Climate Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sharurah Domestic Airport (OESH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.3	99	89	85	96	87
February	82.5	86	88	80	93	82
March	81.1	88	89	77	90	77
April	81.7		79	87	94	93
May	89.2		91	72	100	93
June	81.4		94	85	78	88
July	74.8		97	69	78	87
August	82.3		95	76	81	86
September	98.2		98	97	98	98
October	98.7		99	100	99	100
November	98.6		100	99	100	100
December	97.8		100	99	99	97
Average	87.8	90.9	93.1	84.6	91.8	90.6

20th best VFR conditions of Saudi Arabia

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	95.8	100	94	95	97	96
February	93.2	96	96	91	98	91
March	91.4	96	98	88	93	90
April	91.3		92	96	97	97
May	96.9		98	89	100	99
June	94.1		99	95	87	98
July	90.6		99	89	87	98
August	93.6		99	90	93	97
September	99.7		100	99	100	100
October	99.5		100	100	100	100
November	99.7		100	100	100	100
December	98.9		100	100	100	97
Average	95.4	97.3	98.0	94.0	95.8	96.9

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	27.0	29	27	28	26	25
February	29.7	31	32	30	29	30
March	33.9	35	33	34	35	33
April	37.1		36	38	36	37
May	39.7		40	40	40	40
June	41.8		42	43	42	41
July	42.0		44	40	41	41
August	42.0		44	41	42	42
September	39.9		41	40	40	39
October	35.0		36	35	36	33
November	30.8		32	32	31	30
December	26.5		28	28	28	26
Average	35.0	31.8	36.1	35.8	35.3	34.8

4th highest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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	13.1	15	14	14	13	14
February	15.2	17	15	15	15	16
March	19.9	21	21	18	19	20
April	23.4		24	22	22	24
May	26.3		27	25	26	27
June	27.2		27	28	26	27
July	28.5		29	28	28	28
August	28.8		29	29	30	29
September	26.2		28	26	26	25
October	21.5		23	21	22	19
November	18.2		21	19	17	18
December	13.4		14	16	13	15
Average	21.3	17.9	22.5	21.7	21.3	21.8

23rd lowest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	1	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.1		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

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	6.5	7	7	7	6	7
February	7.8	9	8	7	7	8
March	7.9	7	8	7	7	9
April	7.6		8	7	7	7
May	7.6		8	7	8	8
June	7.4		7	7	7	8
July	8.3		7	9	9	8
August	8.1		8	8	8	7
September	7.3		8	7	7	7
October	7.0		8	7	7	6
November	7.6		9	7	7	6
December	6.3		6	8	5	7
Average	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.1	7.2

4th highest wind speed of Saudi Arabia

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	086°	088°	074°	070°	074°
February	080°	137°	075°	072°	091°
March	094°	126°	095°	114°	084°
April		068°	107°	104°	147°
May		103°	072°	112°	074°
June		034°	061°	061°	061°
July		028°	272°	207°	297°
August		092°	207°	059°	330°
September		071°	063°	044°	059°
October		071°	072°	062°	044°
November		086°	089°	076°	079°
December		071°	082°	075°	075°

Prevailing wind direction

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