Bashiqah Airport

IQ-0013 · Nineveh, Iraq

Climate Bashiqah Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Erbil International Airport (ORER) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.8 51 65 39 77 61
February 66.8 62 85 73 81 63
March 73.3 80 68 70 80 84
April 78.1 90 83 62 67 90
May 81.2 79 70 71 91 95
June 85.0 89 77 67 86 97
July 89.0 94 85 83 85 98
August 89.1 93 90 70 90 99
September 90.6 98 85 84 99 98
October 76.7 84 88 80 80 90
November 66.6 67 55 71 80 59
December 54.0 44 63 47 68
Average 77.3 81.9 76.1 70.0 81.4 85.0

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 89.0 83 93 83 98 91
February 93.3 86 95 95 98 94
March 95.4 97 95 95 99 99
April 97.0 97 99 91 100 100
May 97.2 99 99 87 100 99
June 98.1 100 97 95 100 99
July 99.4 100 100 97 100 100
August 99.0 100 100 96 98 100
September 99.0 100 97 97 100 100
October 96.7 100 99 100 98 100
November 92.9 89 88 93 100 92
December 84.5 80 89 81 93
Average 95.8 96.2 96.0 93.3 97.8 97.4

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 13.4 14 15 11 15 13
February 15.0 15 14 17 17 14
March 18.8 18 20 16 20 20
April 25.3 28 24 27 29 24
May 32.1 31 32 30 37 33
June 39.5 42 38 40 40 39
July 42.8 43 43 43 43 44
August 42.7 43 44 43 43 41
September 38.1 37 38 39 37 40
October 30.5 29 30 32 30 33
November 21.6 20 22 22 23 21
December 16.2 17 18 15 16
Average 28.3 29.1 28.2 28.5 29.1 28.0

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 3.0 6 3 2 3 3
February 3.8 5 2 5 4 4
March 7.2 6 10 4 7 8
April 10.3 12 11 9 12 10
May 16.3 16 17 15 20 15
June 22.8 24 23 25 22 21
July 26.1 26 27 25 28 26
August 25.6 26 28 24 26 24
September 21.2 21 22 22 19 23
October 15.8 13 17 18 16 14
November 9.2 7 12 10 9 9
December 5.6 7 7 4 4
Average 14.1 14.7 14.9 13.9 14.0 13.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 5 6 11 9 16
February 7.3 8 4 5 4 11
March 8.3 6 8 2 5 11
April 3.2 1 3 0 1 5
May 1.5 1 1 1 1 3
June 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
October 1.0 0 1 1 1 0
November 5.1 1 6 7 2 9
December 7.3 7 4 2 4
Average 3.1 1.9 2.4 2.0 1.8 4.5

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 5.9 6 5 6 6 6
February 5.8 5 6 6 5 7
March 7.1 7 8 7 7 7
April 6.3 6 7 6 7 6
May 6.9 7 8 7 7 7
June 6.9 7 7 7 7 7
July 6.9 7 7 6 7 7
August 6.6 7 7 7 7 6
September 6.0 6 6 6 6 6
October 6.0 5 5 6 6 5
November 5.5 5 6 6 5 6
December 5.6 5 5 7 5
Average 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.2

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 181° 182° 155° 138° 142°
February 093° 202° 145° 205° 143°
March 168° 172° 193° 187° 141°
April 041° 182° 219° 246° 260°
May 200° 217° 221° 250° 239°
June 291° 246° 254° 276° 257°
July 245° 236° 273° 259° 262°
August 249° 201° 250° 231° 231°
September 252° 244° 259° 254° 264°
October 252° 229° 179° 266° 260°
November 236° 163° 221° 295° 101°
December 168° 307° 175° 355°

Prevailing wind direction

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