Ismailia Air Base

HEIS · Ismailia, Egypt

Climate Ismailia Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Said International Airport (HEPS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.9 89 92 80 79 95
February 87.0 91 92 91 88 91
March 89.9 96 90 94 96 88
April 95.7 97 96 100 98
May 97.8 98 97 100 100
June 98.8 100 100 100 100
July 97.3 97 100 100 99
August 98.2 100 96 99 100
September 98.1 98 100 100 100
October 96.9 99 97 99 97
November 93.2 96 98 90 98
December 81.9 84 94 90 86
Average 93.3 92.0 95.6 95.6 95.6 96.2

6th 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 92.4 96 99 88 87 97
February 95.5 95 97 97 92 97
March 96.8 99 99 98 98 96
April 99.0 99 99 100 100
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.2 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 99 100 100
September 99.6 98 100 100 100
October 99.4 100 100 100 99
November 98.3 99 100 97 99
December 92.4 92 100 93 92
Average 97.7 97.0 98.7 98.4 97.5 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 17.9 19 19 16 19 17
February 18.3 19 16 18 19 18
March 20.3 22 21 17 20 20
April 22.6 25 23 22 22
May 25.9 25 25 27 26
June 28.9 29 30 29 28
July 31.4 34 31 32 30
August 31.3 32 31 32 31
September 30.1 31 30 30 31
October 27.6 28 27 28 29
November 24.2 25 24 25 24
December 20.4 22 22 19 22
Average 24.3 19.9 25.7 24.5 25.2 24.7

15th 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 11.7 13 13 10 14 11
February 12.5 13 12 12 14 12
March 14.4 16 15 12 14 14
April 16.2 16 17 16 16
May 20.2 19 20 21 20
June 22.8 23 23 23 22
July 25.0 24 25 26 24
August 25.5 26 25 26 24
September 25.1 25 25 25 25
October 22.9 24 23 22 24
November 19.0 20 19 20 18
December 14.8 16 17 13 15
Average 18.5 14.0 19.4 18.8 19.4 18.7

13th 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 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
February 0.3 1 0 0 1 1
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 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

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 8.7 9 6 9 9 10
February 8.2 8 8 9 8 9
March 9.3 9 8 10 10 10
April 8.7 7 8 10 9
May 8.3 8 9 9 9
June 7.8 7 8 8 8
July 7.6 6 7 9 8
August 7.4 7 7 8 8
September 7.2 6 7 8 8
October 7.2 7 7 8 7
November 7.1 7 7 7 8
December 8.0 8 5 9 7
Average 8.0 8.6 7.1 7.7 8.6 8.4

15th 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 242° 243° 246° 242° 240°
February 256° 295° 257° 314° 259°
March 324° 294° 320° 310° 305°
April 359° 008° 346° 335°
May 016° 351° 336° 344°
June 353° 339° 338° 336°
July 327° 318° 313° 315°
August 328° 329° 314° 305°
September 349° 345° 330° 348°
October 347° 324° 004° 359°
November 320° 315° 343° 272°
December 278° 045° 245° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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