DAUA — Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Adrar city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 3 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
23 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
March and April
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=101)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport spends 23 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in March and April. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~0 hJanFebruary: ~2 hFebMarch: ~5 hMarApril: ~3 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~1 hJunJuly: ~2 hJulAugust: ~3 hAugSeptember: ~3 hSepOctober: ~0 hOctNovember: ~0 hNovDecember: ~0 hDec
Fog season is February, March, April, July, August, September, peaking in March; fog is mostly a 9 AM–1 PM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 9 PM; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.