Aggeneys Airport

FAAG · Northern Cape, South Africa

Climate Aggeneys Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Springbok Airport (FASB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.7 100 100 61 75 80
February 82.0 97 82 79 25 83
March 91.5 91 85 100 86 83
April 82.2 100 93 44 50
May 79.5 67 78 80 100
June 47.1 30 40 100 50
July 78.3 75 88 67 83
August 71.6 86 63 67 50
September 70.1 51 100 50 100
October 93.6 96 100 63 71
November 95.7 100 94 100 100
December 84.2 95 79 67
Average 85.4 95.8 81.5 83.0 63.2 77.3

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 86.4 100 100 63 75 80
February 86.5 100 95 79 25 83
March 93.2 91 91 100 86 83
April 84.4 100 100 44 50
May 81.8 72 78 80 100
June 56.6 40 60 100 50
July 89.1 88 100 67 83
August 88.6 86 92 67 67
September 79.2 67 100 63 100
October 95.4 98 100 75 71
November 97.8 100 98 100 100
December 89.8 95 94 67
Average 88.5 96.8 87.0 88.8 66.1 79.2

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 26.2 25 28 27 27 24
February 24.1 24 23 26 24 24
March 22.5 25 19 24 23 26
April 18.9 21 14 25 18
May 15.7 14 15 18 21
June 13.5 11 13 15 20
July 14.3 13 14 15 17
August 12.1 11 12 16 12
September 15.6 14 17 15 16
October 21.8 21 24 20 22
November 22.0 24 21 17 23
December 20.3 22 20 18
Average 20.1 24.4 19.3 20.5 20.0 20.3

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 23.8 23 26 24 27 24
February 22.0 22 21 23 23 24
March 21.0 23 16 22 23 26
April 18.6 20 14 25 18
May 15.3 13 15 18 21
June 12.8 10 12 15 20
July 13.8 12 13 15 17
August 11.5 11 10 16 12
September 13.6 11 15 14 13
October 19.7 18 22 19 21
November 19.8 22 17 17 20
December 17.7 19 17 18
Average 19.1 22.3 17.2 18.1 19.6 19.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.7 0 3 0 0 0
March 1.6 6 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 9.0 17 11 0 0
June 35.8 53 30 0 0
July 5.4 6 0 0 0
August 5.6 14 8 0 0
September 6.4 13 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 1.1 0 3 0
Average 1.7 2.0 7.4 2.1

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 7.1 7 7 8 7 6
February 6.4 7 6 6 7 8
March 6.8 7 6 8 6 7
April 7.2 8 8 5 7
May 7.2 8 8 5 8
June 10.6 11 10 15 12
July 8.3 8 7 13 8
August 8.2 8 9 9 8
September 8.8 10 6 11 6
October 7.1 8 6 10 4
November 6.4 8 5 9 7
December 6.1 7 5 4
Average 7.2 7.0 7.7 6.8 8.0 6.8

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 066° 081° 064° 018° 113°
February 081° 286° 110° 107° 111°
March 076° 049° 058° 338° 090°
April 023° 109° 036° 051°
May 343° 009° 360° 025°
June 295° 299° 068° 007°
July 304° 016° 020° 036°
August 353° 080° 030° 027°
September 260° 090° 029° 072°
October 070° 108° 064° 056°
November 074° 075° 153° 098°
December 129° 138° 126°

Prevailing wind direction

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