Climate H4 Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Turaif Domestic Airport (OETR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.8	87	77	90	96	90
February	89.5	86	85	96	93	86
March	88.9	88	88	92	89	92
April	93.0		95	87	96	97
May	91.8		86	89	98	98
June	97.2		96	98	100	98
July	99.0		100	100	100	98
August	99.5		100	99	100	100
September	98.5		100	100	100	97
October	91.2		83	94	96	99
November	91.6		90	88	98	94
December	90.5		77	89	96	88
Average	93.0	87.1	90.2	93.8	96.9	95.1

9th 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	97.6	99	94	95	100	97
February	96.6	98	99	100	97	93
March	97.4	99	100	96	98	98
April	97.6		99	95	100	100
May	97.7		98	96	100	100
June	98.9		99	99	100	100
July	99.7		100	100	100	99
August	99.8		100	100	100	100
September	99.6		100	100	100	99
October	97.4		98	98	99	99
November	97.3		98	95	100	99
December	97.2		96	96	98	95
Average	98.2	98.5	98.4	97.6	99.3	98.2

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	13.6	16	14	13	15	12
February	15.7	16	14	17	17	15
March	20.2	20	21	17	21	20
April	25.9		25	30	28	25
May	31.7		30	31	35	31
June	35.5		34	36	36	35
July	38.3		38	38	38	40
August	38.0		39	39	38	36
September	36.0		36	36	33	39
October	29.6		29	30	30	32
November	21.2		23	21	22	21
December	16.5		18	18	16	16
Average	25.7	17.4	26.8	27.3	27.5	26.7

29th 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	2.7	5	4	2	4	2
February	4.0	5	3	4	5	4
March	7.5	8	8	4	8	8
April	11.8		11	13	13	12
May	16.8		16	16	19	16
June	20.5		20	21	20	20
July	23.1		23	22	23	24
August	22.7		25	24	23	21
September	20.8		21	21	18	23
October	15.9		17	17	15	16
November	9.5		11	10	9	9
December	5.3		7	7	5	6
Average	12.5	5.7	13.8	13.5	13.5	13.4

3rd 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	1.5	0	3	3	2	3
February	2.0	4	1	0	3	3
March	0.7	1	1	0	0	2
April	0.4		1	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	1	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.4		2	0	0	0
November	0.8		1	2	0	0
December	0.4		0	0	0	2
Average	0.6	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.6

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	9.2	8	9	10	9	11
February	9.4	9	11	10	10	10
March	10.4	11	11	10	10	11
April	9.6		10	11	9	10
May	9.6		10	11	9	10
June	9.0		9	9	8	9
July	8.1		8	8	8	9
August	8.0		9	8	8	9
September	7.6		8	7	7	8
October	8.3		9	10	8	8
November	8.3		9	9	7	9
December	8.4		10	5	9	10
Average	8.9	9.1	9.2	9.1	8.6	9.3

29th 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°	119°	202°	148°	258°
February	242°	167°	243°	112°	219°
March	236°	238°	253°	245°	237°
April		224°	170°	206°	235°
May		211°	255°	292°	270°
June		276°	264°	285°	274°
July		297°	280°	285°	268°
August		309°	270°	268°	288°
September		277°	283°	274°	305°
October		131°	098°	170°	126°
November		194°	113°	105°	146°
December		137°	130°	173°	122°

Prevailing wind direction

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