Climate Svenningdal Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (ENMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	67.8	64	73	56	76	61
February	73.2	78	56	74	75	70
March	77.1	81	79	72	64	59
April	85.4		89	86	87	73
May	80.2		71	70	91	69
June	81.2		76	74	85	87
July	82.5		81	75	74	93
August	85.2		85	79	79	84
September	85.2		72	90	80	85
October	75.3		64	66	77	80
November	79.8		88	86	68	74
December	76.4		79	71	74	94
Average	80.2	76.8	76.9	76.1	78.9	79.4

18th 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	94.2	97	98	90	93	92
February	93.9	93	92	93	94	94
March	94.9	96	92	98	92	92
April	99.0		100	100	97	99
May	97.9		97	99	99	95
June	99.2		99	100	100	100
July	98.6		99	99	97	99
August	97.8		96	99	99	97
September	98.8		97	99	99	100
October	96.0		93	96	99	93
November	96.4		96	97	99	97
December	94.7		96	87	98	95
Average	97.1	95.2	96.4	97.7	97.3	96.6

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	-2.5	-2	2	-2	-7	3
February	-1.0	0	2	-1	-5	1
March	1.9	4	-1	6	4	1
April	6.9		8	6	6	6
May	11.4		11	12	12	8
June	16.6		18	17	18	21
July	19.1		20	17	21	17
August	17.3		19	17	17	17
September	13.3		14	14	12	13
October	6.3		3	8	8	7
November	0.5		-5	3	1	5
December	-3.7		-6	-6	-4	2
Average	6.5	0.5	7.1	8.0	6.9	8.4

36th 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	-6.1	-7	-3	-6	-11	0
February	-7.7	-6	-4	-6	-10	-4
March	-6.8	-4	-11	-1	-1	-2
April	-1.4		-1	-1	0	3
May	4.7		3	6	5	3
June	9.7		8	10	11	12
July	11.7		10	10	14	11
August	9.7		10	9	10	11
September	6.4		7	5	7	7
October	1.6		-3	3	4	3
November	-4.6		-11	-2	-3	2
December	-7.4		-11	-12	-8	-1
Average	0.5	-6.3	-1.4	1.6	1.5	3.7

18th 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	29.7	31	27	40	14	50
February	26.3	26	35	26	17	25
March	26.0	17	21	26	39	48
April	11.9		6	10	13	6
May	16.1		24	25	4	25
June	12.9		16	14	12	8
July	12.1		8	24	10	14
August	16.4		11	23	16	13
September	21.0		30	10	21	30
October	26.5		29	42	33	10
November	24.4		12	17	33	50
December	20.2		20	25	15	7
Average	19.3	22.5	18.2	22.2	17.7	21.8

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	6	3	7
February	5.0	6	4	6	4	5
March	5.2	4	5	5	6	6
April	5.1		5	5	6	6
May	5.5		5	6	5	5
June	5.4		5	5	5	5
July	4.9		4	4	6	5
August	4.2		4	4	4	4
September	4.6		4	4	6	6
October	3.7		3	3	4	4
November	3.7		3	3	4	5
December	3.8		3	3	4	4
Average	4.8	4.8	4.2	4.5	5.1	5.0

36th 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	191°	174°	270°	178°	205°
February	194°	201°	196°	179°	189°
March	183°	287°	204°	184°	209°
April		175°	336°	326°	014°
May		221°	195°	175°	241°
June		324°	321°	295°	331°
July		333°	280°	299°	331°
August		179°	237°	332°	286°
September		199°	216°	196°	195°
October		217°	183°	168°	167°
November		181°	202°	170°	185°
December		191°	184°	186°	175°

Prevailing wind direction

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