Torsby Airport

ESST · Värmland, Sweden

Climate Torsby Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Torsby Airport (ESST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.7 59 37 57 45 56
February 54.7 33 68 64 59 68
March 65.6 43 68 88 68 66
April 86.1 76 91 94 92
May 85.7 95 90 76 89
June 87.4 94 89 78 92
July 84.5 71 57 85 78
August 76.8 64 81 84 84
September 67.9 63 76 66 64
October 53.8 65 44 47 38
November 35.8 36 22 52 39
December 38.5 43 53 37 15
Average 68.2 43.7 70.3 74.1 71.2 71.7

36th 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 69.2 76 59 80 71 77
February 77.8 64 84 87 70 87
March 85.3 76 84 97 85 86
April 93.6 91 97 98 99
May 94.3 96 98 92 95
June 96.1 98 95 94 98
July 94.3 89 86 94 94
August 91.3 87 91 93 92
September 89.2 89 92 85 84
October 80.4 85 69 79 79
November 68.1 76 75 81 63
December 62.8 71 86 65 40
Average 85.5 72.1 87.2 89.7 87.1 87.2

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 -1.2 -5 1 1 -4 6
February 1.0 0 2 3 -1 4
March 4.4 5 3 4 7 6
April 10.4 10 8 10 12
May 16.4 17 16 15 14
June 21.1 24 15 22 24
July 22.3 21 13 24 19
August 19.6 20 16 20 23
September 15.8 18 15 16 16
October 9.8 8 11 11 11
November 3.7 0 6 4 7
December -1.0 -4 -5 -2 3
Average 8.9 0.2 10.0 8.4 10.1 11.9

36th 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 -8.8 -14 -4 -5 -10 0
February -7.9 -5 -6 -4 -10 -3
March -5.9 -2 -8 -3 -2 -1
April -2.4 -2 -2 -2 0
May 4.0 2 4 4 2
June 9.6 10 6 12 11
July 10.8 11 0 13 9
August 9.9 12 7 9 10
September 7.1 9 6 7 7
October 2.7 1 4 5 4
November -2.9 -4 3 -3 2
December -7.5 -10 -10 -8 0
Average 0.4 -7.1 0.9 0.6 1.2 3.3

14th 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 20.6 22 19 11 27 14
February 15.4 23 10 15 14 10
March 12.1 17 13 1 8 12
April 9.1 19 9 6 7
May 8.4 5 8 16 5
June 7.2 4 9 6 10
July 8.4 13 29 7 15
August 8.3 13 3 7 3
September 9.7 8 8 11 7
October 11.8 7 10 20 14
November 19.8 26 20 16 17
December 25.2 40 13 23 35
Average 12.2 20.1 12.4 8.5 11.5 10.7

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 4.5 5 5 6 4 6
February 5.3 6 5 6 5 7
March 5.8 4 6 6 6 8
April 6.2 5 6 8 8
May 5.8 6 7 5 6
June 5.5 5 5 5 5
July 5.1 5 5 4 5
August 5.2 4 4 6 5
September 5.4 6 5 4 6
October 5.8 6 5 7 5
November 4.7 5 5 4 5
December 3.8 4 4 3 5
Average 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.9

36th 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 232° 185° 286° 330° 208°
February 172° 283° 224° 311° 209°
March 125° 320° 275° 218° 223°
April 352° 337° 324° 294°
May 233° 252° 061° 307°
June 150° 199° 174° 137°
July 176° 111° 186° 221°
August 144° 181° 322° 186°
September 177° 321° 198° 214°
October 319° 197° 196° 112°
November 333° 111° 192° 193°
December 318° 312° 306° 125°

Prevailing wind direction

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