Sam Mbakwe International Airport

DNIM · Imo, Nigeria

Climate Sam Mbakwe International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sam Mbakwe International Airport (DNIM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.9 43 40 47 50 100
February 44.0 45 20 46 33 0
March 25.5 26 0 100 0 0
April 13.0 11 14 13 40 100
May 14.3 11 18 0 33
June 8.1 9 8 0 0
July 3.4 6 0 0 0
August 4.6 6 2 0 7
September 8.0 10 0 4 0
October 12.3 12 0 13
November 6.5 4 0 13 0
December 34.1 40 50 24 25
Average 21.0 18.6 12.1 39.8 15.5 31.8

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.0 75 100 94 83 100
February 80.9 78 100 96 67 0
March 95.9 96 100 100 67 100
April 95.8 97 93 100 100 100
May 93.3 92 96 89 33
June 92.1 92 92 100 100
July 87.8 82 97 100 100
August 82.3 79 89 50 78
September 85.8 91 100 77 0
October 91.1 94 100 87
November 84.4 90 100 71 100
December 81.2 82 88 77 100
Average 86.6 86.0 91.5 93.6 78.1 95.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.3 35 33 33 31 32
February 33.5 35 33 33 27 28
March 33.6 35 25 27 30 32
April 32.2 35 31 29 29 30
May 31.4 33 32 28 26
June 30.6 31 30 30 28
July 29.5 30 30 26 28
August 28.6 29 29 25 28
September 28.0 29 28 28 25
October 29.7 31 29 29
November 30.7 32 33 30 29
December 31.5 34 23 33 29
Average 29.7 32.8 30.9 30.4 29.4 29.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.3 23 30 26 30 32
February 25.9 24 29 28 27 28
March 26.4 26 25 27 30 32
April 26.8 26 26 28 29 30
May 24.7 24 25 27 26
June 24.3 24 24 30 27
July 24.1 23 25 26 27
August 24.4 24 25 25 25
September 25.3 25 28 26 25
October 24.8 25 29 25
November 25.1 25 32 24 29
December 23.6 22 21 25 28
Average 25.7 24.1 24.5 26.7 25.4 28.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.4 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 1.5 1 3 0 0
June 2.3 2 3 0 0
July 5.7 8 3 0 0
August 5.2 6 4 0 7
September 5.5 5 0 8 0
October 0.3 0 0 1
November 1.0 1 0 1 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 1.0 2.4 2.0 2.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 5 9 7 5 7
February 3.2 3 1 4 4 0
March 2.4 2 0 0 9 5
April 5.1 5 5 8 3 7
May 4.6 3 6 3 2
June 3.9 3 5 12 7
July 4.0 5 3 6 5
August 4.2 5 3 9 2
September 4.0 3 7 6 0
October 3.0 3 3 4
November 2.2 2 4 3 5
December 5.2 5 4 7 3
Average 4.5 4.1 3.7 6.0 4.6 4.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 052° 061° 047° 036° 060°
February 024° 233° 355° 052° 360°
March 216° 360° 360° 245° 026°
April 213° 219° 214° 153° 218°
May 217° 213° 209° 210°
June 215° 229° 210° 235°
July 240° 236° 240° 252°
August 234° 238° 200° 260°
September 225° 243° 222° 360°
October 199° 090° 215°
November 203° 180° 217° 206°
December 045° 054° 039° 225°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.