Climate Lakhmiss N'Arazane Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Massira Airport (GMAD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.4	97	98	94	90	100
February	89.6	92	93	96	82	94
March	86.1	82	92	85	89	91
April	86.2		83	91	84	90
May	80.6		84	81	81	82
June	80.7		75	81	85	85
July	78.7		78	85	71	77
August	79.5		83	81	73	80
September	80.8		81	81	83	84
October	89.2		94	88	82	87
November	91.0		93	94	92	92
December	90.3		91	75	93	94
Average	85.5	89.7	86.1	86.0	83.1	87.3

7th best VFR conditions of Morocco

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	98.0	98	99	100	95	100
February	96.2	96	98	99	91	98
March	96.8	98	97	98	98	96
April	98.3		95	99	100	99
May	95.8		97	94	93	96
June	97.0		98	92	98	96
July	89.9		83	91	85	84
August	92.3		92	87	93	90
September	92.3		97	89	95	91
October	95.2		98	95	89	95
November	96.1		98	94	98	96
December	96.6		96	94	96	99
Average	95.5	97.4	95.4	94.0	93.9	94.5

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	22.1	27	22	25	20	22
February	23.7	26	23	26	22	27
March	24.4	24	28	22	26	24
April	25.1		27	25	25	24
May	26.7		27	28	27	28
June	27.8		29	28	28	28
July	29.8		30	33	30	31
August	31.1		34	30	30	32
September	29.1		29	28	30	30
October	29.5		32	33	28	27
November	25.4		27	28	24	26
December	23.0		24	23	25	22
Average	26.3	25.3	27.6	27.4	26.1	26.7

7th highest temperature of Morocco

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	7.5	11	7	11	8	6
February	10.0	12	11	12	9	11
March	11.5	12	13	11	11	12
April	13.5		15	13	14	14
May	15.6		16	16	16	17
June	16.6		20	18	16	17
July	18.4		20	20	19	19
August	19.7		22	19	19	20
September	17.4		18	18	18	19
October	16.2		19	19	15	15
November	11.8		13	13	10	14
December	9.1		10	14	10	10
Average	13.6	11.3	15.1	15.3	13.6	14.2

12th lowest temperature of Morocco

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
February	2.4	2	9	0	1	0
March	2.3	4	0	7	0	0
April	0.2		0	1	0	0
May	0.1		0	0	0	1
June	0.1		1	1	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	1	0	0
September	0.5		0	2	0	0
October	1.0		3	0	0	0
November	1.0		0	0	2	3
December	1.9		2	10	1	0
Average	0.9	1.8	1.0	1.3	0.4	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	7.0	7	7	9	7	7
February	8.1	8	12	8	7	8
March	8.6	9	8	9	8	9
April	9.6		9	10	10	11
May	9.0		11	9	8	10
June	8.7		10	9	9	9
July	8.2		9	9	8	9
August	8.3		9	9	8	9
September	8.2		8	8	9	9
October	8.0		9	9	8	8
November	6.4		7	7	7	7
December	6.5		6	7	7	7
Average	8.1	8.2	8.8	8.6	8.0	8.7

7th highest wind speed of Morocco

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	330°	280°	061°	255°	273°
February	253°	055°	276°	270°	270°
March	250°	262°	258°	266°	262°
April		257°	252°	254°	257°
May		253°	253°	246°	256°
June		252°	242°	241°	251°
July		246°	250°	251°	249°
August		255°	248°	248°	252°
September		256°	251°	254°	252°
October		280°	274°	255°	255°
November		259°	266°	261°	270°
December		298°	308°	351°	288°

Prevailing wind direction

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