Climate Al Qaisumah/Hafr Al Batin Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Qaisumah/Hafr Al Batin Airport (OEPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.7	95	57	86	92	95
February	88.8	95	88	94	87	87
March	83.1	95	88	77	82	80
April	82.4		96	62	98	86
May	82.8		89	60	95	90
June	91.8		99	85	92	98
July	92.9		100	91	97	96
August	93.8		98	78	98	100
September	98.2		99	95	100	99
October	95.2		98	99	97	99
November	88.9		89	90	97	83
December	86.6		95	80	82	83
Average	89.6	94.9	91.6	82.5	93.1	91.7

25th 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	93.3	98	74	95	99	99
February	95.6	98	97	96	97	95
March	92.7	100	98	89	97	90
April	91.4		99	82	99	94
May	90.8		94	75	99	95
June	95.0		100	89	97	98
July	97.3		100	99	98	98
August	96.6		100	88	99	100
September	99.0		99	98	100	99
October	97.5		99	100	99	100
November	95.9		96	96	98	94
December	94.9		99	91	91	91
Average	95.3	98.4	96.4	91.1	97.8	96.1

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	19.4	22	17	18	20	19
February	21.6	22	20	23	23	23
March	27.1	26	27	26	29	27
April	33.2		32	35	36	34
May	39.4		39	38	41	39
June	43.9		43	45	44	43
July	45.6		46	44	47	47
August	44.9		46	45	45	44
September	42.9		43	42	41	43
October	36.7		37	38	37	35
November	26.4		26	28	28	28
December	21.3		24	22	21	19
Average	32.3	23.1	33.2	33.9	34.3	33.4

15th 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	8.1	11	9	8	8	7
February	9.4	10	9	10	10	9
March	14.2	14	15	13	15	14
April	19.5		19	21	20	20
May	25.3		25	24	27	24
June	29.1		29	30	29	29
July	31.1		30	31	32	32
August	30.5		31	32	31	29
September	27.6		28	27	26	28
October	22.1		23	22	22	20
November	15.3		16	16	15	16
December	10.2		12	12	10	10
Average	19.2	11.5	20.5	20.7	20.4	19.8

16th 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	0.9	0	5	2	0	0
February	1.6	1	0	0	7	0
March	0.8	3	3	0	0	1
April	0.5		1	1	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	2.5		3	2	0	1
December	1.3		2	2	2	2
Average	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.2

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	7.9	7	8	9	6	8
February	8.9	8	9	9	9	11
March	9.4	9	9	9	10	10
April	8.8		6	10	9	9
May	8.3		9	9	7	9
June	9.4		9	8	11	9
July	9.1		7	10	9	8
August	8.8		7	9	8	8
September	7.1		7	8	8	7
October	7.2		6	7	7	6
November	7.8		7	9	7	9
December	7.4		6	8	8	6
Average	8.4	8.0	7.5	8.8	8.3	8.4

15th 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	333°	071°	029°	303°	304°
February	015°	029°	299°	145°	234°
March	154°	309°	356°	016°	284°
April		318°	001°	346°	066°
May		046°	350°	299°	340°
June		336°	348°	343°	343°
July		341°	350°	343°	349°
August		350°	360°	341°	334°
September		352°	331°	353°	336°
October		047°	220°	050°	327°
November		277°	068°	332°	162°
December		198°	033°	016°	033°

Prevailing wind direction

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