Climate Ilam Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ilam Airport (OICI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.7	93	86	84	96	89
February	89.3	90	90	92	90	89
March	85.6	90	85	81	83	94
April	89.1		99	81	92	94
May	89.7		95	72	98	93
June	95.1		99	85	99	100
July	95.3		100	80	100	100
August	98.3		99	96	98	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	100
October	97.1		95	96	100	100
November	92.8		92	92	97	93
December	90.2		83	96	91	97
Average	92.4	90.8	94.1	87.1	95.3	95.9

24th best VFR conditions of Iran

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	95.6	98	96	96	100	95
February	95.9	95	97	99	95	94
March	96.1	97	95	95	94	98
April	97.9		100	94	100	100
May	96.5		99	84	100	98
June	98.2		100	95	100	100
July	99.5		100	97	100	100
August	99.6		100	100	100	100
September	100.0		100	100	100	100
October	99.1		100	99	100	100
November	97.4		96	99	100	97
December	96.7		93	98	97	98
Average	97.6	96.5	98.2	95.9	98.8	98.4

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	11.1	13	11	10	14	10
February	12.2	11	11	14	14	12
March	16.1	16	17	15	17	16
April	21.6		21	24	26	21
May	28.2		27	27	31	29
June	34.7		33	36	37	34
July	37.6		37	37	38	38
August	37.4		38	38	37	36
September	34.0		34	34	33	35
October	26.7		25	29	27	28
November	17.9		19	18	20	18
December	14.2		16	15	14	13
Average	23.0	13.2	24.1	25.0	25.6	24.1

45th highest temperature of Iran

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	0.0	2	1	-2	0	-1
February	0.9	1	-1	2	2	1
March	4.3	4	6	3	4	4
April	8.9		8	10	11	8
May	13.6		13	13	16	14
June	18.7		18	20	19	18
July	22.1		21	22	22	23
August	22.3		22	24	22	20
September	18.3		18	19	17	20
October	12.8		13	15	12	12
November	6.3		7	7	7	7
December	2.7		5	3	3	2
Average	9.9	2.4	10.9	11.5	11.3	10.7

28th lowest temperature of Iran

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.9	2	6	9	1	6
February	5.9	4	3	4	7	8
March	4.8	4	10	1	4	5
April	2.4		2	1	0	0
May	0.8		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	0.7		2	0	0	0
November	4.5		4	7	0	5
December	5.1		8	1	4	2
Average	2.3	3.2	2.6	1.5	1.1	1.9

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	5.1	5	5	5	5	5
February	5.4	5	5	6	5	6
March	6.1	5	6	6	6	7
April	6.1		6	6	7	6
May	6.3		6	7	7	7
June	7.3		7	7	8	7
July	7.0		7	7	7	6
August	7.0		7	7	7	7
September	6.9		7	7	7	7
October	5.8		6	6	6	5
November	4.9		5	5	5	5
December	4.7		4	5	5	5
Average	6.0	5.1	6.0	6.3	6.3	6.1

45th highest wind speed of Iran

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	154°	143°	155°	151°	141°
February	164°	169°	157°	182°	162°
March	181°	157°	191°	187°	153°
April		206°	201°	236°	185°
May		203°	252°	219°	195°
June		288°	268°	283°	276°
July		256°	260°	266°	254°
August		266°	266°	255°	240°
September		266°	245°	254°	307°
October		243°	179°	248°	202°
November		159°	159°	170°	146°
December		135°	161°	147°	162°

Prevailing wind direction

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