Climate Amir Al Momenin Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Khark Airport (OIBQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.6	63	32	53	91	97
February	74.5	83	68	62	78	77
March	76.0	76	71	59	70	83
April	83.7	80	81	64	86	86
May	82.0		85	64	74	90
June	84.3		84	61	83	94
July	72.9		79	47	70	72
August	72.1		66	39	80	91
September	67.7		56	57	89	68
October	77.0		76	39	79	87
November	87.4		68	89	93	88
December	83.0		69	81	82	88
Average	77.4	75.6	70.4	58.1	80.7	85.0

54th best VFR conditions of Iran

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	89.1	92	67	83	98	99
February	92.0	97	89	89	90	97
March	92.1	93	94	81	90	92
April	95.8	99	94	81	98	98
May	93.8		99	73	97	99
June	94.5		97	85	89	97
July	90.2		91	71	89	93
August	92.8		91	80	96	96
September	90.7		78	84	99	93
October	92.1		91	73	96	99
November	96.0		89	99	96	94
December	95.6		96	86	94	99
Average	93.0	95.3	90.0	81.3	94.3	96.3

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	19.4	21	18	18	20	19
February	19.9	20	20	20	21	20
March	23.7	23	25	23	24	23
April	29.0	30	28	30	30	28
May	34.5		34	33	37	35
June	37.9		38	38	38	38
July	39.5		40	38	40	40
August	39.4		40	39	40	39
September	37.4		38	37	36	38
October	33.2		33	33	33	33
November	26.4		27	28	27	27
December	21.8		23	23	22	21
Average	29.4	23.5	30.3	30.4	30.6	30.1

24th highest temperature of Iran

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	15.6	18	15	14	16	15
February	15.6	17	16	16	16	15
March	17.9	18	18	18	18	17
April	21.6	22	20	22	22	22
May	26.3		26	26	27	26
June	29.8		29	29	30	30
July	31.6		31	31	32	32
August	31.9		32	32	32	33
September	30.3		31	30	31	30
October	27.3		28	26	27	27
November	22.3		23	24	23	22
December	18.0		19	20	18	18
Average	23.3	18.5	24.0	24.1	24.5	24.0

68th lowest temperature of Iran

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.7	0	6	3	0	2
February	1.6	0	0	1	3	1
March	0.7	2	1	0	0	0
April	0.4	1	0	1	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	1.6		0	0	1	4
December	0.8		0	2	3	0
Average	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5

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	9.9	10	9	10	9	10
February	9.5	10	10	10	10	9
March	8.7	9	7	12	10	8
April	7.6	5	9	7	8	8
May	8.2		8	10	7	8
June	9.6		9	8	11	10
July	7.4		7	7	7	7
August	7.3		6	7	6	9
September	7.1		8	8	9	6
October	7.4		9	6	8	7
November	8.6		9	9	9	8
December	9.5		8	10	10	10
Average	8.4	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.7	8.2

24th highest wind speed of Iran

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	328°	347°	339°	334°	356°
February	327°	335°	321°	325°	324°
March	319°	321°	319°	305°	307°
April	275°	302°	300°	296°	309°
May		302°	306°	279°	297°
June		296°	290°	303°	299°
July		279°	248°	273°	247°
August		282°	270°	279°	297°
September		293°	291°	311°	230°
October		325°	303°	322°	317°
November		334°	025°	331°	040°
December		335°	344°	340°	337°

Prevailing wind direction

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