Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Miqdādīyah weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Al Miqdādīyah: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baqubah (40 km away). In February its highs average 18.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Al Miqdādīyah, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Miqdādīyah ranks 35th of 59 for the warmest February highs and 39th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Al Miqdādīyah is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al Miqdādīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 51 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 40 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 43 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 25 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 6.5 | 1.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.1°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.8°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 44.8°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 50 | 6.3 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Baqubah in FebruaryIraq · 40 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Khāliş in FebruaryIraq · 42 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in FebruaryIraq · 59 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Sadr City in FebruaryIraq · 79 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Kelar in FebruaryIraq · 80 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Baghdad in FebruaryIraq · 87 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in FebruaryIraq · 100 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in FebruaryIraq · 102 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 20 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Miqdādīyah) is explained once on the Al Miqdādīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.