Climate King Abdul Aziz Military Academy Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Khaled International Airport (OERK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.5	97	63	76	81	92
February	86.8	92	97	91	92	82
March	78.4	94	95	71	73	71
April	76.3		97	56	92	77
May	74.2		84	57	90	84
June	86.5		100	87	83	90
July	89.0		98	88	94	89
August	88.2		96	71	93	94
September	96.5		99	95	95	96
October	97.7		100	100	99	100
November	92.6		93	95	95	91
December	89.9		98	86	92	83
Average	86.7	94.1	93.3	80.3	89.7	87.4

28th 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	90.9	100	80	90	94	97
February	96.2	99	99	96	100	98
March	92.6	97	99	94	87	90
April	89.9		99	76	97	91
May	88.4		97	77	99	94
June	94.8		100	95	92	96
July	96.8		100	98	99	96
August	95.6		100	86	97	100
September	99.2		100	97	100	99
October	99.1		100	100	100	100
November	97.9		99	97	99	98
December	96.6		99	94	98	94
Average	95.0	98.5	97.7	91.3	96.6	95.8

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	21.2	24	18	21	22	20
February	23.3	23	24	24	24	25
March	28.5	27	29	29	31	29
April	33.3		31	35	35	34
May	39.0		38	39	41	39
June	42.9		42	44	43	43
July	44.0		45	43	45	45
August	43.3		44	43	44	43
September	40.9		42	41	40	41
October	35.4		36	36	36	34
November	27.9		28	30	29	29
December	22.8		24	24	23	22
Average	32.5	24.6	33.3	34.3	34.3	33.4

12th 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	9.5	12	10	9	9	8
February	10.9	12	12	11	11	11
March	15.6	16	16	15	17	16
April	20.2		19	21	21	21
May	25.3		25	25	26	25
June	27.8		28	28	28	27
July	29.5		29	30	30	31
August	28.9		30	31	29	28
September	25.9		27	26	25	26
October	20.7		22	20	21	18
November	16.0		17	17	16	16
December	11.0		12	14	11	11
Average	19.3	13.0	20.6	20.8	20.4	19.7

17th 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	1.6	0	9	1	2	0
February	0.6	1	0	0	2	0
March	0.8	4	1	0	0	0
April	0.5		0	2	0	1
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	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	1.2		1	0	0	0
December	0.6		1	1	2	0
Average	0.5	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.4	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	5.5	5	6	6	5	6
February	6.7	7	7	7	7	7
March	7.0	7	7	7	8	7
April	6.8		6	6	7	8
May	6.3		6	7	6	6
June	7.9		8	6	9	7
July	7.7		6	8	7	7
August	7.3		6	8	6	8
September	5.5		5	4	7	5
October	4.4		4	3	5	4
November	5.5		5	6	5	6
December	5.2		5	4	6	5
Average	6.3	6.1	5.8	6.0	6.4	6.4

12th 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	114°	127°	001°	135°	315°
February	106°	055°	342°	088°	151°
March	100°	155°	079°	154°	290°
April		112°	089°	016°	172°
May		191°	024°	112°	029°
June		329°	016°	008°	358°
July		332°	014°	029°	026°
August		009°	016°	010°	342°
September		004°	023°	013°	014°
October		114°	139°	085°	006°
November		079°	178°	310°	171°
December		140°	136°	130°	125°

Prevailing wind direction

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