Climate Åre Östersund Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Åre Östersund Airport (ESNZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	60.7	67	61	65	38	68
February	69.0	74	69	68	66	88
March	70.9	49	76	90	71	80
April	86.0		76	87	88	86
May	84.4		96	89	77	84
June	87.4		92	91	85	93
July	86.2		84	85	90	78
August	83.1		70	87	69	94
September	72.7		84	80	73	79
October	60.7		50	75	66	50
November	46.6		25	31	60	62
December	49.3		40	59	60	39
Average	75.0	61.1	75.2	81.1	74.8	79.8

3rd 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	78.3	87	76	81	58	80
February	84.6	84	91	79	82	96
March	86.2	68	87	99	87	91
April	94.3		88	94	95	98
May	94.4		100	98	90	95
June	97.4		100	98	94	99
July	97.2		97	98	98	96
August	94.0		87	96	90	98
September	91.0		95	94	90	88
October	84.6		88	88	87	76
November	65.0		41	49	80	84
December	70.4		64	68	85	65
Average	88.8	77.3	89.2	92.0	89.3	91.8

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	-3.2	-5	-2	-1	-9	3
February	-3.6	-3	0	-2	-4	0
March	0.5	2	-2	4	2	2
April	5.8		6	5	5	5
May	11.5		12	12	10	9
June	17.2		18	18	17	21
July	18.2		17	17	21	15
August	16.8		17	18	15	18
September	11.8		14	12	11	12
October	6.0		3	8	8	6
November	0.5		-4	2	1	4
December	-3.4		-7	-6	-4	1
Average	5.7	-2.1	6.0	7.6	6.2	7.9

37th 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	-9.7	-11	-8	-6	-15	-2
February	-8.1	-8	-5	-8	-10	-5
March	-6.1	-3	-9	-3	-4	-5
April	-2.3		-2	-3	-2	-1
May	3.2		3	3	3	2
June	8.9		9	9	9	11
July	10.5		10	10	13	9
August	9.8		11	11	9	10
September	6.4		8	6	6	6
October	2.0		0	3	3	3
November	-4.9		-8	-2	-3	1
December	-7.1		-12	-10	-9	-2
Average	-1.6	-8.4	-1.8	1.3	0.1	2.2

22nd 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	26.0	26	21	28	38	14
February	18.5	17	8	20	20	6
March	17.2	20	16	2	11	16
April	10.2		18	11	9	8
May	7.7		6	8	8	7
June	6.7		4	8	10	6
July	8.4		10	13	3	15
August	8.9		14	7	11	6
September	10.5		10	11	13	10
October	13.7		14	5	23	17
November	18.0		48	17	20	7
December	32.2		44	31	28	30
Average	13.0	20.1	13.8	10.6	12.7	10.6

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	8.3	9	9	9	3	12
February	8.5	9	10	8	8	9
March	9.2	7	9	10	11	9
April	8.6		8	8	10	12
May	8.7		9	10	8	10
June	8.6		8	8	7	7
July	8.8		8	10	9	10
August	8.1		7	8	9	7
September	9.1		9	7	10	10
October	9.0		9	9	10	8
November	7.6		6	7	8	11
December	7.7		6	5	9	9
Average	8.6	8.2	8.2	8.6	8.6	9.3

37th 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	214°	192°	256°	095°	236°
February	178°	264°	213°	253°	234°
March	132°	273°	256°	260°	247°
April		244°	291°	291°	294°
May		267°	268°	346°	285°
June		273°	261°	270°	161°
July		235°	277°	262°	283°
August		118°	231°	300°	249°
September		224°	136°	208°	245°
October		272°	222°	203°	111°
November		033°	139°	200°	221°
December		170°	019°	192°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

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