Climate Marjayoun Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (OLBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.8	49	80	69	65	61
February	65.6	65	61	76	82	61
March	61.7	62	72	67	77	54
April	58.8		82	42	58	59
May	67.4		67	55	87	72
June	78.5		73	86	97	86
July	73.7		75	98	78	56
August	73.6		58	83	92	90
September	77.8		93	76	97	64
October	80.8		66	90	94	92
November	76.8		68	82	97	73
December	69.9		80	87	72	75
Average	69.2	58.6	72.7	75.1	83.3	70.2

1st best VFR conditions of Lebanon

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	96.9	96	99	95	97	99
February	98.1	99	96	98	100	98
March	97.1	97	99	100	95	97
April	95.7		100	81	99	99
May	97.9		96	94	100	100
June	99.5		99	100	100	99
July	99.5		100	100	100	100
August	99.3		99	100	100	100
September	99.0		100	99	100	100
October	98.4		99	100	99	100
November	98.4		97	100	100	99
December	96.6		99	100	97	99
Average	98.0	97.1	98.6	96.9	98.9	99.2

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	17.6	19	19	17	19	16
February	18.0	18	17	18	19	17
March	19.7	21	21	16	19	20
April	22.6		23	24	23	22
May	26.2		26	25	26	27
June	27.7		28	28	27	27
July	30.2		30	30	30	30
August	30.9		31	31	32	31
September	30.1		31	30	30	31
October	27.9		28	27	27	30
November	24.0		25	23	25	24
December	20.2		21	21	20	21
Average	23.9	19.2	25.0	24.3	24.8	24.5

1st highest temperature of Lebanon

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	11.8	13	13	11	14	11
February	12.0	13	11	12	13	12
March	13.5	14	15	11	14	14
April	16.0		16	16	16	16
May	19.5		19	19	21	19
June	22.7		23	23	23	21
July	25.6		26	25	26	25
August	26.5		27	26	27	25
September	25.5		26	25	25	26
October	22.0		23	22	22	22
November	18.1		19	18	19	18
December	14.5		16	16	14	14
Average	18.3	13.1	19.3	18.7	19.4	18.6

1st lowest temperature of Lebanon

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.7	26	10	17	11	20
February	10.5	18	9	10	4	13
March	9.8	10	11	15	8	8
April	4.4		6	1	6	3
May	1.6		1	2	0	2
June	0.3		0	1	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	0	0
October	2.9		5	0	4	0
November	4.8		4	5	5	8
December	12.4		6	7	17	5
Average	6.2	17.3	3.8	4.3	4.0	4.4

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	7.9	8	6	9	8	8
February	7.3	7	8	8	6	9
March	8.0	7	8	9	9	8
April	7.5		7	7	7	8
May	7.6		8	8	7	8
June	7.6		7	7	7	9
July	7.9		7	7	8	8
August	7.6		7	7	7	9
September	7.0		7	7	7	7
October	6.5		6	7	7	6
November	6.1		6	6	6	6
December	6.9		6	5	8	6
Average	7.4	7.3	6.8	7.3	7.2	7.6

1st highest wind speed of Lebanon

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	190°	206°	203°	200°	200°
February	212°	281°	213°	266°	233°
March	222°	228°	231°	224°	248°
April		243°	251°	247°	256°
May		250°	230°	236°	260°
June		243°	239°	234°	242°
July		228°	225°	217°	249°
August		236°	250°	226°	240°
September		272°	275°	253°	278°
October		268°	251°	333°	328°
November		247°	232°	279°	254°
December		182°	323°	194°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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