Climate Fort Lotfi Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (GMFK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.0	94	97	94	96	97
February	93.6	98	91	95	91	100
March	92.1	87	98	90	95	88
April	94.2		94	96	96	98
May	94.3		95	99	96	90
June	96.7		98	96	96	96
July	95.8		99	98	92	98
August	95.1		96	93	92	97
September	96.7		98	99	94	100
October	95.7		96	90	100	99
November	97.5		99	100	90	99
December	99.2		99	100	100	98
Average	95.1	92.6	96.5	95.7	94.6	96.3

1st best VFR conditions of Morocco

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	98.6	98	100	98	100	99
February	98.5	100	98	99	95	100
March	97.5	95	100	94	100	94
April	98.6		97	99	100	100
May	98.7		100	99	98	96
June	99.1		100	98	98	100
July	97.9		100	98	96	100
August	98.1		99	99	96	98
September	99.3		100	100	97	100
October	99.1		99	99	100	99
November	99.1		99	100	96	99
December	99.9		100	100	100	100
Average	98.5	97.4	99.3	98.5	97.9	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	16.9	20	16	16	18	16
February	19.2	22	15	19	20	23
March	22.8	24	26	20	20	23
April	26.7		29	25	28	26
May	31.2		29	32	33	31
June	36.2		36	37	37	36
July	40.1		42	39	41	40
August	38.7		40	40	40	40
September	33.8		34	34	36	35
October	27.7		29	28	28	27
November	21.9		25	25	19	21
December	18.5		19	19	18	18
Average	27.1	21.9	28.3	28.0	28.1	28.0

3rd highest temperature of Morocco

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	3.2	5	3	4	4	2
February	6.5	7	5	8	7	8
March	10.6	11	13	10	10	11
April	14.9		17	13	16	15
May	19.1		18	19	20	19
June	23.5		24	24	24	24
July	27.7		29	26	29	28
August	26.9		28	28	28	28
September	21.5		21	23	22	23
October	15.6		16	17	16	15
November	9.1		10	10	8	10
December	5.1		5	8	5	5
Average	14.4	7.9	15.8	15.9	15.6	15.7

17th lowest temperature of Morocco

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.0	0	0	3	0	0
February	1.6	0	7	4	1	0
March	1.0	0	0	2	3	0
April	0.3		1	0	0	1
May	0.4		1	0	0	0
June	0.1		1	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	1	0	0
September	0.5		0	2	0	0
October	0.5		0	0	0	3
November	1.0		0	0	3	2
December	0.4		0	2	0	1
Average	0.5		0.7	0.9	0.5	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	2020
January	4.5	4	5	4	4	4
February	5.1	6	6	5	5	4
March	7.4	8	6	8	6	8
April	7.8		7	8	7	7
May	7.9		9	8	8	7
June	7.4		8	7	7	8
July	7.1		6	7	7	7
August	7.3		6	8	8	7
September	6.4		7	7	7	6
October	5.1		5	6	6	4
November	4.3		5	4	5	4
December	4.1		4	5	4	4
Average	6.3	5.9	6.2	6.6	6.3	5.9

3rd highest wind speed of Morocco

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	185°	196°	181°	215°	213°
February	208°	266°	180°	139°	167°
March	199°	189°	178°	036°	076°
April		130°	025°	124°	169°
May		007°	165°	184°	132°
June		092°	209°	185°	175°
July		158°	184°	159°	230°
August		116°	187°	160°	171°
September		178°	176°	194°	178°
October		186°	146°	150°	175°
November		176°	199°	151°	190°
December		193°	200°	187°	209°

Prevailing wind direction

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