Average Weather in Al Fuwayliq Saudi Arabia

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In Al Fuwayliq, the summers are long, sweltering, and arid; the winters are cool and dry; and it is mostly clear year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 41°F to 109°F and is rarely below 33°F or above 112°F.

The hot season lasts for 4.4 months, from May 17 to September 28, with an average daily high temperature above 100°F. The hottest day of the year is August 7, with an average high of 109°F and low of 79°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from November 25 to February 26, with an average daily high temperature below 76°F. The coldest day of the year is January 22, with an average low of 41°F and high of 68°F.

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

In Al Fuwayliq, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Al Fuwayliq begins around May 22 and lasts for 1.7 months, ending around July 14. On June 15, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 94% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 6% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around July 14 and lasts for 10 months, ending around May 22. On December 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 31% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 69% of the time.

Al Fuwayliq does not experience significant seasonal variation in the frequency of wet days (i.e., those with greater than 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation). The frequency ranges from -0% to 4%, with an average value of 2%.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 4% on November 18.

Rainfall

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Al Fuwayliq experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Al Fuwayliq. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around January 19, with an average total accumulation of 0.4 inches.

The least rain falls around July 1, with an average total accumulation of 0.0 inches.

The length of the day in Al Fuwayliq varies over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 29 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 13 hours, 48 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 5:13 AM on June 9, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 43 minutes later at 6:56 AM on January 12. The earliest sunset is at 5:14 PM on November 30, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 50 minutes later at 7:03 PM on July 1.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Al Fuwayliq during 2017.

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 perceived humidity level in Al Fuwayliq, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.

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 predominant average hourly wind direction in Al Fuwayliq varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 3.8 months, from April 29 to August 22, with a peak percentage of 64% on July 13. The wind is most often from the east for 1.6 months, from August 22 to October 9 and for 5.5 months, from November 14 to April 29, with a peak percentage of 50% on September 11. The wind is most often from the south for 1.2 months, from October 9 to November 14, with a peak percentage of 46% on October 26.

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 experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.3 months, from May 15 to August 25, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.6 kWh. The brightest day of the year is June 27, with an average of 8.5 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.9 months, from November 4 to February 2, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.9 kWh. The darkest day of the year is December 13, with an average of 4.0 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Al Fuwayliq are 26.443 deg latitude, 43.253 deg longitude, and 2,503 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Al Fuwayliq contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 118 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,501 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (502 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,110 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Al Fuwayliq is covered by cropland (52%) and bare soil (47%), within 10 miles by bare soil (79%) and cropland (20%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (88%) and cropland (11%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Al Fuwayliq, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Al Fuwayliq is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Al Fuwayliq, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , by Jean Meeus.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © Esri, with data from National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, and iPC.