Climate Camp Al Hamra Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hamad International Airport (OTHH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.0	97	83	78	87	92
February	90.1	99	95	84	93	86
March	89.1	97	98	74	91	85
April	92.3		100	81	93	90
May	90.0		97	75	96	93
June	87.7		87	78	79	98
July	75.5		81	60	77	90
August	82.0		79	69	88	92
September	82.9		87	87	96	92
October	89.7		86	90	96	96
November	96.7		97	97	92	99
December	91.0		88	97	96	95
Average	88.3	97.6	89.6	79.4	89.9	92.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Qatar

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	95.3	100	94	90	96	100
February	96.8	99	99	97	97	94
March	96.8	99	100	93	98	95
April	98.5		100	98	100	96
May	97.1		99	87	100	99
June	97.6		99	97	92	100
July	97.2		98	94	100	100
August	98.5		98	97	100	100
September	97.4		97	97	100	100
October	98.8		98	99	99	100
November	99.3		100	99	98	100
December	97.7		95	100	100	100
Average	97.7	99.3	98.0	95.3	98.1	98.6

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	22.4	24	21	22	23	22
February	23.1	24	24	23	24	23
March	26.8	26	28	28	28	26
April	31.9		31	33	33	31
May	37.1		37	37	39	36
June	40.5		40	40	40	41
July	40.4		41	39	40	40
August	40.3		41	40	41	41
September	38.5		39	38	38	39
October	34.7		36	35	35	34
November	29.4		30	31	30	29
December	24.8		26	26	25	25
Average	31.5	24.6	32.8	32.9	32.9	32.1

3rd highest temperature of Qatar

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	15.7	18	16	15	15	15
February	16.3	17	17	16	17	16
March	19.3	19	20	19	20	19
April	23.1		22	23	23	24
May	27.6		28	28	28	26
June	30.6		31	30	31	30
July	32.0		32	33	33	32
August	32.2		33	33	32	33
September	30.3		32	31	30	30
October	27.0		28	26	27	26
November	22.7		24	24	22	22
December	18.1		19	20	18	18
Average	23.8	18.1	25.1	25.1	24.7	24.1

2nd lowest temperature of Qatar

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.5	0	8	2	0	2
February	0.9	0	0	0	1	0
March	1.2	3	2	0	0	0
April	0.9		0	0	0	2
May	0.1		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	0.3		1	0	0	1
December	0.8		0	2	0	0
Average	0.5	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4

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	9.7	11	9	10	9	10
February	11.0	12	12	10	11	11
March	10.6	11	10	11	11	11
April	10.7		11	9	10	11
May	10.0		10	13	8	9
June	11.4		12	10	11	12
July	9.1		9	9	8	8
August	9.0		8	8	8	10
September	8.0		8	9	8	7
October	7.9		8	7	8	8
November	8.8		9	8	8	8
December	8.9		8	9	9	9
Average	9.8	11.2	9.5	9.4	9.1	9.6

3rd highest wind speed of Qatar

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	343°	347°	340°	352°	327°
February	351°	357°	352°	357°	359°
March	009°	013°	352°	355°	055°
April		360°	015°	016°	061°
May		003°	346°	028°	016°
June		339°	009°	348°	345°
July		009°	069°	056°	085°
August		066°	089°	061°	006°
September		037°	052°	026°	093°
October		007°	077°	024°	015°
November		338°	061°	349°	049°
December		341°	347°	338°	343°

Prevailing wind direction

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