Climate Al-Jawf Domestic Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al-Jawf Domestic Airport (OESK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.3	93	67	87	95	93
February	94.8	97	98	98	94	95
March	89.9	98	92	94	83	88
April	91.6	99	100	94	98	90
May	92.0		95	89	94	97
June	96.9		93	99	100	99
July	98.5		100	100	100	98
August	99.0		99	98	100	100
September	98.5		100	100	100	97
October	92.5		94	91	99	100
November	87.2		90	88	96	91
December	90.5		85	82	95	84
Average	93.9	96.7	93.2	94.0	96.1	94.7

8th 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	97.2	97	92	98	99	99
February	98.3	99	100	100	99	98
March	96.6	100	100	99	94	96
April	97.6	100	100	100	100	99
May	96.8		100	95	99	99
June	98.8		97	100	100	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.7		100	99	100	100
September	99.1		100	100	100	98
October	97.1		99	98	100	100
November	95.9		98	98	99	94
December	97.8		97	94	99	98
Average	98.0	99.1	98.6	98.4	99.0	98.3

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	17.2	19	16	16	19	16
February	19.5	18	18	20	20	19
March	24.5	23	25	22	26	25
April	29.9	30	29	32	32	29
May	35.7		34	35	37	36
June	39.6		38	41	40	39
July	42.0		42	41	42	44
August	41.5		42	42	42	40
September	39.9		40	39	38	41
October	33.5		32	34	35	34
November	24.2		25	24	25	25
December	19.7		19	20	20	19
Average	29.7	22.7	30.1	30.9	31.4	30.6

22nd 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	5.7	7	7	5	7	4
February	7.1	7	6	7	9	7
March	11.3	11	12	9	12	11
April	16.3	17	16	18	17	16
May	21.5		20	21	23	21
June	25.3		24	26	25	24
July	28.0		27	27	28	29
August	27.2		27	29	27	26
September	25.1		24	24	24	26
October	19.8		20	20	20	19
November	13.2		14	14	13	13
December	8.5		10	10	8	9
Average	16.6	10.4	17.4	17.6	17.7	17.0

9th 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	0.6	0	2	1	0	1
February	1.7	4	0	0	3	2
March	0.3	2	1	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.3		2	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	0.7		5	0	0	0
November	1.1		1	2	1	0
December	0.8		1	0	0	3
Average	0.5	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.3

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	7	9	8	8
February	8.0	7	9	8	8	9
March	9.5	10	10	8	9	10
April	8.4	8	8	9	8	8
May	8.7		9	10	8	8
June	8.7		8	9	8	10
July	7.9		7	8	8	8
August	8.3		8	7	7	10
September	6.5		7	6	7	6
October	6.2		8	7	5	5
November	6.4		6	7	5	7
December	6.7		7	4	7	7
Average	7.9	8.0	7.7	7.7	7.3	8.0

22nd 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	236°	103°	237°	162°	273°
February	264°	145°	259°	069°	261°
March	253°	257°	279°	283°	262°
April	252°	227°	156°	240°	268°
May		252°	274°	288°	275°
June		287°	276°	286°	285°
July		298°	292°	289°	288°
August		296°	302°	275°	290°
September		267°	285°	308°	239°
October		142°	168°	302°	186°
November		198°	107°	109°	141°
December		107°	096°	176°	123°

Prevailing wind direction

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