Vuollerim Airstrip

SE-0044 · Norrbotten, Sweden

Climate Vuollerim Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vidsel Air Base (ESPE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.6 77 69 73 35 65
February 65.3 59 80 58 64 77
March 76.6 55 82 83 80 84
April 85.8 83 83 93 88
May 87.1 97 91 74 93
June 90.3 99 89 97 84
July 86.6 79 91 93 74
August 83.3 73 86 80 92
September 71.1 69 63 81 78
October 58.8 71 73 43 45
November 55.1 37 47 60 66
December 49.0 36 48 58 19
Average 76.1 60.2 78.5 79.9 77.5 78.7

9th 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 74.9 88 75 78 61 80
February 82.8 83 91 76 80 92
March 89.5 83 89 89 98 93
April 92.9 90 93 96 93
May 94.4 98 99 90 96
June 94.3 100 95 98 97
July 97.1 97 98 98 94
August 93.9 88 95 96 96
September 88.8 90 90 95 89
October 80.2 90 86 69 68
November 75.2 66 67 75 86
December 70.7 70 72 75 56
Average 89.2 83.8 90.8 91.0 90.0 90.6

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 -7.0 -10 -4 -5 -12 -1
February -5.0 -5 -2 -5 -6 -3
March 0.0 1 -2 3 1 1
April 5.6 6 5 5 4
May 11.9 14 12 10 10
June 18.9 20 19 20 22
July 20.3 19 19 23 17
August 18.0 19 19 16 19
September 12.2 15 11 11 13
October 4.0 1 6 5 5
November -3.4 -6 -2 -4 2
December -6.8 -8 -7 -7 -1
Average 4.6 -5.1 6.0 6.9 5.0 7.2

40th 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 -16.4 -20 -13 -14 -19 -8
February -16.6 -14 -12 -16 -16 -14
March -12.6 -9 -16 -9 -10 -9
April -6.9 -6 -5 -4 -5
May 0.5 0 2 1 -1
June 7.5 8 9 8 9
July 9.9 10 10 12 10
August 7.4 9 8 6 7
September 3.2 5 3 3 4
October -4.9 -7 0 -1 -1
November -10.5 -13 -7 -12 -5
December -13.3 -16 -15 -16 -5
Average -5.0 -15.6 -5.7 -3.4 -5.8 -2.3

7th 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 35.1 29 30 21 60 30
February 31.7 32 18 43 39 14
March 18.9 23 21 11 15 11
April 12.2 15 15 12 10
May 9.8 7 10 13 5
June 7.8 7 17 5 10
July 12.1 17 13 5 23
August 12.1 18 8 20 5
September 14.3 18 15 13 10
October 19.2 20 12 29 25
November 23.3 37 28 19 14
December 46.5 73 61 46 53
Average 17.2 27.2 17.9 15.7 16.9 13.5

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 4.0 4 4 5 3 5
February 4.6 5 6 4 5 5
March 6.2 4 6 6 8 7
April 5.9 5 6 8 8
May 6.6 7 7 6 7
June 6.3 7 6 6 5
July 5.4 5 5 7 6
August 5.3 5 6 5 5
September 5.4 5 5 6 6
October 4.7 5 5 5 4
November 3.4 3 3 2 6
December 3.0 2 4 3 3
Average 5.3 4.2 5.2 5.5 5.9 6.0

40th 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 278° 249° 272° 347° 281°
February 241° 286° 306° 309° 274°
March 344° 320° 296° 285° 273°
April 010° 332° 317° 323°
May 284° 294° 353° 288°
June 304° 292° 240° 091°
July 040° 283° 272° 016°
August 123° 245° 360° 267°
September 290° 026° 277° 272°
October 324° 265° 242° 039°
November 005° 210° 234° 247°
December 295° 347° 314° 106°

Prevailing wind direction

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