Climate Dala Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dala Airport (ESSD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	50.2	48	44	63	35	61
February	56.8	36	66	71	59	68
March	67.0	41	73	92	70	70
April	86.5		74	86	92	94
May	86.2		96	93	67	88
June	90.2		95	90	84	93
July	87.3		77	86	89	88
August	79.6		58	85	77	90
September	70.4		76	71	68	70
October	58.0		66	61	49	42
November	34.6		17	15	52	40
December	38.1		31	54	52	15
Average	70.0	40.9	70.9	78.4	71.2	75.4

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	69.3	71	62	78	65	75
February	78.5	57	85	82	77	92
March	84.0	64	85	98	91	86
April	92.7		84	94	96	98
May	94.3		98	99	86	92
June	96.6		98	97	95	96
July	96.3		92	97	95	98
August	92.6		79	92	94	97
September	87.7		91	92	89	81
October	82.0		87	85	85	67
November	59.5		45	56	72	64
December	57.5		54	70	72	27
Average	84.5	63.7	84.6	90.8	88.0	86.4

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	-1.7	-3	1	1	-3	5
February	0.5	0	2	2	-2	4
March	4.1	4	2	7	6	6
April	9.6		9	9	9	11
May	15.5		17	15	14	13
June	20.8		23	21	22	21
July	21.3		20	21	24	18
August	19.7		19	21	18	22
September	15.0		18	14	15	15
October	9.2		7	11	11	9
November	3.5		0	5	4	7
December	-1.4		-4	-5	-3	3
Average	8.8	0.2	9.4	10.7	9.5	11.1

26th 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	-7.9	-10	-5	-4	-8	0
February	-6.6	-6	-5	-4	-8	-3
March	-4.1	-2	-7	-4	-2	-2
April	-2.4		-2	-3	-2	0
May	4.1		4	4	4	2
June	9.9		10	11	12	8
July	10.7		11	11	12	9
August	10.3		11	11	9	10
September	7.3		9	7	7	8
October	2.9		1	4	5	4
November	-1.1		-4	2	-2	2
December	-6.5		-9	-11	-7	-1
Average	0.9	-6.0	1.1	2.4	1.7	3.1

23rd 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	20.7	30	23	8	23	10
February	16.6	31	7	11	11	12
March	13.6	16	15	1	13	10
April	7.2		12	11	5	4
May	8.4		3	8	14	8
June	5.7		3	9	5	5
July	7.5		15	7	6	12
August	10.3		20	5	14	4
September	8.4		7	10	10	6
October	13.1		14	9	13	18
November	19.7		46	20	12	16
December	28.1		56	25	24	20
Average	12.5	24.1	14.8	8.5	11.1	9.1

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	6.9	7	7	8	6	10
February	7.4	6	7	9	7	10
March	7.4	5	7	8	9	9
April	7.5		6	7	9	10
May	6.6		7	8	6	7
June	6.5		6	6	6	6
July	6.0		6	7	5	7
August	5.9		5	5	7	5
September	6.7		7	6	6	7
October	7.3		8	7	9	7
November	6.4		6	6	6	9
December	5.5		5	4	5	6
Average	6.6	5.9	6.3	6.7	6.6	7.4

26th 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	239°	233°	279°	302°	239°
February	228°	277°	249°	277°	237°
March	125°	284°	280°	274°	255°
April		062°	327°	311°	293°
May		259°	264°	070°	302°
June		262°	226°	198°	122°
July		207°	265°	224°	258°
August		142°	207°	306°	234°
September		218°	322°	273°	251°
October		300°	234°	232°	243°
November		340°	126°	244°	225°
December		311°	297°	276°	140°

Prevailing wind direction

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