Climate Mudaysis Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arar Domestic Airport (OERR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.3	86	61	89	93	96
February	87.7	78	89	94	87	88
March	84.3	88	88	92	82	76
April	91.1		93	93	95	94
May	86.0		85	83	87	93
June	95.9		91	97	97	97
July	98.5		100	100	99	98
August	98.5		99	97	99	99
September	98.0		100	99	100	91
October	92.1		95	94	98	100
November	84.6		83	80	96	83
December	88.0		78	74	96	83
Average	90.5	84.3	89.1	91.7	94.2	91.7

12th best VFR conditions of Saudi Arabia

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	93.2	95	77	92	99	98
February	95.2	96	98	98	93	92
March	93.3	99	97	97	90	88
April	95.6		99	97	99	97
May	92.9		96	90	92	97
June	98.6		99	98	100	98
July	99.8		100	100	100	99
August	99.5		100	99	99	100
September	99.0		100	100	100	95
October	95.7		99	95	100	100
November	93.7		96	90	100	95
December	94.1		93	86	98	89
Average	96.1	97.0	96.4	95.6	97.4	95.6

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	16.2	19	14	15	17	16
February	18.5	18	17	19	19	18
March	23.8	23	25	21	25	24
April	29.3		29	31	31	29
May	35.4		34	34	38	35
June	40.3		39	40	40	39
July	42.9		43	42	43	44
August	42.7		43	42	43	41
September	40.2		40	39	38	42
October	33.1		32	33	33	34
November	23.0		25	22	24	23
December	18.4		19	19	18	17
Average	29.1	19.7	29.8	30.0	30.6	30.0

25th highest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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	5.0	8	6	4	6	4
February	6.3	7	5	7	8	6
March	10.8	11	12	8	12	11
April	15.4		16	17	17	16
May	21.3		20	20	24	21
June	25.5		25	26	26	25
July	28.3		28	28	29	30
August	27.9		29	29	28	27
September	25.1		25	25	24	27
October	19.2		20	20	19	19
November	12.0		14	13	12	12
December	7.4		9	9	7	7
Average	16.0	8.5	17.4	17.3	17.5	17.1

8th lowest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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	1	1	0	1
February	1.6	6	0	0	4	1
March	0.7	2	1	0	0	1
April	0.1		0	0	0	0
May	0.1		1	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	0.3		2	0	0	0
November	1.2		1	1	1	0
December	1.1		4	0	0	3
Average	0.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	0.3	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	8.9	7	8	10	9	11
February	8.7	8	9	9	9	9
March	10.3	10	11	10	10	11
April	9.0		9	9	9	10
May	9.2		9	10	10	10
June	9.0		8	8	9	10
July	8.5		8	9	9	7
August	8.7		8	9	8	10
September	7.4		7	7	8	7
October	7.6		8	9	8	6
November	7.0		7	8	6	7
December	7.2		7	4	8	7
Average	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.6	8.7

25th highest wind speed of Saudi Arabia

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	281°	011°	265°	297°	278°
February	341°	243°	277°	024°	287°
March	306°	270°	286°	269°	279°
April		256°	114°	303°	266°
May		018°	299°	305°	286°
June		323°	304°	315°	296°
July		335°	316°	316°	328°
August		337°	327°	301°	304°
September		343°	319°	324°	330°
October		130°	079°	096°	294°
November		197°	107°	360°	049°
December		121°	038°	248°	117°

Prevailing wind direction

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