Climate Khorfakkan Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fujairah International Airport (OMFJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.6	94	66	65	81	82
February	57.9	63	57	56	86	58
March	60.1	79	57	35	53	73
April	53.3		67	36	61	65
May	50.8		65	26	80	77
June	19.4		19	7	19	31
July	19.0		12	28	28	50
August	16.7		8	25	3	30
September	29.7		26	26	32	66
October	50.5		29	55	60	95
November	70.5		74	67	62	64
December	79.5		84	88	77	89
Average	49.8	78.2	45.3	39.2	51.4	63.6

8th 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	97.1	100	100	93	99	99
February	96.6	97	100	98	100	96
March	98.1	98	99	99	97	99
April	97.2		99	100	97	99
May	94.6		100	84	100	98
June	96.6		100	96	100	95
July	91.2		99	99	90	100
August	94.4		100	99	96	99
September	97.0		99	95	96	99
October	97.6		95	99	100	100
November	99.3		99	99	100	100
December	98.1		100	100	100	100
Average	96.2	98.2	99.1	96.3	97.5	98.5

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	25.1	27	23	25	25	24
February	25.7	25	26	27	27	26
March	28.5	28	27	30	32	27
April	33.7		29	35	35	33
May	37.5		35	39	38	38
June	38.0		35	37	38	38
July	36.3		33	35	38	37
August	35.7		34	36	36	36
September	35.7		34	34	36	39
October	33.7		33	34	34	34
November	29.8		30	31	30	30
December	26.7		27	28	27	27
Average	31.5	26.5	30.4	32.7	32.9	32.4

8th 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	17.6	20	17	18	16	16
February	18.3	19	18	19	19	18
March	20.5	21	21	22	23	19
April	24.4		23	26	25	26
May	27.5		27	29	28	27
June	30.1		30	29	31	31
July	30.3		30	30	33	30
August	29.7		28	31	32	31
September	28.9		29	30	29	29
October	26.3		29	27	25	24
November	22.7		24	25	23	22
December	19.5		21	22	20	19
Average	24.1	20.0	24.6	25.7	25.3	24.1

7th 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	1.8	0	6	3	0	4
February	1.9	6	0	0	0	0
March	2.0	3	1	0	0	1
April	0.4		0	1	1	1
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.5		0	2	1	0
August	0.1		0	0	1	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.2		1	0	0	0
November	0.4		1	0	0	0
December	0.7		0	0	1	0
Average	0.9	3.1	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.5

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	8.4	9	7	8	8	8
February	8.8	11	10	9	7	7
March	8.4	8	8	9	9	8
April	8.4		9	8	7	7
May	8.5		9	9	7	8
June	7.4		8	7	7	8
July	7.4		8	8	8	7
August	6.7		7	6	7	7
September	6.3		7	7	6	6
October	6.1		6	6	6	6
November	6.9		6	7	7	7
December	7.0		7	7	8	7
Average	7.7	9.2	7.7	7.5	7.3	7.2

8th 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	306°	081°	302°	014°	304°
February	296°	298°	309°	032°	043°
March	014°	021°	340°	355°	050°
April		343°	032°	040°	049°
May		006°	354°	066°	046°
June		080°	090°	090°	088°
July		101°	104°	088°	106°
August		102°	105°	110°	107°
September		102°	098°	099°	105°
October		091°	091°	092°	090°
November		086°	049°	070°	091°
December		058°	012°	308°	048°

Prevailing wind direction

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