Climate Qamishli Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Qamishli Airport (OSKL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.8	37	64	65	70	57
February	71.5	47	66	93	87	55
March	65.4	61	51	74	84	67
April	76.7		83	75	63	83
May	81.8		66	96	93	89
June	91.1		79	98	99	88
July	93.3		93	99	99	89
August	90.3		90	99	93	95
September	93.7		96	100	99	89
October	77.7		84	82	84	87
November	68.5		57	66	80	69
December	56.6		63	47	65	67
Average	74.6	48.6	74.2	84.0	85.2	77.0

3rd best VFR conditions of Syria

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	68.9	54	70	75	81	67
February	84.6	63	76	98	96	68
March	80.2	74	58	93	91	84
April	88.9		91	83	89	90
May	90.8		79	97	95	91
June	96.6		92	99	100	95
July	98.1		99	100	99	95
August	96.2		94	100	96	95
September	97.2		98	100	99	95
October	88.0		89	97	88	96
November	83.8		66	83	96	85
December	72.9		69	75	81	81
Average	85.0	63.7	81.9	92.1	92.8	86.1

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	11.5	12	14	9	14	10
February	14.0	14	12	17	17	12
March	17.4	16	19	14	18	18
April	23.5		22	26	28	22
May	30.4		29	29	35	30
June	37.2		36	37	38	37
July	41.2		41	40	42	42
August	41.0		42	41	41	40
September	36.8		37	36	35	39
October	29.1		27	30	28	32
November	20.1		19	20	22	20
December	14.7		15	17	14	15
Average	25.0	13.8	26.2	26.6	27.5	26.4

1st highest temperature of Syria

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	3.3	5	4	3	4	2
February	4.3	6	4	6	5	2
March	7.2	8	10	5	6	7
April	10.6		11	15	12	8
May	15.5		17	18	18	13
June	19.2		22	24	21	16
July	23.4		28	27	26	22
August	22.7		28	27	25	19
September	18.4		21	24	20	15
October	14.8		16	20	15	12
November	8.8		12	12	11	6
December	5.5		7	9	5	5
Average	12.0	6.0	14.8	16.0	14.0	10.6

4th lowest temperature of Syria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.0	2	0	3	4	4
February	2.0	1	1	0	0	5
March	3.1	3	3	2	3	1
April	1.3		0	1	0	0
May	0.6		1	0	0	1
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		1	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.4		1	0	0	0
November	1.9		5	2	1	3
December	2.1		3	0	1	1
Average	1.3	2.1	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.2

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	2020
January	8.2	6	6	9	8	9
February	7.6	7	8	8	7	9
March	8.5	9	10	6	9	10
April	6.5		7	0	8	6
May	7.7		9	7	8	8
June	8.4		8	9	10	8
July	8.2		8	7	9	8
August	7.8		7	8	8	7
September	7.4		7	7	8	7
October	7.1		2	8	8	6
November	6.9		7	7	6	8
December	8.3		7	6	8	8
Average	7.6	7.3	7.3	6.8	8.0	7.8

1st highest wind speed of Syria

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	057°	052°	050°	072°	042°
February	057°	042°	068°	057°	049°
March	066°	086°	079°	096°	070°
April		135°	068°	223°	064°
May		081°	285°	258°	347°
June		217°	222°	237°	212°
July		271°	240°	237°	301°
August		172°	233°	174°	215°
September		232°	231°	237°	356°
October		284°	064°	110°	068°
November		066°	058°	054°	062°
December		061°	057°	068°	053°

Prevailing wind direction

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