Touggourt Sidi Madhi Airport

DAUK · Ouargla, Algeria

Climate Touggourt Sidi Madhi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Touggourt Sidi Madhi Airport (DAUK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.0 94 93 97 86 94
February 82.8 75 87 89 67 98
March 73.1 80 83 60 89 70
April 68.1 56 44 75 81
May 75.0 63 82 85 77
June 81.4 78 92 68 83
July 91.3 93 90 92 95
August 90.6 90 84 93 90
September 87.1 91 80 81 90
October 94.8 94 97 95 92
November 88.1 81 84 91 98
December 88.3 89 97 90 82
Average 83.6 82.6 85.5 81.8 84.3 86.9

19th best VFR conditions of Algeria

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 95.5 95 97 99 91 97
February 89.9 85 92 93 83 100
March 81.1 87 86 70 91 80
April 82.6 75 65 86 95
May 85.2 80 87 93 84
June 92.4 90 99 89 89
July 97.6 100 97 97 100
August 96.2 94 92 98 94
September 94.2 94 91 90 97
October 97.3 96 98 100 94
November 93.8 93 90 97 98
December 94.5 96 100 95 88
Average 91.2 88.7 92.6 89.4 92.7 92.9

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 17.8 19 17 17 20 18
February 20.2 21 19 20 22 23
March 23.9 27 20 23 23 24
April 28.4 27 27 29 29
May 33.3 31 34 34 35
June 39.6 38 42 42 39
July 42.7 45 42 43 41
August 41.0 40 41 44 42
September 37.0 37 39 39 35
October 29.8 32 31 29 29
November 23.1 25 24 22 24
December 19.0 19 22 18 19
Average 29.1 22.3 30.0 30.3 30.5 29.6

11th highest temperature of Algeria

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 4.8 7 3 3 6 4
February 7.5 9 6 7 11 7
March 10.8 12 9 11 10 11
April 15.4 23 15 16 16
May 19.8 19 19 21 21
June 25.7 25 27 28 25
July 28.6 30 28 28 28
August 27.2 27 28 28 27
September 24.0 24 26 26 23
October 16.8 18 17 17 15
November 10.6 12 11 10 12
December 6.9 7 10 6 7
Average 15.9 9.1 17.0 16.9 17.3 16.2

25th lowest temperature of Algeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

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

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 6.3 6 6 5 7 5
February 7.0 8 6 6 8 5
March 8.1 7 7 8 7 9
April 8.3 11 9 7 8
May 7.8 8 7 6 8
June 7.3 7 6 8 7
July 5.9 5 5 5 6
August 5.7 5 6 5 5
September 6.2 6 6 6 6
October 5.3 5 4 5 6
November 6.5 6 8 6 5
December 6.6 6 6 6 8
Average 6.8 6.8 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.6

11th highest wind speed of Algeria

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 250° 286° 275° 258° 126°
February 275° 025° 002° 080° 217°
March 237° 236° 141° 047° 005°
April 320° 035° 061° 021°
May 004° 258° 051° 042°
June 092° 112° 122° 358°
July 127° 091° 107° 067°
August 083° 120° 136° 098°
September 083° 064° 104° 352°
October 059° 061° 339° 001°
November 308° 277° 276° 341°
December 311° 215° 278° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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