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Mount OdemIsraeli Volcanic Ridge · Quneitra · SyriaSummit weather, forecast and climate
mount Avital
Volcano1,204 mSyria / Israel border
Elevation1,204 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation7.8 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul29°average high
33.12° N, 35.79° EElevation 1,204 mUTC+3
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,204 m
- Mid-mountain710 m
- Valley · Shamir208 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
mount Avital in brief
mount Avital rises to 1,204 m in the Israeli Volcanic Ridge, Quneitra, Syria.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 29°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The summit lies on the border between Syria and Israel, so it appears in the mountain lists of both countries.
The nearest town in the atlas is Quneitra, 3.5 km to the E at 942 m.
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of mount Avital by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 11° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 17° | 12° |
| Average low | 3° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 15° | 14° | 9° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 212 mm | 177 mm | 111 mm | 39 mm | 12 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 3 mm | 33 mm | 108 mm | 166 mm |
| Cloud cover | 41% | 40% | 35% | 28% | 17% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 17% | 28% | 38% |
| Daylight | 10h 12 | 11h 00 | 11h 56 | 12h 59 | 13h 51 | 14h 20 | 14h 08 | 13h 24 | 12h 24 | 11h 24 | 10h 28 | 9h 59 |
| Month score | 20 | 23 | 47 | 89 | 97 | 90 | 82 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 64 | 30 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 2,150 m | 2,250 m | 2,700 m | 3,300 m | 3,950 m | 4,400 m | 4,700 m | 4,750 m | 4,500 m | 4,050 m | 3,200 m | 2,450 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
mount Avital in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of SyriaPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Duvdevan | 2,236 m | – | 23 km N | 23° |
| Mitzpe Shelegim | 2,224 m | – | 22 km N | 24° |
| Mount Shaked | 2,012 m | – | 23 km N | 24° |
| mount Havusheet | 1,955 m | – | 21 km N | 25° |
| Mount Shezif | 1,541 m | – | 19 km N | 27° |
| Hermonit Mountain | 1,211 m | – | 7.8 km N | 29° |
| Mount Keramim | 1,190 m | – | 12 km N | 29° |
| Mount Odem | 1,187 m | – | 9.6 km N | 29° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Buq‘ātā
Quneitra · 9.6 km N
23°Oct high
3wet days
92score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Shamir
Northern District · 13 km NW
31°Oct high
3wet days
68score
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Quneitra and around
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Mount Hermon Summit
2,814 m · Mount Hermon
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Si'on
2,381 m · Mount Hermon
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Duvdevan
2,236 m · Mount Hermon






































