Climate Laghouat - Molay Ahmed Medeghri Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Laghouat - Molay Ahmed Medeghri Airport (DAUL) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	88.2	87	88	95
February	85.1	74	84	97
March	70.4	70	96	55
April	76.6		100	65
May	83.2		77	80
June	79.4		67	79
July	77.3		56	85	0
August	77.9		86	61	0
September	78.4		83	57
October	93.0		90	93
November	84.7		75	90
December	87.5		85	89
Average	71.5	77.3	78.3	77.7

29th 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
January	96.9	94	97	99
February	94.6	91	95	99
March	86.3	82	100	80
April	88.3		100	78
May	93.5		93	91
June	94.4		90	93
July	95.0		90	98	0
August	94.1		96	89	0
September	94.0		91	94
October	96.8		93	100
November	93.1		89	96
December	95.2		96	96
Average	80.3	89.2	92.7	92.1

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
January	15.0	19	14	14
February	16.9	18	15	18
March	20.3	22	17	17
April	23.7		25	22
May	29.8		27	30
June	36.4		35	39
July	39.7		42	40	29
August	38.4		38	39	38
September	33.4		34	34
October	27.2		29	27
November	21.7		23	22
December	16.5		17	19
Average	21.4	19.7	27.3	26.9	33.5

19th 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
January	2.0	4	1	1
February	4.3	7	2	4
March	7.9	9	4	7
April	11.4		19	11
May	16.7		15	16
June	22.4		21	25
July	25.3		26	26	29
August	24.2		24	24	38
September	20.0		21	22
October	13.5		14	14
November	7.7		9	9
December	4.6		5	7
Average	12.0	6.3	13.6	13.8	33.5

10th 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
January	0.3	0	0	2
February	0.3	0	1	0
March	0.4	0	0	2
April	1.1		0	1
May	0.4		1	0
June	0.2		1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0
September	0.2		0	1
October	0.6		0	2
November	0.0		0	0
December	0.2		0	1
Average	0.2		0.2	0.6

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
January	7.5	6	7	5
February	9.5	11	7	6
March	11.4	10	7	10
April	11.4		11	13
May	9.7		9	8
June	9.7		10	9
July	7.2		6	7	0
August	7.7		7	6	16
September	7.3		7	9
October	4.7		5	4
November	8.1		7	9
December	8.6		8	8
Average	9.5	8.8	7.5	7.9	16.0

19th 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
January	283°	309°	300°
February	299°	346°	354°
March	249°	285°	050°
April		333°	001°
May		009°	292°
June		129°	131°
July		157°	177°	360°
August		275°	257°	262°
September		108°	223°
October		231°	113°
November		307°	307°
December		334°	250°

Prevailing wind direction

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