Statistics Basra International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Basra International Airport (ORMM) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	64.7	26	55	72	85	67
February	77.5	79	81	78	71	85
March	80.1	81	72	82	76	90
April	83.4	87	72	92	91	92
May	80.5	86	66	90	91	89
June	92.7	94	84	92	99	100
July	92.6	96	80	100	93	97
August	91.6	84	71	97	99	97
September	94.5	94	91	98	95	98
October	87.5	85	84	93	93	95
November	75.5		73	86	71	80
December	61.2		60	71	55	50
Average	82.8	82.1	74.5	88.5	84.4	87.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Iraq

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 8 km or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	80.6	43	72	92	97	86
February	90.0	92	95	88	86	93
March	92.8	95	90	92	92	96
April	93.5	97	86	99	98	98
May	92.0	98	78	97	98	97
June	97.8	99	91	99	100	100
July	97.6	96	93	100	100	100
August	97.5	96	90	100	100	100
September	98.8	100	97	99	98	100
October	95.8	97	94	96	99	99
November	91.4		91	96	90	95
December	80.8		82	83	77	76
Average	92.8	91.9	88.4	95.6	94.2	95.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 km or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	19.3	17	18	20	20	19
February	22.3	21	23	23	23	21
March	27.6	28	27	28	28	25
April	33.7	33	35	36	33	31
May	40.4	39	39	43	40	41
June	46.1	45	47	47	46	47
July	48.0	48	47	49	49	47
August	47.5	48	48	48	46	48
September	44.7	45	44	43	46	45
October	37.3	37	39	38	38	37
November	27.3		29	29	27	26
December	21.4		23	21	19	21
Average	35.0	36.2	35.2	35.4	34.5	33.9

1st highest temperature of Iraq

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.1	8	6	8	8	9
February	9.2	9	10	11	9	10
March	13.7	14	12	13	15	12
April	20.0	19	19	20	23	19
May	24.7	25	23	26	25	26
June	27.2	27	29	25	27	28
July	28.8	24	30	28	32	27
August	26.8	27	29	26	25	28
September	23.4	22	21	22	25	24
October	18.9	20	19	17	16	20
November	14.2		15	12	16	16
December	9.5		12	9	10	10
Average	18.9	19.3	19.2	18.0	19.3	19.0

5th lowest temperature of Iraq

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	1.8	6	2	1	1	3
February	1.2	0	1	1	0	2
March	0.7	2	0	0	1	1
April	0.2	1	0	0	1	1
May	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
October	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
November	1.2		1	0	1	2
December	0.8		0	1	2	1
Average	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.7

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.0	7	8	8	8	10
February	9.4	9	9	9	10	10
March	10.1	9	10	11	10	11
April	10.3	10	9	11	11	11
May	10.4	11	11	9	12	10
June	14.0	16	11	16	14	12
July	12.8	13	13	11	11	17
August	10.7	11	10	10	12	12
September	9.6	10	9	12	10	10
October	7.7	9	7	9	7	8
November	8.0		8	8	9	7
December	8.3		9	8	9	8
Average	10.2	10.6	9.6	10.4	10.1	10.6

1st highest wind speed of Iraq

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	262°	265°	245°	260°	289°
February	289°	251°	278°	139°	283°
March	189°	275°	282°	251°	258°
April	276°	281°	278°	353°	316°
May	289°	285°	288°	287°	304°
June	281°	289°	273°	290°	291°
July	282°	285°	282°	294°	281°
August	270°	291°	288°	282°	278°
September	296°	274°	287°	244°	289°
October	309°	244°	287°	284°	329°
November		317°	281°	151°	324°
December		298°	237°	265°	135°

Prevailing wind direction

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