Climate Beni Amir Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beni Mellal Airport (GMMD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.2	95	90	99	81
February	83.9	90	81	95	80
March	80.2	77	86	84	79
April	83.8	84	95	92	85
May	84.3		81	96	90
June	97.0		97	97	99
July	96.5		98	98	92	100
August	98.2		95	99	100	100
September	96.7		98	95	97	100
October	92.7		89	87	97	99
November	92.1		92	99	95	90
December	93.4		98	82	98	93
Average	90.6	85.9	91.7	94.1	91.2	96.9

2nd 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	97.0	100	99	100	97
February	98.0	98	100	100	96
March	97.9	99	99	96	99
April	98.0	99	98	100	97
May	98.4		99	99	99
June	99.6		100	100	100
July	97.9		100	100	97	100
August	99.2		98	100	100	100
September	99.0		100	98	100	100
October	99.6		99	100	100	99
November	98.7		100	100	99	96
December	99.3		100	99	100	100
Average	98.6	99.0	99.4	99.2	98.6	99.0

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	18.6	23	18	21	18
February	20.2	23	19	23	20
March	22.2	22	27	19	22
April	25.8	28	31	24	25
May	30.4		28	33	31
June	33.4		35	34	32
July	38.1		39	41	39	41
August	38.4		41	38	36	40
September	32.9		32	31	34	35
October	29.4		30	31	30	28
November	23.6		25	27	21	24
December	19.9		22	19	21	19
Average	27.6	23.8	28.8	28.7	27.2	29.9

2nd 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	4.5	7	3	6	5
February	6.1	8	6	8	6
March	8.5	10	9	8	8
April	11.5	13	13	10	11
May	14.8		14	16	14
June	18.5		20	20	17
July	20.4		22	21	21	24
August	21.4		23	21	20	21
September	18.5		19	19	19	19
October	15.5		16	18	14	13
November	9.7		10	11	8	11
December	6.3		5	11	6	6
Average	12.7	9.1	13.3	14.0	12.3	14.6

11th 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	2.2	3	2	0	4
February	3.1	3	3	0	6
March	3.2	6	0	6	4
April	2.3	1	0	3	1
May	0.5		2	0	1
June	0.1		0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.5		0	3	0	0
October	1.4		2	1	0	2
November	1.9		1	1	1	3
December	1.6		0	6	2	2
Average	1.5	3.1	0.7	1.5	1.3	1.2

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	3.5	4	3	4	4
February	4.0	4	5	4	4
March	4.6	6	4	5	4
April	5.1	5	5	6	5
May	5.1		5	6	5
June	5.7		5	6	5
July	5.4		5	6	6	5
August	5.6		6	5	5	6
September	4.9		5	5	5	5
October	4.5		5	4	4	4
November	3.8		3	4	4	4
December	3.5		4	5	4	4
Average	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.2	4.6	4.7

2nd 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	230°	210°	256°	247°
February	270°	191°	221°	213°
March	220°	229°	197°	217°
April	218°	215°	206°	242°
May		192°	187°	244°
June		192°	191°	241°
July		203°	210°	248°	243°
August		206°	204°	243°	241°
September		202°	192°	245°	253°
October		217°	198°	255°	259°
November		200°	214°	262°	256°
December		234°	206°	231°	257°

Prevailing wind direction

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