Climate Highway H Highway Strip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Queen Alia International Airport (OJAI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.0	0	0	6	0	2
February	4.7	0	0	3	1	2
March	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
April	6.0		0	0	0	0
May	8.0		0	0	0	0
June	8.3		0	0	0	4
July	6.9		0	0	1	12
August	3.6		0	0	0	1
September	2.9		0	0	0	0
October	3.0		0	0	0	0
November	3.1		0	0	0	0
December	4.2		0	0	3	0
Average	4.8	0.2		0.6	0.3	1.8

3rd best VFR conditions of Jordan

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	71.1	56	58	72	78	74
February	71.8	53	63	69	79	72
March	78.2	80	79	75	82	63
April	83.0		73	66	95	81
May	88.0		70	77	97	99
June	95.5		82	97	99	98
July	97.1		95	98	100	99
August	94.0		81	98	100	99
September	90.8		93	92	95	87
October	80.0		77	74	84	80
November	77.8		76	67	81	75
December	74.3		64	77	75	71
Average	82.2	63.7	76.5	81.1	89.8	84.2

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	13.5	15	15	12	16	12
February	15.1	15	14	15	17	14
March	18.6	20	19	15	19	19
April	24.6		24	29	27	23
May	29.9		28	29	32	30
June	31.6		31	32	31	31
July	34.1		35	33	34	35
August	34.0		36	35	35	33
September	32.6		33	33	30	36
October	28.1		28	27	28	31
November	21.8		24	21	23	21
December	16.6		18	19	16	17
Average	24.0	16.7	25.2	25.1	25.6	25.1

2nd highest temperature of Jordan

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	3.3	5	4	2	5	4
February	3.9	4	3	4	5	4
March	5.6	6	6	3	6	7
April	8.9		8	11	10	8
May	13.2		13	13	14	13
June	15.4		16	16	14	15
July	17.9		18	17	18	18
August	17.7		19	19	18	18
September	16.4		17	17	16	19
October	13.3		15	13	13	15
November	9.0		10	9	10	10
December	5.6		8	6	6	6
Average	10.1	4.8	11.4	11.0	11.1	11.2

1st lowest temperature of Jordan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.3	8	4	12	8	11
February	7.0	6	9	7	6	11
March	4.1	3	4	7	3	9
April	1.4		4	0	0	1
May	0.2		0	1	0	0
June	0.3		3	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	0.4		0	1	0	0
November	1.9		3	4	1	2
December	3.2		3	0	4	3
Average	2.3	5.2	2.4	2.3	1.5	2.8

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	9.4	8	8	9	12	10
February	8.8	8	10	9	8	10
March	9.5	9	10	11	9	10
April	9.2		9	9	9	9
May	9.2		10	11	9	9
June	9.4		10	10	9	10
July	9.7		9	10	10	9
August	9.3		9	9	9	10
September	7.4		8	8	8	7
October	6.9		8	7	6	7
November	7.6		8	8	7	8
December	8.6		9	6	10	9
Average	8.8	8.6	9.1	9.1	8.9	9.0

2nd highest wind speed of Jordan

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	235°	132°	228°	158°	247°
February	220°	240°	238°	209°	250°
March	244°	257°	257°	257°	239°
April		257°	263°	258°	258°
May		250°	275°	272°	278°
June		277°	278°	276°	275°
July		283°	281°	279°	283°
August		277°	277°	279°	279°
September		281°	280°	273°	276°
October		248°	260°	275°	180°
November		234°	130°	112°	159°
December		116°	104°	196°	118°

Prevailing wind direction

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