Climate Åsegardmoen Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (ENEV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.7	68	63	52	92	71
February	71.0	77	63	84	66	60
March	73.6	79	75	70	68	64
April	73.9		70	78	72	68
May	76.5		69	59	84	80
June			0	0	0	0
July	75.7		73	81	51	75
August	81.6		83	79	72	83
September	85.5		74	89	82	85
October	82.1		84	73	73	91
November	78.1		88	82	72	77
December	68.7		80	40	100	100
Average	77.5	76.8	74.5	75.4	73.0	76.1

19th 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	90.6	86	89	80	100	87
February	89.1	90	89	92	86	82
March	90.5	95	91	91	85	88
April	92.6		90	93	93	90
May	95.1		93	94	98	96
June			0	0	0	0
July	92.9		91	99	84	97
August	97.1		98	97	97	98
September	96.8		94	98	95	98
October	97.9		99	98	93	100
November	95.4		98	99	96	96
December	87.5		100	60	100	100
Average	94.0	92.3	93.4	94.7	92.7	93.9

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	-1.1	-2	1	-1	-3	2
February	-1.5	1	2	-1	-2	1
March	1.1	2	-1	4	2	2
April	4.8		6	4	5	4
May	9.5		9	10	9	8
June	14.5		15	15	15	17
July	17.6		19	17	17	17
August	16.3		18	16	15	16
September	12.3		12	12	12	12
October	6.3		4	7	7	8
November	2.7		-1	3	2	6
December	-1.8		-3	-2	-2	2
Average	6.2	0.1	6.8	7.3	6.4	7.8

46th 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	-7.3	-9	-5	-7	-8	-3
February	-8.8	-5	-4	-7	-9	-6
March	-7.8	-4	-11	-2	-4	-5
April	-2.0		-1	-2	-2	-2
May	2.7		4	3	2	2
June	7.9		8	9	8	8
July	10.4		12	10	11	10
August	9.4		11	10	9	9
September	5.8		8	6	6	6
October	0.9		-2	3	2	2
November	-3.3		-8	-2	-2	1
December	-7.8		-9	-7	-10	-3
Average	-1.8	-6.2	0.3	1.3	0.2	1.6

16th 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	28.4	35	25	52	4	26
February	29.3	32	39	21	27	41
March	28.6	22	22	33	33	39
April	21.3		24	18	29	19
May	22.4		34	44	10	18
June			0	0	0	0
July	12.0		4	23	18	24
August	19.8		13	27	19	17
September	21.7		26	10	24	33
October	22.1		15	30	28	12
November	24.7		6	24	33	36
December	25.0		20	0	0	25
Average	22.9	26.9	21.4	26.7	22.9	24.7

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	7.7	10	7	8	7	9
February	7.2	9	7	7	7	7
March	6.8	5	6	8	7	9
April	6.5		7	6	7	8
May	7.1		7	6	7	6
June			0	0	0	0
July	6.8		7	6	9	6
August	6.3		6	7	7	6
September	6.2		7	6	6	6
October	5.8		4	6	8	6
November	5.4		4	4	5	7
December	6.0		2	4	9	3
Average	6.6	7.0	6.2	6.5	7.0	6.7

46th 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	188°	214°	213°	117°	142°
February	181°	221°	152°	161°	176°
March	165°	069°	227°	188°	207°
April		205°	216°	270°	247°
May		222°	234°	051°	208°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		358°	297°	305°	014°
August		329°	236°	285°	243°
September		226°	025°	181°	202°
October		076°	209°	100°	122°
November		126°	180°	150°	193°
December		135°	148°	110°	149°

Prevailing wind direction

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