Climate Rafha Domestic Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rafha Domestic Airport (OERF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.3	97	75	90	100	96
February	91.1	87	96	91	89	95
March	86.1	96	90	86	82	91
April	89.0	99	95	82	100	91
May	82.7		85	68	94	95
June	95.5		91	95	99	98
July	96.6		99	99	100	97
August	97.9		97	93	99	100
September	99.0		100	100	100	100
October	93.2		95	95	98	100
November	88.6		92	91	99	88
December	90.1		84	91	91	84
Average	91.9	94.6	91.8	89.8	95.8	94.6

14th 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	95.3	99	89	94	100	98
February	96.5	94	99	97	96	99
March	94.9	98	99	97	98	96
April	95.2	100	97	94	100	97
May	91.6		95	81	100	97
June	98.5		95	97	100	100
July	99.4		99	100	100	100
August	99.6		100	99	100	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	100
October	96.4		100	98	98	100
November	94.7		97	99	100	96
December	96.2		97	100	98	89
Average	96.6	97.5	97.2	96.1	99.1	97.8

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	18.3	20	16	17	19	19
February	20.7	19	18	22	21	22
March	26.3	25	25	24	27	27
April	31.7	32	30	33	33	32
May	37.7		36	36	40	40
June	42.2		41	43	43	44
July	44.4		44	44	45	47
August	43.9		44	44	44	45
September	42.0		42	41	40	45
October	35.3		34	36	36	36
November	24.9		25	25	26	25
December	20.6		21	21	20	18
Average	31.4	23.8	31.2	32.2	32.7	33.1

20th 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	6.8	8	7	6	6	6
February	8.2	8	7	8	9	8
March	12.7	12	13	10	13	13
April	17.3	18	16	17	18	18
May	22.9		22	21	25	23
June	26.4		26	27	26	27
July	28.7		28	28	29	31
August	28.2		29	29	28	28
September	26.0		26	25	24	27
October	21.0		22	21	21	19
November	13.8		14	15	13	14
December	9.2		10	11	8	8
Average	17.6	11.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.5

11th 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	2	3	0	0
February	1.4	4	1	0	2	1
March	0.4	1	1	0	0	0
April	0.5	1	1	1	0	1
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	0.4		2	0	0	0
November	1.8		1	2	0	1
December	0.8		1	0	0	4
Average	0.5	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4

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	8.4	7	8	9	8	10
February	8.8	8	8	10	9	10
March	9.9	10	11	9	9	10
April	8.5	8	7	9	8	9
May	8.8		9	9	9	10
June	8.6		9	7	8	10
July	8.6		8	8	8	8
August	8.2		8	8	8	10
September	6.7		7	6	7	6
October	7.8		8	9	8	5
November	7.4		7	8	7	7
December	7.4		7	6	7	7
Average	8.3	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.0	8.5

20th 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	218°	108°	261°	240°	272°
February	263°	044°	266°	130°	280°
March	255°	231°	310°	304°	261°
April	264°	185°	025°	331°	291°
May		065°	321°	289°	304°
June		314°	328°	330°	313°
July		319°	329°	322°	340°
August		320°	341°	315°	310°
September		304°	313°	330°	331°
October		102°	168°	111°	318°
November		162°	108°	342°	128°
December		104°	069°	237°	121°

Prevailing wind direction

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