Climate Difarsuwar Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ismailia Air Base (HEIS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.2	86	82	78	57	68
February	73.3	77	91	78	75	60
March	78.0	88	91	88	75	72
April	84.0		97	85	90	81
May	89.7		94	93	92	95
June	95.2		92	94	98	99
July	91.0		97	97	89	94
August	91.4		100	100	89	87
September	89.8		90	99	96	89
October	84.9		81	91	94	88
November	73.4		75	86	77	74
December	66.1		66	86	64	63
Average	82.4	83.8	88.4	89.8	83.4	81.2

12th best VFR conditions of Egypt

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	81.1	93	93	87	69	84
February	86.5	90	97	93	84	83
March	87.2	96	95	96	84	82
April	92.4		100	88	97	89
May	94.5		97	96	96	99
June	98.4		97	99	99	100
July	95.2		99	99	93	97
August	95.6		100	100	93	94
September	94.1		92	100	99	95
October	91.3		87	97	97	93
November	83.9		87	93	84	85
December	79.8		83	92	82	72
Average	90.3	93.2	94.0	95.0	89.9	89.6

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	19.4	21	21	17	21	18
February	20.6	21	19	20	22	20
March	23.9	25	25	21	24	24
April	28.2		28	30	29	28
May	32.5		31	32	35	33
June	34.4		34	34	34	35
July	36.2		38	36	37	36
August	35.8		36	35	38	36
September	34.0		35	34	33	36
October	30.5		31	29	30	33
November	26.3		28	26	27	25
December	22.2		23	24	21	23
Average	28.0	22.5	29.1	28.1	29.1	28.9

10th highest temperature of Egypt

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	9.3	11	10	9	11	10
February	10.4	10	10	9	11	10
March	13.1	14	14	10	13	12
April	16.9		17	17	18	17
May	20.9		18	20	21	21
June	23.4		22	25	23	21
July	24.7		24	23	25	24
August	25.0		24	25	25	25
September	23.5		24	24	23	25
October	19.8		22	20	18	22
November	15.8		17	15	16	16
December	12.3		13	12	12	13
Average	17.2	11.8	17.8	17.6	18.0	18.0

7th lowest temperature of Egypt

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.3	0	0	0	0	2
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		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	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.0				0.0	0.2

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	8.8	8	7	9	9	10
February	8.3	8	8	9	8	9
March	9.5	9	9	10	10	11
April	9.4		8	9	10	10
May	9.3		8	10	9	10
June	9.0		9	8	9	10
July	8.4		7	8	9	9
August	8.1		7	8	9	9
September	8.3		7	8	9	9
October	7.6		7	7	8	8
November	6.9		7	6	6	8
December	7.7		7	6	8	6
Average	8.4	8.0	7.5	8.1	8.6	9.2

10th highest wind speed of Egypt

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	270°	300°	259°	275°	262°
February	284°	321°	276°	301°	276°
March	315°	296°	325°	321°	295°
April		349°	007°	013°	327°
May		347°	341°	350°	351°
June		351°	336°	348°	353°
July		329°	320°	322°	335°
August		329°	336°	331°	327°
September		342°	348°	329°	006°
October		340°	322°	358°	009°
November		330°	322°	348°	292°
December		300°	329°	258°	308°

Prevailing wind direction

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