Fog in Arbil

daily fog outlook & 2016–2026 climatology
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. dense fog (visibility under a mile) is rare here in August (10-year average).

Measured at Erbil International Airport (ORER). This station has climatology and live observations only.

Measuring station

stationairportfog hours/yrforecast
ORERErbil International Airport36 h/yrclimatology

Fog is measured where instruments live — airports. Hours/yr = time below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), the aviation definition of seriously dense fog.

When Arbil fogs in

Fog here concentrates in December and January — about 36 hours in a typical year at ORER, usually lasting ~2 h once it forms. Hour-by-hour patterns, live conditions and the forecast strip live on the ORER station page.

Fog season

January: ~7 hJanFebruary: ~1 hFebMarch: ~1 hMarApril: ~1 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~0 hJunJuly: ~0 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~0 hSepOctober: ~2 hOctNovember: ~5 hNovDecember: ~18 hDec
Fog season runs November through January, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 2 AM–9 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 11 AM; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Machine access: data.json · llms.txt · forecast verification. Not for operational use.