Islam-qala

OAEQ · Herat, Afghanistan

Climate Islam-qala 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mashhad International Airport (OIMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.1 65 64 75 90 56
February 71.2 72 67 83 92 77
March 74.3 74 96 56 78 76
April 82.4 93 77 100 78
May 93.6 93 92 97 95
June 97.4 100 93 100 99
July 99.0 97 98 100 99
August 98.9 96 99 100 100
September 97.5 95 98 96 100
October 91.2 84 86 97 100
November 72.8 87 81 69 61
December 59.0 79 37 80 37
Average 84.2 70.5 88.8 84.2 92.6 84.0

30th 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 88.4 92 84 86 95 77
February 85.1 84 82 95 99 93
March 91.5 93 99 91 93 87
April 94.7 100 95 100 95
May 98.4 99 99 100 99
June 99.7 100 99 100 100
July 99.6 98 100 100 100
August 99.5 97 100 100 100
September 99.4 98 100 100 100
October 97.1 95 97 100 100
November 89.5 95 94 92 79
December 79.6 89 72 94 63
Average 93.8 89.6 95.4 95.4 98.0 92.4

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 10.0 12 6 11 13 7
February 11.7 10 12 13 15 13
March 16.9 16 21 16 17 15
April 22.2 26 27 26 19
May 28.2 29 26 30 28
June 34.4 35 35 36 35
July 35.9 35 35 36 35
August 33.2 33 32 34 32
September 29.8 28 32 32 28
October 22.7 25 25 20 21
November 15.7 20 17 15 14
December 11.8 15 9 13 7
Average 21.6 12.8 23.7 23.4 23.9 21.2

52nd 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 -2.5 2 -6 -1 -3 -2
February 0.5 0 1 2 1 2
March 5.7 6 8 5 4 5
April 10.3 12 13 12 9
May 15.1 16 14 17 15
June 20.3 22 21 21 20
July 22.5 23 22 23 22
August 19.5 20 19 20 20
September 15.1 15 16 17 13
October 8.6 11 11 6 6
November 4.0 8 5 2 3
December 0.6 2 -1 1 -2
Average 9.2 2.5 11.0 10.7 10.1 9.1

25th 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 4.9 8 5 6 1 11
February 8.4 15 13 9 1 3
March 6.8 7 5 6 3 14
April 4.6 0 4 1 10
May 2.4 1 4 3 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.4 0 0 1 1
August 0.1 0 0 0 1
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 1.3 1 1 0 0
November 3.3 2 3 2 6
December 3.4 1 7 4 8
Average 3.5 9.9 2.1 2.9 1.2 4.0

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 5.4 6 5 6 4 5
February 6.1 6 7 6 6 6
March 7.3 8 7 8 8 6
April 7.5 8 7 7 7
May 7.4 8 8 7 7
June 8.1 9 8 9 8
July 9.1 10 10 9 8
August 8.2 9 9 7 8
September 6.6 6 7 7 6
October 5.4 5 7 6 5
November 4.6 5 5 5 5
December 4.6 6 4 5 4
Average 6.9 6.7 7.2 7.3 6.9 6.6

52nd 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 103° 099° 068° 079° 108°
February 112° 072° 087° 105° 120°
March 137° 097° 112° 104° 104°
April 108° 113° 109° 116°
May 085° 095° 076° 059°
June 081° 068° 084° 082°
July 071° 069° 067° 049°
August 067° 070° 050° 094°
September 110° 098° 106° 092°
October 066° 102° 115° 112°
November 065° 073° 088° 108°
December 081° 111° 079° 101°

Prevailing wind direction

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