Climate Umm al Ghanam Heliport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Khasab Airport (OOKB) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	92.6	100	88	90
February	95.8	93	98	96
March	97.1	94	98	100
April	98.0		100	96
May	88.9		98	79
June	98.4		99	98
July	96.2		96	97
August	94.4		95	94
September	97.6		98	98
October	98.9		98	100
November	95.9		95	97	96
December	98.4		98	97	100
Average	96.4	95.4	96.7	94.8	98.8

1st best VFR conditions of Oman

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
January	99.1	100	99	98
February	100.0	100	100	100
March	100.0	100	100	100
April	100.0		100	100
May	95.0		98	92
June	99.3		100	99
July	99.0		98	100
August	97.9		100	96
September	100.0		100	100
October	99.6		99	100
November	99.4		100	99	100
December	100.0		100	100	100
Average	99.4	100.0	99.4	98.4	100.0

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
January	24.3	27	23	24
February	26.3	26	28	26
March	29.7	28	30	31
April	34.0		32	36
May	38.8		39	39
June	39.5		40	40
July	38.8		40	38
August	40.6		41	41
September	37.8		38	37
October	35.2		35	35
November	30.9		31	32	30
December	27.2		27	28	27
Average	30.5	26.7	33.5	33.9	27.8

1st highest temperature of Oman

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	17.6	20	17	17
February	19.6	20	20	19
March	22.8	22	23	24
April	26.2		25	28
May	30.2		30	30
June	32.5		33	33
July	33.3		34	33
August	33.1		34	32
September	31.3		31	31
October	28.3		29	28
November	23.7		24	24	23
December	20.2		20	21	20
Average	23.6	20.2	26.5	26.7	20.8

5th lowest temperature of Oman

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	1.7	0	5	1
February	2.2	7	0	0
March	0.5	2	0	0
April	0.0		0	0
May	0.0		0	0
June	0.0		0	0
July	1.1		0	3
August	0.0		0	0
September	0.0		0	0
October	0.7		2	0
November	0.9		2	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0
Average	0.9	2.8	0.6	0.2

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
January	6.5	7	6	7
February	7.7	7	8	8
March	8.2	8	8	9
April	9.4		10	9
May	9.5		9	10
June	9.9		10	10
July	8.6		9	8
August	9.3		10	9
September	8.8		8	9
October	7.8		8	8
November	6.3		6	7	6
December	6.2		6	6	6
Average	7.5	7.3	8.3	8.5	6.2

1st highest wind speed of Oman

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	320°	041°	023°
February	222°	352°	358°
March	355°	016°	010°
April		003°	014°
May		007°	014°
June		018°	022°
July		027°	042°
August		021°	022°
September		027°	023°
October		019°	024°
November		020°	014°	022°
December		025°	013°	011°

Prevailing wind direction

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