Climate Hemavan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hemavan Airport (ESUT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	37.8	33	47	34	38	27
February	47.4	51	42	38	51	53
March	57.0	57	65	59	40	56
April	74.0		77	75	74	58
May	70.5		70	65	73	61
June	74.5		77	69	80	79
July	74.5		77	58	66	78
August	71.0		72	61	70	72
September	60.0		65	61	47	57
October	44.0		46	42	38	38
November	38.5		36	36	36	38
December	36.8		39	45	39	27
Average	62.0	50.5	65.6	58.5	60.3	60.0

46th 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	71.7	82	81	66	57	67
February	80.5	77	81	74	85	83
March	82.9	88	84	81	72	88
April	94.1		97	90	94	92
May	96.0		99	95	95	98
June	97.6		98	97	98	97
July	95.4		94	96	93	96
August	94.2		90	96	94	93
September	94.9		98	92	96	97
October	90.1		87	91	91	91
November	78.1		67	84	77	85
December	75.0		70	65	75	80
Average	90.1	82.9	91.0	90.1	89.6	92.0

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	-5.5	-3	-2	-4	-11	0
February	-5.4	-4	-2	-4	-8	-2
March	-2.2	0	-5	2	0	-1
April	2.7		4	2	2	1
May	7.7		8	8	8	4
June	14.6		17	15	16	17
July	17.2		18	15	19	14
August	15.0		16	15	15	15
September	10.2		12	11	9	10
October	3.6		1	5	5	5
November	-3.8		-7	-1	-2	2
December	-5.5		-9	-8	-7	-2
Average	3.6	-3.6	4.2	5.0	3.8	5.0

44th 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	-14.9	-15	-10	-13	-19	-5
February	-14.6	-13	-11	-14	-18	-11
March	-13.4	-9	-20	-9	-9	-8
April	-7.2		-5	-8	-6	-4
May	-1.3		-1	0	-1	-2
June	4.3		5	5	4	4
July	7.2		8	7	8	6
August	6.3		8	6	6	5
September	3.1		4	3	3	3
October	-2.4		-6	0	0	0
November	-8.2		-15	-5	-9	-2
December	-11.1		-16	-15	-14	-6
Average	-5.1	-13.5	-5.1	-4.8	-5.5	-2.3

6th 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	51.1	38	41	54	57	61
February	36.4	37	39	51	27	28
March	33.7	24	28	31	47	40
April	15.3		8	17	19	19
May	15.9		20	26	8	20
June	9.7		11	11	9	5
July	11.8		13	20	10	12
August	16.4		16	17	13	13
September	18.3		21	14	14	25
October	24.7		22	26	29	16
November	32.9		44	21	44	37
December	43.6		65	32	51	31
Average	22.0	30.8	20.8	23.1	20.4	21.4

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	7.2	8	9	7	7	8
February	7.3	9	8	8	7	6
March	6.8	7	6	7	9	7
April	6.5		7	7	8	9
May	6.8		7	7	8	6
June	6.4		7	7	6	4
July	5.8		6	6	6	6
August	5.7		6	7	6	5
September	6.9		7	6	8	7
October	6.7		6	6	8	8
November	6.0		6	7	5	10
December	5.8		6	4	7	9
Average	6.6	7.6	6.7	6.6	7.1	6.7

44th 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	160°	141°	280°	116°	160°
February	146°	294°	152°	195°	186°
March	142°	306°	306°	276°	228°
April		124°	320°	315°	308°
May		289°	291°	162°	288°
June		300°	291°	298°	303°
July		140°	294°	272°	299°
August		145°	224°	296°	278°
September		194°	137°	144°	243°
October		279°	163°	134°	131°
November		135°	144°	145°	164°
December		161°	151°	123°	135°

Prevailing wind direction

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