Climate Upper Yasat Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Udeid Air Base (OTBH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.9	97	86	82	92	88
February	90.5	96	90	93	96	88
March	91.8	97	99	84	94	87
April	91.0		98	88	96	94
May	90.7		97	79	98	99
June	88.4		93	90	86	97
July	85.1		91	86	94	97
August	89.3		84	93	95	99
September	87.0		90	94	99	97
October	86.2		84	94	97	97
November	93.4		92	96	95	98
December	89.6		88	97	94	95
Average	90.4	96.6	91.0	89.1	94.6	95.0

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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	94.0	99	92	93	93	97
February	95.7	99	94	96	98	94
March	97.2	99	100	95	99	94
April	97.4		99	96	98	97
May	95.4		98	87	99	100
June	96.5		99	96	94	100
July	95.6		95	98	98	97
August	97.3		95	99	100	100
September	96.6		97	98	100	99
October	96.2		92	97	99	99
November	98.5		98	98	97	99
December	95.8		92	100	100	98
Average	96.7	98.6	95.8	95.8	97.8	97.9

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	23.2	26	21	23	24	22
February	25.3	25	27	26	26	25
March	29.8	29	30	31	32	29
April	34.8		33	37	36	35
May	40.2		40	40	42	40
June	44.1		43	44	44	44
July	44.0		45	42	44	45
August	43.9		45	44	45	44
September	41.2		43	41	41	41
October	36.8		38	37	37	36
November	30.4		30	32	31	31
December	25.3		26	27	26	25
Average	33.4	26.5	35.2	35.5	35.8	34.5

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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	12.2	15	6	13	13	14
February	13.9	15	13	13	15	13
March	16.0	17	12	17	17	17
April	19.7		18	18	21	23
May	23.2		23	21	25	25
June	26.1		22	20	27	28
July	27.1		17	22	30	31
August	28.2		26	22	31	30
September	27.1		29	22	28	28
October	23.4		25	18	25	23
November	19.5		20	16	20	20
December	15.4		16	14	16	15
Average	20.1	15.4	18.8	18.1	22.4	22.2

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.8	0	7	2	0	4
February	0.5	2	0	0	1	0
March	1.1	4	2	0	0	0
April	1.0		1	1	1	2
May	0.1		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.2		1	1	0	0
August	0.1		1	0	0	0
September	0.1		1	0	0	0
October	0.2		1	0	0	0
November	0.4		1	0	0	0
December	0.9		0	2	0	0
Average	0.6	1.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.3

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	9.6	10	8	11	8	9
February	10.9	12	12	11	11	10
March	10.5	11	9	12	12	10
April	10.4		11	8	11	10
May	11.0		11	17	9	10
June	13.2		14	11	14	16
July	9.8		10	9	9	9
August	9.2		8	6	8	13
September	7.5		8	8	9	7
October	7.5		8	6	9	7
November	8.2		8	7	8	8
December	8.9		8	7	9	11
Average	9.8	10.8	9.6	9.6	9.8	10.1

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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	324°	319°	337°	342°	310°
February	341°	344°	337°	350°	335°
March	057°	342°	342°	348°	018°
April		333°	351°	359°	075°
May		344°	344°	006°	358°
June		329°	352°	339°	340°
July		341°	030°	023°	061°
August		019°	068°	034°	348°
September		348°	329°	344°	076°
October		335°	355°	004°	008°
November		330°	256°	322°	347°
December		320°	303°	337°	333°

Prevailing wind direction

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