Al Hayy Airport

IQ-0002 · Wāsiţ, Iraq

Climate Al Hayy Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Najaf International Airport (ORNI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.7 46 24 43 67 71
February 56.0 50 55 53 57 59
March 58.8 62 52 43 64 63
April 65.1 72 29 69 85
May 58.6 49 29 75 84
June 74.4 80 38 83 91
July 79.4 77 57 82 92
August 76.2 65 38 79 98
September 68.4 59 55 87 65
October 54.4 34 44 74 70
November 41.0 39 33 61 28
December 43.1 36 14 58 32
Average 60.5 53.0 55.5 40.5 72.2 71.3

5th best VFR conditions of Iraq

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 83.2 87 57 82 92 91
February 89.0 89 92 92 87 91
March 91.6 98 92 88 92 93
April 92.1 94 82 98 98
May 89.5 90 72 97 96
June 95.2 96 86 94 100
July 97.7 96 91 100 99
August 97.7 96 92 100 100
September 98.4 98 100 100 98
October 91.9 92 92 100 96
November 82.5 81 84 95 78
December 77.6 84 59 85 69
Average 91.1 91.6 89.9 85.8 95.2 92.8

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 18.1 21 16 17 20 18
February 20.3 20 20 22 22 20
March 25.5 25 26 24 26 25
April 31.3 31 33 34 32
May 38.2 37 37 41 39
June 43.2 43 44 43 43
July 45.8 46 45 46 47
August 45.3 47 46 45 44
September 42.0 43 42 40 43
October 34.9 35 37 35 36
November 25.1 27 26 26 25
December 20.0 21 21 20 19
Average 31.3 22.1 32.7 33.0 33.2 32.3

2nd highest temperature of Iraq

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 6.1 8 7 5 6 6
February 8.0 8 7 9 10 8
March 12.2 13 11 11 13 13
April 16.6 15 18 18 17
May 23.7 21 23 26 24
June 28.3 27 28 29 28
July 30.5 28 30 32 29
August 29.7 30 31 30 27
September 25.6 23 27 24 27
October 19.9 21 17 21 19
November 13.4 15 12 13 14
December 8.5 9 10 8 8
Average 17.5 9.3 18.0 18.5 19.0 18.4

4th lowest temperature of Iraq

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 0 2 0 0 2
February 2.0 4 0 0 4 2
March 1.8 1 1 0 0 5
April 2.1 1 1 0 3
May 0.5 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 0.6 0 0 0 0
November 2.7 1 4 1 3
December 1.5 0 0 1 0
Average 1.0 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.2

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 7.2 7 6 7 6 8
February 7.8 8 7 10 6 8
March 9.1 9 10 10 9 9
April 8.5 9 9 9 8
May 9.2 10 10 8 10
June 10.6 9 9 11 10
July 10.7 10 11 9 9
August 10.2 8 11 9 10
September 8.2 7 8 10 8
October 6.7 6 7 6 6
November 6.2 6 6 7 7
December 6.5 6 7 8 5
Average 8.5 7.7 8.0 8.9 8.4 8.2

2nd highest wind speed of Iraq

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 282° 311° 292° 278° 263°
February 299° 307° 287° 323° 320°
March 273° 284° 312° 337° 285°
April 314° 338° 333° 306°
May 345° 309° 311° 316°
June 325° 328° 328° 326°
July 316° 325° 337° 344°
August 320° 330° 325° 326°
September 326° 320° 333° 343°
October 353° 328° 355° 327°
November 261° 349° 320° 337°
December 311° 312° 312° 303°

Prevailing wind direction

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