Climate Setermoen Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bardufoss Airport (ENDU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.6	90	74	78	100	96
February	88.2	84	78	95	88	85
March	86.2	86	80	92	87	84
April	88.4		81	87	87	84
May	89.9		89	78	89	91
June			0	0	0	0
July	81.2		75	89	60	85
August	88.8		82	92	80	95
September	94.3		85	95	97	99
October	90.1		80	93	90	86
November	89.8		90	87	89	93
December			0	0	0	0
Average	88.6	85.4	81.8	89.2	86.3	89.6

2nd best VFR conditions of Norway

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	96.1	94	96	88	100	97
February	94.6	95	91	97	95	91
March	93.4	98	91	99	92	91
April	96.4		97	95	94	93
May	97.9		100	93	99	96
June			0	0	0	0
July	94.1		94	100	90	98
August	97.7		94	98	99	99
September	98.5		98	98	100	100
October	97.1		98	98	96	98
November	95.5		93	92	99	100
December			0	0	0	0
Average	96.4	96.4	95.5	96.5	96.3	96.1

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	-5.4	-7	-3	-4	-5	-1
February	-4.1	-3	0	-5	-4	-1
March	0.2	2	-2	4	1	1
April	4.7		6	4	4	3
May	9.5		10	10	9	8
June	15.2		17	17	16	17
July	18.7		20	18	19	18
August	16.7		19	18	16	16
September	12.2		12	12	12	12
October	4.1		2	6	5	6
November	-2.0		-6	-4	-3	3
December	-6.7		-9	-8	-8	-2
Average	4.6	-3.6	5.5	5.9	5.2	6.6

52nd highest temperature of Norway

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	-14.4	-16	-12	-13	-13	-9
February	-14.3	-11	-7	-18	-13	-11
March	-11.4	-7	-16	-5	-9	-8
April	-6.7		-4	-5	-4	-7
May	0.7		2	1	1	-1
June	6.5		7	8	7	7
July	8.9		10	9	9	9
August	7.2		9	8	7	7
September	2.8		6	3	2	3
October	-4.7		-6	-2	-1	-2
November	-10.6		-15	-9	-9	-4
December	-15.4		-18	-17	-18	-11
Average	-5.4	-12.5	-4.2	-3.2	-4.5	-3.7

4th lowest temperature of Norway

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.7	25	44	44	10	24
February	30.0	21	52	22	36	38
March	33.1	15	34	29	36	44
April	24.4		20	33	36	29
May	22.9		26	50	12	29
June			0	0	0	0
July	8.9		1	21	14	9
August	15.2		12	19	15	17
September	18.5		20	16	25	22
October	22.6		23	29	25	16
November	23.7		19	17	30	26
December			0	0	0	0
Average	22.0	18.3	22.7	27.7	24.4	25.8

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	4.8	5	5	5	7	5
February	4.3	4	7	4	5	4
March	5.3	4	5	6	6	6
April	5.5		5	6	7	6
May	5.9		6	6	6	6
June			0	0	0	0
July	4.3		4	5	4	5
August	4.3		4	4	4	4
September	4.3		5	4	4	4
October	3.7		3	4	6	4
November	2.8		2	1	3	5
December			0	0	0	0
Average	4.7	4.3	4.7	4.8	5.1	5.1

52nd highest wind speed of Norway

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	202°	221°	264°	109°	137°
February	152°	249°	148°	173°	207°
March	140°	271°	236°	241°	232°
April		162°	266°	264°	269°
May		246°	262°	102°	235°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		352°	285°	332°	109°
August		084°	245°	270°	273°
September		223°	062°	239°	231°
October		224°	231°	103°	129°
November		126°	221°	230°	229°
December		360°	360°	360°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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