Climate Qusahwira Palace Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Ain International Airport (OMAL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.0	92	92	90	92	79
February	86.7	89	90	94	86	87
March	85.3	78	89	92	90	84
April	93.8		97	98	95	94
May	89.4		94	81	95	93
June	85.9		94	87	80	91
July	80.4		86	89	83	91
August	85.5		88	77	96	88
September	96.0		94	97	97	99
October	95.3		95	99	96	97
November	94.8		94	97	96	94
December	91.3		88	94	97	91
Average	88.7	85.7	91.5	90.5	91.5	90.6

1st best VFR conditions of United Arab Emirates

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	96.3	98	97	98	96	94
February	94.5	97	96	98	92	95
March	94.7	97	96	96	97	95
April	98.3		99	99	99	98
May	97.2		99	92	100	97
June	97.5		99	99	94	99
July	95.3		98	98	97	100
August	96.7		97	91	100	99
September	98.9		99	100	98	100
October	98.8		98	100	98	99
November	98.8		100	99	98	99
December	96.9		96	97	100	97
Average	96.9	97.0	97.8	97.0	97.4	97.5

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	24.8	26	25	24	25	23
February	26.7	25	29	27	28	27
March	31.1	29	31	33	34	29
April	36.5		33	39	38	37
May	40.6		41	41	42	41
June	44.2		44	44	45	44
July	43.7		45	41	43	44
August	43.9		44	44	44	44
September	41.7		42	41	42	42
October	37.1		38	37	37	37
November	30.8		31	32	32	31
December	26.6		28	28	27	26
Average	34.7	27.0	35.7	36.1	36.4	35.3

1st highest temperature of United Arab Emirates

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	14.4	15	15	15	13	14
February	15.5	15	17	15	16	16
March	18.7	19	19	19	20	18
April	23.6		21	25	24	24
May	26.5		26	24	27	28
June	29.9		29	31	30	30
July	31.9		32	31	32	32
August	31.4		32	31	31	32
September	29.3		30	28	29	29
October	25.0		26	25	25	23
November	20.5		21	22	20	21
December	16.1		17	18	17	16
Average	22.7	16.5	23.8	23.8	23.7	23.3

4th lowest temperature of United Arab Emirates

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.0	0	3	7	0	6
February	1.1	3	0	0	0	0
March	1.7	2	2	0	0	1
April	0.5		0	1	0	2
May	0.1		0	0	0	1
June	0.1		1	0	0	0
July	0.5		0	3	1	0
August	0.1		1	0	0	0
September	0.1		0	1	0	0
October	0.6		3	0	1	0
November	0.6		2	0	0	0
December	0.3		0	0	0	0
Average	0.7	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.7

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	8.2	7	9	10	8	9
February	8.7	9	9	8	7	9
March	9.4	10	9	9	9	10
April	8.9		8	9	8	10
May	9.4		9	9	9	10
June	9.0		9	9	9	8
July	9.4		9	9	10	9
August	8.8		10	9	9	8
September	8.7		9	9	8	8
October	7.4		8	8	7	7
November	7.4		7	7	7	7
December	6.7		6	7	7	7
Average	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.5	8.2	8.5

1st highest wind speed of United Arab Emirates

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	308°	140°	242°	002°	201°
February	278°	209°	275°	309°	233°
March	208°	263°	245°	272°	179°
April		289°	257°	246°	211°
May		249°	278°	260°	221°
June		273°	197°	232°	247°
July		187°	165°	170°	150°
August		173°	173°	176°	207°
September		175°	187°	187°	135°
October		192°	167°	087°	065°
November		194°	298°	002°	189°
December		346°	331°	219°	342°

Prevailing wind direction

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