Winter Weather in Al Qābil Oman

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 92°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 79°F on January 13.

Daily low temperatures are around 59°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 67°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 56°F on January 12.

For reference, on June 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Al Qābil typically range from 84°F to 109°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from 56°F to 79°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. 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.

Atar, Mauritania (4,571 miles away); Timbuktu, Mali (4,012 miles); and Agadez, Niger (3,308 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Al Qābil (view comparison).

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The winter in Al Qābil experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 19% throughout the season.

The clearest day of the winter is February 5, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 84% of the time.

For reference, on July 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57%, while on October 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 89%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Al Qābil, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually increasing, starting the season at 2% and ending it at 6%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 8% on August 3, and its lowest chance is 2% on October 12.

Rainfall

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

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the winter in Al Qābil is gradually increasing, starting the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.7 inches, and ending the season at 0.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.8 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.6 inches on February 24.

Over the course of the winter in Al Qābil, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 50 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 34 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 55 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 45 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 41 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Al Qābil is 6:47 AM on January 15 and the earliest sunrise is 20 minutes earlier at 6:27 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:19 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 49 minutes later at 6:08 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Al Qābil during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:21 AM and sets 13 hours, 31 minutes later, at 6:52 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:40 AM and sets 10 hours, 45 minutes later, at 5:26 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 the winter of 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 in Al Qābil is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 0% on January 12.

For reference, on August 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 56% of the time, while on January 12, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 in Al Qābil is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 5.3 miles per hour to 6.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour, while on November 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 6.4 miles per hour on February 16.

The wind direction in Al Qābil during the winter is predominantly out of the north from December 1 to February 11 and the south from February 11 to February 28.

Al Qābil 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 in Al Qābil is decreasing during the winter, falling by 4°F, from 79°F to 75°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 74°F on February 4.

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 in Al Qābil 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 in Al Qābil are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 8,791°F, from 9,893°F to 1,102°F, over the course of the season.

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 in Al Qābil is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.3 kWh, from 4.9 kWh to 6.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 4.8 kWh on December 21.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Al Qābil are 22.571 deg latitude, 58.695 deg longitude, and 1,125 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Al Qābil contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 200 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,117 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,909 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,205 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Al Qābil is covered by bare soil (99%), within 10 miles by bare soil (99%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (93%).