Climate Linköping City Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Linköping City Airport (ESSL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	45.8	48	37	63	28	54
February	56.0	48	55	67	78	62
March	66.5	53	59	92	75	75
April	86.4		86	84	93	95
May	88.3		96	89	80	88
June	91.8		95	94	85	94
July	84.7		92	53	90	88
August	83.3		65	85	82	96
September	79.8		87	90	81	78
October	67.5		56	71	80	60
November	43.8		37	42	63	43
December	40.3		28	36	56	37
Average	72.2	50.0	72.9	76.6	78.2	78.4

27th 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	73.9	79	65	89	55	89
February	82.0	70	85	89	91	93
March	86.4	77	80	95	91	91
April	94.6		92	92	96	98
May	96.0		100	95	92	96
June	97.3		97	99	95	98
July	91.6		99	55	97	98
August	93.0		87	90	92	99
September	91.4		96	97	97	92
October	88.3		81	91	96	81
November	71.2		61	68	88	86
December	67.6		59	59	79	62
Average	87.4	75.3	87.4	86.6	91.1	92.4

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	2.1	-1	3	4	0	7
February	2.9	3	4	4	1	6
March	6.1	7	4	9	7	8
April	11.0		11	10	10	12
May	16.9		18	16	16	15
June	22.4		23	22	23	23
July	21.8		21	17	25	19
August	21.6		20	24	20	22
September	17.0		20	16	17	18
October	11.4		10	13	13	12
November	5.9		3	7	6	9
December	2.4		1	-2	0	5
Average	10.8	2.9	11.4	12.0	11.5	12.8

15th 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	-3.4	-6	-1	-2	-4	2
February	-3.3	-2	-2	-1	-8	1
March	-2.2	0	-3	-4	-1	0
April	0.7		0	-1	-1	3
May	5.7		5	6	5	6
June	10.9		10	12	12	11
July	12.0		12	8	14	10
August	12.1		13	13	11	10
September	9.2		12	7	9	9
October	5.2		4	7	5	6
November	1.6		-1	3	1	4
December	-2.4		-4	-5	-5	2
Average	3.3	-3.2	3.7	3.8	3.2	5.2

33rd 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	15.4	21	9	9	35	7
February	14.9	19	10	13	4	15
March	13.3	9	25	0	12	10
April	6.2		4	11	6	2
May	7.5		4	9	18	7
June	4.7		4	3	2	6
July	5.7		8	3	4	12
August	8.7		17	1	12	4
September	8.6		4	2	10	8
October	10.7		20	5	10	11
November	12.1		20	5	9	12
December	16.6		28	8	8	20
Average	9.9	15.1	11.3	5.4	9.9	8.7

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	8.0	10	9	9	7	10
February	8.4	8	10	9	7	10
March	8.7	8	10	7	10	9
April	8.7		8	8	10	10
May	7.3		8	8	7	8
June	7.3		7	7	7	7
July	6.7		10	3	7	8
August	6.8		8	7	7	6
September	7.7		8	7	7	8
October	8.5		10	9	8	8
November	6.8		7	7	6	8
December	6.7		7	6	6	7
Average	7.7	8.4	8.4	7.1	7.2	7.9

15th 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	248°	217°	282°	337°	247°
February	224°	271°	254°	284°	243°
March	120°	262°	278°	278°	262°
April		060°	327°	309°	292°
May		218°	272°	116°	285°
June		127°	260°	278°	109°
July		235°	274°	143°	255°
August		220°	253°	310°	256°
September		222°	018°	283°	268°
October		291°	233°	233°	193°
November		345°	129°	264°	236°
December		270°	299°	283°	144°

Prevailing wind direction

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