Khalkhalah Air Base

OS69 · As-Suwayda, Syria

Climate Khalkhalah Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Damascus International Airport (OSDI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.2 81 71 94 96 66
February 81.0 75 84 84 77 78
March 87.2 95 82 92 86 85
April 92.5 90 87 97 94
May 97.7 93 98 100 99
June 99.0 98 100 99 100
July 99.2 100 100 100 100
August 98.8 97 99 100 100
September 98.9 99 100 100 99
October 95.2 96 97 100 96
November 87.9 97 79 93 77
December 73.8 80 32 91 81
Average 91.0 84.0 91.1 90.8 95.2 90.7

1st 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 87.0 90 83 94 97 72
February 88.4 87 95 86 84 84
March 92.2 98 95 95 89 87
April 95.6 96 92 98 96
May 98.9 98 99 100 99
June 99.6 100 100 99 100
July 99.4 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 100 100 100
September 99.4 99 100 100 100
October 96.8 97 98 100 97
November 91.8 98 85 96 82
December 81.4 86 49 92 85
Average 94.4 91.8 95.8 93.2 96.4 92.7

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 13.4 15 14 13 15 12
February 15.9 16 14 17 17 14
March 19.2 20 20 15 20 19
April 25.4 24 29 27 24
May 31.4 30 30 34 31
June 34.8 34 35 35 34
July 38.0 39 37 38 39
August 37.9 40 38 38 37
September 35.3 35 35 33 39
October 28.7 27 28 28 32
November 20.9 23 21 22 19
December 15.7 17 15 15 16
Average 25.3 17.2 26.5 26.4 27.0 26.3

2nd 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 1.8 4 3 0 3 2
February 2.2 3 2 3 2 2
March 4.7 5 5 2 4 6
April 7.9 8 9 9 9
May 12.4 12 12 13 11
June 15.9 17 16 14 15
July 18.3 18 18 20 17
August 19.1 20 20 19 19
September 16.0 16 17 15 18
October 11.5 13 11 11 12
November 6.5 8 7 6 8
December 3.3 4 4 4 4
Average 9.2 3.8 10.4 10.2 9.9 10.2

1st 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 1.7 2 2 0 1 2
February 2.3 2 4 0 2 1
March 1.1 0 2 1 1 2
April 0.8 2 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 1 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 0.2 1 0 0 0
November 0.5 0 1 0 1
December 1.0 1 0 0 0
Average 0.7 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.4

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 8.0 8 5 9 8 7
February 7.9 7 9 9 7 9
March 10.3 10 11 11 12 10
April 9.5 10 9 9 10
May 9.4 10 11 10 10
June 10.6 11 12 10 12
July 10.6 9 11 10 10
August 10.5 11 12 8 11
September 7.5 7 9 8 6
October 6.3 8 7 5 5
November 5.8 6 7 5 5
December 6.3 6 3 8 5
Average 8.7 8.6 8.7 9.3 8.5 8.6

2nd 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 222° 060° 235° 236° 239°
February 229° 244° 234° 224° 249°
March 240° 245° 242° 246° 237°
April 245° 240° 243° 243°
May 239° 255° 233° 253°
June 225° 239° 222° 239°
July 222° 220° 215° 223°
August 225° 224° 221° 231°
September 231° 234° 229° 239°
October 239° 222° 283° 185°
November 243° 226° 042° 304°
December 197° 046° 221° 102°

Prevailing wind direction

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