Climate Mijek Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dakhla Airport (GMMH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.7	56	82	65	97
February	72.2	65	56	84	69
March	78.0	83	68	81	89	0
April	80.9		63	87	92
May	76.9		65	78	77
June	77.5		83	74	69
July	47.4		19	22	43	77
August	53.0		33	14	71	79
September	75.1		96	76	63	89
October	79.2		86	63	90	82
November	90.4		98	86	94	86
December	75.7		59	76	89	77
Average	73.2	68.4	66.2	65.7	77.7	81.9

15th 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	92.7	88	97	82	99
February	92.7	89	92	94	86
March	96.3	96	98	98	97	0
April	95.0		94	97	97
May	96.3		96	95	97
June	95.6		94	96	100
July	93.3		94	88	92	97
August	89.9		86	88	95	95
September	95.4		100	94	97	99
October	92.9		97	87	97	94
November	97.5		98	98	99	98
December	87.2		76	89	97	92
Average	93.7	91.1	93.5	92.4	96.1	95.4

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	22.4	25	22	23	21
February	22.4	25	21	25	21
March	22.0	21	24	21	22	22
April	22.3		23	22	23
May	22.8		24	23	23
June	24.1		26	24	24
July	24.7		26	25	24	25
August	25.9		28	26	26	27
September	26.4		27	26	26	27
October	26.4		30	25	25	26
November	24.8		26	25	24	26
December	23.2		24	24	23	22
Average	24.0	23.7	25.0	23.9	23.4	25.3

16th 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	14.9	17	15	15	15
February	15.4	17	15	16	15
March	15.8	15	17	15	15	22
April	16.9		18	17	17
May	17.5		18	18	16
June	18.1		20	19	18
July	19.2		21	20	19	18
August	19.9		20	20	20	19
September	20.3		20	21	21	21
October	19.7		22	19	18	19
November	18.1		18	18	18	19
December	15.7		16	17	16	15
Average	17.5	16.2	18.2	17.8	17.4	18.4

21st 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	0.6	0	0	3	0
February	0.4	0	3	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0
May	0.5		2	0	1
June	0.3		0	2	1
July	0.0		0	0	0	1
August	0.2		0	1	0	0
September	1.2		0	3	1	0
October	1.7		0	0	0	3
November	0.1		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	0.4		0.3	0.7	0.2	0.5

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	13.2	11	15	12	15
February	14.1	16	12	14	15
March	16.8	15	17	19	16	27
April	16.3		16	17	17
May	18.7		19	18	22
June	19.6		15	22	23
July	21.5		22	20	20	23
August	18.6		17	19	19	21
September	17.8		18	17	18	18
October	13.7		11	14	15	15
November	12.8		14	13	14	11
December	11.9		12	9	12	12
Average	16.3	14.1	15.7	16.6	17.3	16.3

16th 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	049°	046°	057°	040°
February	042°	034°	028°	027°
March	026°	025°	026°	026°	019°
April		010°	023°	022°
May		025°	017°	023°
June		016°	020°	019°
July		030°	014°	015°	013°
August		028°	020°	021°	015°
September		030°	016°	019°	018°
October		020°	019°	025°	026°
November		038°	026°	035°	034°
December		055°	025°	038°	041°

Prevailing wind direction

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