Climate Al Artawiyah South Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gassim Airport (OEGS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.9	90	65	82	90	98
February	87.2	95	86	91	91	87
March	73.2	96	83	68	78	75
April	75.8		92	65	91	76
May	75.0		89	49	93	75
June	96.3		98	92	99	99
July	94.6		100	95	95	93
August	96.0		95	92	100	98
September	98.1		97	99	100	96
October	95.6		93	100	98	100
November	86.5		87	83	99	82
December	88.9		93	66	87	85
Average	87.8	93.7	90.1	82.1	93.5	88.5

26th best VFR conditions of Saudi Arabia

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	93.2	94	85	94	96	100
February	96.0	99	99	97	98	93
March	88.1	99	98	87	89	87
April	91.0		99	87	99	94
May	89.8		98	79	100	90
June	99.2		100	99	100	100
July	98.2		100	98	98	97
August	99.4		100	98	100	100
September	99.5		99	100	100	98
October	98.7		99	100	99	100
November	95.2		98	97	100	92
December	95.3		99	76	98	92
Average	95.4	97.1	97.9	92.9	97.9	95.2

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	20.3	22	18	19	21	19
February	22.6	22	22	23	23	23
March	27.9	27	27	27	30	27
April	32.4		30	34	34	32
May	38.5		38	38	40	38
June	42.6		42	43	43	42
July	44.3		45	43	45	44
August	43.6		44	44	43	42
September	41.5		42	41	40	41
October	35.7		37	35	37	34
November	26.8		27	29	28	28
December	22.1		24	22	22	21
Average	32.1	23.7	33.0	33.4	33.7	32.5

18th highest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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	8.5	10	9	8	9	6
February	9.8	10	11	9	10	10
March	14.3	14	14	14	16	13
April	18.9		17	21	20	19
May	24.1		23	24	25	24
June	27.2		27	27	27	27
July	28.8		28	28	30	30
August	28.1		28	30	28	27
September	25.3		26	25	25	24
October	20.1		22	19	21	17
November	15.1		16	17	15	15
December	10.4		11	13	10	11
Average	18.3	11.3	19.1	19.7	19.5	18.5

15th lowest temperature of Saudi Arabia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.4	0	9	0	1	0
February	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
March	0.5	1	2	0	0	1
April	0.3		0	1	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	1.5		1	0	0	0
December	0.4		0	2	1	0
Average	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0

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	6.8	6	7	6	6	7
February	7.4	8	7	7	8	8
March	8.5	8	8	8	9	8
April	7.9		7	7	8	9
May	7.7		8	8	7	8
June	7.5		7	7	7	9
July	7.8		7	8	8	8
August	7.9		7	8	7	9
September	6.6		6	6	6	7
October	6.1		7	6	6	5
November	7.0		6	7	6	8
December	6.4		6	6	7	7
Average	7.3	7.4	6.8	7.1	7.0	7.8

18th highest wind speed of Saudi Arabia

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	106°	111°	071°	096°	279°
February	058°	043°	190°	120°	218°
March	088°	123°	060°	104°	265°
April		156°	074°	045°	155°
May		147°	033°	313°	051°
June		330°	043°	355°	357°
July		002°	354°	015°	031°
August		025°	017°	003°	330°
September		051°	029°	044°	037°
October		156°	168°	154°	034°
November		107°	140°	079°	155°
December		116°	049°	076°	086°

Prevailing wind direction

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