Mianwali Air Base

OPMI · Punjab, Pakistan

Climate Mianwali Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Islamabad International Airport (OPIS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.3 1 0 0 0
February 4.5 4 0 9 0 0
March 7.2 10 1 11 0 0
April 4.2 6 5 1 50 0
May 7.4 7 12 1 0
June 2.8 0 5 4 0 0
July 1.1 0 1 2 0 0
August 2.1 0 1 5 0 0
September 2.5 1 1 5 0 0
October 4.2 0 2 13 0 0
November 0.4 0 0 2 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 4.3 2.8 2.6 4.4 0.6

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 43.2 9 67 55 0
February 79.1 84 86 68 0 0
March 83.5 84 77 91 0 0
April 91.8 89 94 93 50 0
May 93.3 96 96 88 100
June 89.7 94 92 83 100 67
July 74.3 85 77 62 100 0
August 79.1 70 85 83 100 20
September 80.7 85 80 78 0 67
October 82.2 83 78 83 88 100
November 59.4 56 75 44 0
December 49.6 48 51 51 0
Average 69.3 79.3 79.1 77.1 58.0 52.9

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 15.6 17 16 15 9
February 19.5 19 22 19 5 4
March 25.0 24 25 28 0 11
April 30.3 29 30 35 19 12
May 35.2 38 35 38 24
June 36.2 40 36 39 33 24
July 33.3 36 34 32 33 17
August 32.3 32 35 34 26 27
September 32.0 34 34 33 24 25
October 28.4 31 29 29 27 24
November 22.8 24 23 24 9
December 19.2 21 21 19 5
Average 25.7 29.8 28.3 29.0 23.1 19.7

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 5.2 4 4 6 9
February 6.7 5 8 7 5 4
March 12.1 10 12 14 0 11
April 15.7 13 15 19 19 12
May 20.8 20 19 22 24
June 24.1 25 22 23 32 24
July 24.6 24 24 24 33 17
August 24.4 24 24 24 25 25
September 22.8 22 22 22 24 25
October 16.4 17 15 15 16 24
November 10.2 11 10 9 9
December 6.1 6 7 5 5
Average 18.3 16.5 15.2 16.2 14.0 19.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 1 4 16 0
February 3.2 2 4 4 0 0
March 3.2 5 4 1 0 100
April 1.8 4 1 0 50 0
May 0.3 0 1 0 0
June 1.6 1 3 1 0 0
July 1.6 0 2 3 0 0
August 2.6 5 0 3 0 0
September 0.4 1 0 0 0 33
October 0.2 0 1 0 0 0
November 0.5 0 2 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 1 0
Average 5.5 1.7 1.6 2.3 0.4 11.7

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 7.6 5 10 8 6
February 8.8 8 10 9 0 0
March 8.6 8 8 10 0 6
April 8.2 9 7 8 16 0
May 9.2 10 9 9 5
June 8.1 9 7 9 7 6
July 8.5 9 8 8 9 0
August 7.3 8 6 7 0 9
September 6.2 6 6 6 4 8
October 6.8 7 6 7 7 5
November 6.4 6 7 6 0
December 6.8 7 7 7 0
Average 7.3 8.1 7.5 8.0 6.7 6.9

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 271° 291° 288° 180°
February 291° 292° 298° 360° 360°
March 292° 302° 300° 360° 126°
April 298° 302° 298° 331° 360°
May 309° 352° 075° 090°
June 278° 134° 250° 080° 118°
July 119° 120° 116° 141° 360°
August 110° 131° 304° 360° 142°
September 277° 107° 124° 090° 299°
October 307° 292° 306° 307° 315°
November 277° 288° 292° 360°
December 277° 277° 288° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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