
December	41.0		30	45	52	8
Average	71.5	50.6	75.3	74.9	73.8	73.8

30th 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	68.8	82	72	80	37	73
February	73.2	69	77	74	74	79
March	83.8	62	89	88	88	88
April	90.7		87	91	94	91
May	91.4		98	98	83	95
June	95.0		94	90	98	95
July	94.2		95	96	96	87
August	88.9		81	90	87	94
September	80.1		79	75	87	84
October	66.8		72	77	60	52
November	56.4		46	44	58	60
December	54.0		49	63	63	20
Average	83.0	68.2	84.7	86.0	84.2	84.5

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	-7.4	-9	-4	-5	-11	-1
February	-6.8	-5	-2	-5	-7	-3
March	-2.9	0	-4	3	0	0
April	4.3		5	4	4	3
May	10.6		12	11	9	9
June	17.6		19	18	19	21
July	19.0		18	18	22	16
August	16.7		18	18	16	17
September	11.1		13	10	10	12
October	3.4		1	6	5	5
November	-3.9		-6	1	-3	1
December	-5.0		-8	-6	-7	-2
Average	4.1	-5.2	5.1	6.5	4.6	6.4

43rd 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	-15.9	-17	-12	-12	-17	-7
February	-14.2	-14	-10	-14	-14	-14
March	-11.2	-9	-16	-8	-8	-9
April	-6.9		-5	-6	-4	-4
May	0.7		1	2	1	-1
June	8.0		9	9	9	10
July	9.8		10	10	12	9
August	8.2		10	9	7	8
September	3.9		5	4	4	5
October	-3.9		-6	1	-1	-1
November	-9.7		-12	-5	-10	-4
December	-12.1		-16	-15	-15	-5
Average	-5.9	-14.7	-4.4	-2.3	-4.9	-2.9

9th 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	29.6	20	29	17	55	30
February	29.2	31	16	36	40	15
March	20.9	23	24	13	20	17
April	12.4		13	15	12	10
May	10.5		5	10	12	8
June	8.4		8	11	8	6
July	10.4		15	11	5	21
August	11.0		19	6	14	4
September	12.9		13	15	13	9
October	18.9		12	8	30	27
November	23.4		36	20	19	21
December	46.1		60	51	40	60
Average	16.1	24.8	15.6	13.4	16.2	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	6.1	7	6	8	4	8
February	6.7	7	8	7	6	7
March	8.2	5	7	8	9	9
April	7.2		6	7	8	10
May	7.9		8	9	7	8
June	7.6		7	7	7	6
July	6.1		2	7	8	6
August	6.6		4	8	6	7
September	7.1		7	6	8	9
October	6.4		6	7	8	6
November	5.2		4	4	5	9
December	4.5		3	5	4	5
Average	6.8	6.0	5.9	7.3	7.0	7.5

43rd 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	253°	218°	256°	339°	250°
February	203°	268°	254°	300°	226°
March	170°	301°	264°	263°	252°
April		292°	308°	302°	295°
May		263°	271°	326°	271°
June		277°	265°	257°	241°
July		081°	263°	257°	302°
August		115°	221°	320°	247°
September		243°	011°	239°	243°
October		299°	237°	188°	013°
November		010°	200°	241°	211°
December		235°	307°	295°	128°

Prevailing wind direction

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