El Maragha Heliport

EG-0015 · Sohag, Egypt

Climate El Maragha Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Suhaj Mubarak International Airport (HESG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.4 100 90 88 96 98
February 96.4 99 100 97 96 100
March 91.8 91 94 92 94 86
April 94.7 95 89 100 97
May 96.3 95 94 99 96
June 98.3 90 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 99 100 100 100
October 99.7 99 100 100 100
November 99.4 99 99 100 100
December 96.5 91 98 92 99
Average 97.1 96.4 96.0 96.5 98.2 97.9

4th 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 98.9 100 98 98 99 100
February 99.0 99 100 99 100 100
March 95.9 97 99 96 97 91
April 97.5 98 96 100 98
May 98.6 97 98 100 100
June 99.1 94 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 99.8 99 100 100 100
Average 98.9 98.5 98.7 98.8 99.5 98.9

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 20.1 22 21 18 22 19
February 22.5 23 21 22 23 23
March 27.5 29 28 25 28 27
April 33.1 33 36 34 31
May 37.7 36 37 40 37
June 39.7 40 39 39 40
July 39.7 40 39 40 39
August 39.3 40 39 40 39
September 37.5 39 38 37 39
October 33.7 34 32 34 36
November 27.7 30 27 29 26
December 22.9 24 25 22 24
Average 30.9 24.4 32.2 31.5 32.3 31.6

4th 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 7.2 9 9 6 8 7
February 8.7 9 8 9 9 9
March 12.8 14 13 11 14 13
April 17.2 17 19 17 17
May 22.5 22 22 24 22
June 25.4 26 24 26 24
July 26.5 27 26 27 26
August 26.2 27 26 26 26
September 24.5 25 25 25 26
October 20.5 21 20 21 22
November 14.5 17 14 16 14
December 10.1 11 12 9 11
Average 17.1 10.5 18.6 18.1 18.4 18.2

8th 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 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
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

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 6.6 7 6 8 6 8
February 7.6 7 8 9 9 9
March 8.8 8 9 10 10 10
April 8.9 9 9 8 10
May 8.7 9 11 9 10
June 10.3 10 11 12 11
July 10.1 10 10 11 11
August 10.3 11 11 10 11
September 10.0 9 10 11 9
October 8.5 9 9 9 8
November 6.9 7 7 7 8
December 6.7 6 6 8 6
Average 8.6 7.5 8.8 9.3 9.4 9.3

4th 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 324° 321° 317° 326° 318°
February 321° 323° 308° 320° 326°
March 327° 327° 324° 323° 323°
April 323° 336° 325° 322°
May 322° 325° 326° 326°
June 320° 322° 324° 325°
July 332° 325° 328° 325°
August 325° 329° 328° 331°
September 325° 326° 326° 330°
October 322° 325° 326° 328°
November 325° 321° 325° 321°
December 324° 319° 315° 325°

Prevailing wind direction

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