Thablotin Airport

OEBN · Saudi Arabia

Climate Thablotin Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salalah Airport (OOSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.0 95 82 92 98 85
February 91.6 87 96 99 100 91
March 89.3 85 84 94 100 81
April 93.5 85 97 99 86
May 85.7 94 80 88 71
June 44.0 42 54 49 63
July 8.1 3 12 19 14
August 8.3 2 8 17 16
September 52.1 58 43 45 64
October 91.7 88 91 89 96
November 97.5 97 97 100 98
December 96.2 98 98 98 97
Average 71.7 88.6 67.4 69.7 73.4 70.3

4th best VFR conditions of Oman

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 98.9 100 100 100 99 97
February 99.2 100 100 100 100 99
March 99.1 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 98.0 100 98 100 93
June 98.1 99 100 99 99
July 77.6 75 73 87 91
August 68.6 80 65 78 69
September 97.6 100 99 94 98
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 100.0 100 100 100 100
December 99.9 100 100 100 100
Average 95.0 100.0 95.7 93.8 96.2 95.1

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 27.5 29 27 27 28 27
February 27.9 29 29 28 28 27
March 30.0 31 30 31 32 29
April 31.6 32 32 32 31
May 32.6 34 34 32 32
June 31.8 32 32 31 32
July 28.3 28 28 29 29
August 27.3 28 26 28 28
September 29.5 31 29 30 30
October 30.5 31 30 30 31
November 30.6 31 30 32 30
December 28.9 29 30 29 29
Average 29.7 29.5 30.2 29.6 29.9 29.6

5th highest temperature of Oman

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 20.0 22 21 20 19 19
February 20.9 23 20 21 20 21
March 23.0 25 24 22 22 23
April 26.0 27 26 26 27
May 27.4 28 28 28 26
June 27.9 28 28 26 28
July 24.5 25 25 25 27
August 24.1 26 24 24 23
September 25.4 26 26 26 26
October 24.1 25 23 24 23
November 23.5 24 23 23 23
December 21.6 22 22 22 22
Average 23.9 23.2 24.7 23.9 23.7 23.8

2nd lowest temperature of Oman

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 1 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 2.6 0 0 0 11
June 2.5 4 1 3 1
July 21.4 25 27 15 12
August 30.2 24 37 25 29
September 3.5 0 3 10 3
October 0.8 2 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.1 0 0 0 0
Average 4.8 4.9 6.2 4.6 4.9

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 8.8 9 9 9 9 11
February 8.1 8 7 9 7 8
March 7.5 9 7 8 7 8
April 8.4 9 8 8 9
May 9.3 10 10 9 9
June 9.6 9 10 10 8
July 8.5 9 8 9 9
August 7.0 8 7 8 6
September 8.4 8 8 8 8
October 7.2 7 7 8 7
November 7.0 6 6 7 7
December 9.9 9 10 8 11
Average 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3

5th highest wind speed of Oman

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 076° 107° 080° 050° 036°
February 167° 163° 072° 147° 153°
March 178° 170° 171° 175° 163°
April 183° 184° 182° 179°
May 188° 188° 187° 177°
June 192° 190° 188° 188°
July 189° 183° 180° 185°
August 181° 171° 183° 174°
September 185° 188° 189° 187°
October 165° 178° 183° 176°
November 153° 150° 138° 136°
December 049° 037° 089° 029°

Prevailing wind direction

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