Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base

OKAJ · Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait

Climate Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base 2023-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kuwait (OKKK) between 2023 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 82.4 82
February 69.1 69 68
March 66.9 74 60
April 72.7 73
May 55.2 55
June 64.9 65
July 84.0 84
August 60.6 61
September 68.3 68
October 66.2 66
November 55.9 56
December 57.6 58
Average 70.1 75.2 65.0

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
January 97.3 97
February 97.0 97 100
March 94.5 96 93
April 96.6 97
May 96.0 96
June 97.6 98
July 99.0 99
August 97.5 98
September 98.0 98
October 98.6 99
November 86.1 86
December 88.6 89
Average 96.1 96.6 95.5

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
January 22.8 23
February 22.7 22 24
March 26.6 26 27
April 32.7 33
May 38.6 39
June 44.9 45
July 47.6 48
August 46.2 46
September 44.6 45
October 37.2 37
November 27.1 27
December 24.4 25
Average 30.3 23.8 36.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 10.9 11
February 11.5 11 13
March 14.9 15 15
April 19.0 19
May 25.8 26
June 31.8 32
July 31.6 32
August 32.1 32
September 28.3 28
October 23.1 23
November 16.3 16
December 11.5 12
Average 17.8 12.3 23.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 0.8 1
February 7.3 6 16
March 6.4 5 8
April 3.8 4
May 1.4 1
June 0.0 0
July 0.0 0
August 0.0 0
September 0.0 0
October 0.2 0
November 7.5 8
December 4.2 4
Average 3.2 3.9 2.4

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
January 8.6 9
February 8.2 8 9
March 8.9 10 8
April 8.8 9
May 10.0 10
June 13.3 13
July 10.3 10
August 9.3 9
September 8.8 9
October 7.0 7
November 7.4 7
December 6.5 7
Average 8.9 8.8 9.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023
January 355°
February 359° 016°
March 026° 049°
April 013°
May 031°
June 347°
July 347°
August 014°
September 359°
October 016°
November 335°
December 347°

Prevailing wind direction

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