Average Weather at Ålesund Airport, Vigra Norway

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At Ålesund Airport, Vigra, the summers are short, cool, and mostly cloudy; the winters are long, chilly, windy, and overcast; and it is wet year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 34°F to 62°F and is rarely below 26°F or above 69°F.

The warm season lasts for 2.7 months, from June 25 to September 16, with an average daily high temperature above 57°F. The hottest day of the year is August 7, with an average high of 62°F and low of 54°F.

The cool season lasts for 4.5 months, from November 21 to April 6, with an average daily high temperature below 45°F. The coldest day of the year is February 16, with an average low of 34°F and high of 40°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

At Ålesund Airport, Vigra, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year at Ålesund Airport, Vigra begins around April 6 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around October 15. On May 15, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 45% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 55% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 15 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around April 6. On January 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 22% of the time.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days at Ålesund Airport, Vigra varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 7.2 months, from August 16 to March 21, with a greater than 47% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 61% on December 17.

The drier season lasts 4.8 months, from March 21 to August 16. The smallest chance of a wet day is 34% on May 6.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 55% on September 26.

Rainfall

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Ålesund Airport, Vigra experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year at Ålesund Airport, Vigra. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around December 6, with an average total accumulation of 5.8 inches.

The least rain falls around May 10, with an average total accumulation of 2.6 inches.

Snowfall

We report snowfall in liquid-equivalent terms. The actual depth of new snowfall is typically between 5 and 10 times the liquid-equivalent amount, assuming the ground is frozen. Colder, drier snow tends to be on the higher end of that range and warmer, wetter snow on the lower end.

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Ålesund Airport, Vigra experiences some seasonal variation in monthly liquid-equivalent snowfall.

The snowy period of the year lasts for 4.2 months, from November 28 to April 5, with a sliding 31-day liquid-equivalent snowfall of at least 0.1 inches. The most snow falls during the 31 days centered around February 8, with an average total liquid-equivalent accumulation of 0.3 inches.

The snowless period of the year lasts for 7.8 months, from April 5 to November 28. The least snow falls around July 26, with an average total liquid-equivalent accumulation of 0.0 inches.

The length of the day at Ålesund Airport, Vigra varies extremely over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is December 21, with 4 hours, 55 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 20 hours, 3 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 3:35 AM on June 19, and the latest sunrise is 6 hours, 32 minutes later at 10:07 AM on December 26. The earliest sunset is at 3:00 PM on December 17, and the latest sunset is 8 hours, 39 minutes later at 11:39 PM on June 22.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed at Ålesund Airport, Vigra during 2017, starting in the spring on March 26, lasting 7.1 months, and ending in the fall on October 29.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level at Ålesund Airport, Vigra, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Ålesund Airport, Vigra experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 6.0 months, from October 7 to April 8, with average wind speeds of more than 5.9 miles per hour. The windiest day of the year is January 12, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.8 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 6.0 months, from April 8 to October 7. The calmest day of the year is August 3, with an average hourly wind speed of 4.0 miles per hour.

The predominant average hourly wind direction at Ålesund Airport, Vigra varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 3.2 months, from May 11 to August 16, with a peak percentage of 46% on June 15. The wind is most often from the south for 8.8 months, from August 16 to May 11, with a peak percentage of 51% on January 1.

Ålesund Airport, Vigra is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average water temperature experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The time of year with warmer water lasts for 2.6 months, from July 10 to September 28, with an average temperature above 54°F. The day of the year with the warmest water is August 16, with an average temperature of 57°F.

The time of year with cooler water lasts for 4.4 months, from December 27 to May 9, with an average temperature below 45°F. The day of the year with the coolest water is March 14, with an average temperature of 42°F.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.1 months, from May 4 to August 6, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 4.4 kWh. The brightest day of the year is June 25, with an average of 5.5 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 4.7 months, from October 12 to March 4, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 1.2 kWh. The darkest day of the year is December 22, with an average of 0.1 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ålesund Airport, Vigra are 62.560 deg latitude, 6.110 deg longitude, and 0 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ålesund Airport, Vigra contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 384 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 18 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,559 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,033 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ålesund Airport, Vigra is covered by water (49%), cropland (24%), and herbaceous vegetation (10%), within 10 miles by water (73%), and within 50 miles by water (62%) and trees (13%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Ålesund Airport, Vigra, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Ålesund Airport, Vigra has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

In this case, the only station close and reliable enough to use as a fallback is Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © Esri, with data from National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, and iPC.