Climate Mekele Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (HDAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.5	89	96		100	95
February	86.1	78	97		91	98
March	89.4	79	84		96	94
April	91.8		90	90	91	97
May	95.6		94	99	97	98
June	74.0		68	63	87	83
July	69.0		56	75	83	85
August	84.8		84	91	96	90
September	89.4		84	96	97	93
October	89.7		90	97	100	97
November	90.8		91	98		98
December	90.3		95	95		97
Average	86.5	82.7	85.2	88.4	92.5	93.4

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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	97.3	92	99		100	98
February	95.6	100	98		98	99
March	97.2	99	99		98	100
April	96.5		99	94	94	99
May	99.1		100	100	99	98
June	88.9		82	90	98	94
July	89.4		77	90	97	98
August	93.2		91	97	99	96
September	92.2		88	99	97	96
October	94.4		99	99	100	98
November	95.2		96	99		99
December	93.8		98	100		99
Average	94.5	96.2	93.3	96.2	97.6	97.8

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	29.7	30	30		29	30
February	29.6	30	30		29	30
March	31.1	32	31		32	31
April	32.4		33	30	32	32
May	35.6		36	36	36	37
June	39.1		40	40	37	40
July	41.6		42	42	41	41
August	40.9		42	40	40	40
September	38.2		39	38	40	38
October	34.0		34	34	36	34
November	32.0		32	32		31
December	30.3		31	31		29
Average	34.3	30.6	34.9	36.3	35.0	34.5

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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	23.8	25	23		24	25
February	24.6	26	24		23	25
March	26.5	27	25		26	28
April	27.2		26	23	26	30
May	30.0		30	28	30	32
June	31.3		33	28	32	33
July	33.4		35	32	31	34
August	32.2		32	30	32	33
September	31.8		33	32	33	30
October	28.8		28	30	31	29
November	26.3		27	26		27
December	24.0		24	23		25
Average	28.2	25.6	28.1	28.3	28.5	29.2

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	0		0	1
February	0.0	0	0		0	0
March	0.5	0	4		0	0
April	0.1		1	0	0	1
May	0.1		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.2		0	1	0	1
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	0	0
October	0.8		2	0	0	0
November	1.0		1	0		0
December	0.0		0	0		0
Average	0.2		0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1

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	9	11		9	7
February	8.9	12	9		8	6
March	9.0	11	11		8	7
April	8.8		11	10	8	8
May	8.2		10	9	8	8
June	8.9		9	11	8	10
July	11.4		12	14	11	12
August	11.2		10	12	11	12
September	9.3		10	9	10	9
October	8.7		10	11	7	9
November	9.2		10	10		9
December	8.5		10	9		9
Average	9.5	10.5	10.1	10.6	9.2	8.7

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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	100°	106°		103°	091°
February	092°	095°		094°	094°
March	088°	083°		084°	085°
April		084°	080°	082°	085°
May		083°	081°	070°	075°
June		074°	045°	077°	040°
July		337°	280°	287°	290°
August		325°	290°	307°	298°
September		066°	063°	044°	059°
October		095°	086°	077°	094°
November		098°	092°		099°
December		109°	103°		107°

Prevailing wind direction

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