Climate Salum Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (ORBI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	71.9	78	42	68	84	80
February	79.3	68	81	84	79	79
March	86.9	84	76	87	92	89
April	88.4		89	69	91	97
May	85.4		79	58	88	96
June	90.4		89	67	93	99
July	93.0		99	73	96	94
August	91.8		92	65	92	99
September	93.2		94	82	98	93
October	80.9		74	74	90	89
November	73.1		71	66	88	73
December	64.2		61	47	81	66
Average	83.3	77.1	79.6	70.7	89.7	88.9

3rd 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	83.1	95	60	80	90	87
February	88.9	85	94	93	89	86
March	95.6	100	92	95	98	97
April	94.4		99	82	95	98
May	91.8		94	71	93	99
June	94.8		96	82	98	100
July	96.4		100	82	99	98
August	95.9		99	80	95	100
September	98.2		99	97	99	98
October	92.7		93	93	97	94
November	86.8		87	86	96	91
December	77.1		83	70	92	74
Average	92.0	93.4	91.6	84.4	95.2	94.1

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	17.1	20	16	16	19	17
February	19.1	19	19	21	21	18
March	23.7	24	24	22	25	24
April	29.8		29	32	33	30
May	36.8		36	35	40	37
June	42.1		41	43	42	42
July	45.2		46	44	46	47
August	44.8		46	45	45	43
September	41.6		42	41	40	43
October	34.0		33	35	34	35
November	24.5		25	25	26	24
December	18.9		20	20	19	18
Average	30.2	21.0	30.9	31.9	32.4	31.5

3rd 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	5.6	8	7	4	5	6
February	7.3	8	6	8	8	7
March	11.6	11	13	9	12	13
April	16.0		16	17	17	17
May	21.6		21	21	23	21
June	25.8		26	26	25	25
July	28.5		28	28	29	29
August	28.1		29	29	27	27
September	24.4		24	25	24	25
October	19.1		20	19	18	17
November	12.5		13	13	12	14
December	8.2		9	10	7	7
Average	16.4	9.0	17.3	17.5	17.2	17.2

3rd 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	2.3	0	7	1	1	4
February	3.7	7	0	1	3	3
March	2.7	4	1	1	1	6
April	2.2		2	1	0	1
May	0.8		0	1	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	0.9		2	1	1	0
November	3.2		3	4	0	2
December	2.0		3	1	1	1
Average	1.6	3.6	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.1

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	7.2	7	7	7	7	7
February	7.5	7	8	8	7	8
March	8.8	8	8	9	9	10
April	8.5		8	9	9	9
May	8.9		9	10	8	10
June	10.2		8	9	12	10
July	10.8		9	12	9	9
August	10.1		8	11	8	11
September	8.1		7	8	10	8
October	6.8		5	7	7	7
November	6.5		7	6	7	7
December	7.0		6	7	8	6
Average	8.4	7.3	7.5	8.9	8.6	8.5

3rd 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	262°	297°	243°	260°	197°
February	300°	321°	289°	312°	241°
March	322°	186°	269°	263°	183°
April		322°	296°	307°	282°
May		322°	293°	288°	283°
June		316°	302°	297°	296°
July		304°	292°	298°	295°
August		303°	301°	287°	288°
September		318°	296°	301°	313°
October		328°	323°	320°	303°
November		249°	314°	310°	270°
December		315°	291°	267°	284°

Prevailing wind direction

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