February Weather at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport United Arab Emirates

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 78°F to 83°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 91°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 54°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 65°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport typically range from 86°F to 111°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 53°F to 77°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Chingueṭṭi, Mauritania (4,310 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (view comparison).

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The month of February at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 22% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 20% on February 11.

The clearest day of the month is February 11, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 80% of the time.

For reference, on July 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on October 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 93%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is essentially constant, remaining around 8% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 10% on March 15, and its lowest chance is 0% on August 29.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during February at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.8 inches on February 5.

Over the course of February at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 38 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 21 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 29 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 11 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is 7:00 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 20 minutes earlier at 6:40 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 5:59 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 18 minutes later at 6:17 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:25 AM and sets 13 hours, 44 minutes later, at 7:10 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:58 AM and sets 10 hours, 32 minutes later, at 5:30 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for February 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining within 1% of 3% throughout.

For reference, on August 19, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 80% of the time, while on January 16, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 8.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 18, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour, while on October 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during February is 8.7 miles per hour on February 18.

The hourly average wind direction at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 57% on February 2.

Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining around 73°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during February is 72°F on February 20.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport are rapidly increasing during February, increasing by 490°F, from 471°F to 961°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is gradually increasing during February, rising by 0.8 kWh, from 4.7 kWh to 5.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ras Al Khaimah International Airport are 25.613 deg latitude, 55.939 deg longitude, and 66 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ras Al Khaimah International Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 125 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 70 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,864 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (10,463 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is covered by cropland (62%) and bare soil (27%), within 10 miles by bare soil (86%), and within 50 miles by water (53%) and bare soil (44%).