Average Weather at Lycksele Airport Sweden

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At Lycksele Airport, the summers are comfortable and mostly cloudy and the winters are long, freezing, snowy, and overcast. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 4°F to 70°F and is rarely below -18°F or above 80°F.

The warm season lasts for 3.1 months, from May 28 to September 2, with an average daily high temperature above 60°F. The hottest day of the year is July 20, with an average high of 70°F and low of 48°F.

The cold season lasts for 3.7 months, from November 16 to March 8, with an average daily high temperature below 30°F. The coldest day of the year is January 25, with an average low of 4°F and high of 21°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 Lycksele Airport, 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 Lycksele Airport begins around April 15 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around September 17. On June 23, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 48% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 52% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 17 and lasts for 6.9 months, ending around April 15. On January 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 80% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 20% 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 Lycksele Airport varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from May 28 to November 12, with a greater than 28% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 39% on July 17.

The drier season lasts 6.5 months, from November 12 to May 28. The smallest chance of a wet day is 16% on March 2.

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 at Lycksele Airport changes throughout the year.

Rain alone is the most common for 6.8 months, from April 14 to November 7. The highest chance of a day with rain alone is 39% on July 17.

Snow alone is the most common for 4.9 months, from November 7 to April 6. The highest chance of a day with snow alone is 21% on January 18.

Mixed snow and rain is the most common for 1.1 weeks, from April 6 to April 14. The highest chance of a day with mixed snow and rain is 8% on April 12.

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. Lycksele Airport experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 7.4 months, from April 8 to November 21, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around July 25, with an average total accumulation of 3.6 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 4.6 months, from November 21 to April 8. The least rain falls around February 4, with an average total accumulation of 0.0 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. Lycksele Airport experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly liquid-equivalent snowfall.

The snowy period of the year lasts for 7.3 months, from October 3 to May 13, with a sliding 31-day liquid-equivalent snowfall of at least 0.1 inches. The most snow falls during the 31 days centered around January 11, with an average total liquid-equivalent accumulation of 1.0 inches.

The snowless period of the year lasts for 4.7 months, from May 13 to October 3. The least snow falls around July 24, with an average total liquid-equivalent accumulation of 0.0 inches.

The length of the day at Lycksele Airport varies extremely over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is December 21, with 3 hours, 53 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 21 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 2:01 AM on June 20, and the latest sunrise is 7 hours, 47 minutes later at 9:47 AM on December 24. The earliest sunset is at 1:38 PM on December 18, and the latest sunset is 9 hours, 54 minutes later at 11:32 PM on June 21.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed at Lycksele Airport 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 Lycksele Airport, 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 predominant average hourly wind direction at Lycksele Airport varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the south for 1.6 months, from June 30 to August 18, with a peak percentage of 33% on July 23. The wind is most often from the west for 10 months, from August 18 to June 30, with a peak percentage of 39% on January 1.

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 2.9 months, from May 8 to August 5, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 4.6 kWh. The brightest day of the year is June 22, with an average of 5.8 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 4.8 months, from October 7 to March 2, 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 0.0 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lycksele Airport are 64.548 deg latitude, 18.716 deg longitude, and 787 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lycksele Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 479 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 790 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,040 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,047 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lycksele Airport is covered by trees (79%) and water (11%), within 10 miles by trees (84%), and within 50 miles by trees (82%) and herbaceous vegetation (10%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Lycksele Airport, 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

Lycksele Airport 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.

The stations on which we may fall back are Storuman Airport, Örnsköldsvik Airport, Arvidsjaur Airport, Umeå Airport, Höga Kusten Airport, Vidsel, Piteå, and Skellefteå Airport.

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.