Microland Flight Park

FABA · Gauteng, South Africa

Climate Microland Flight Park 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of OR Tambo International Airport (FAOR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.3 84 91 84 71 85
February 78.2 85 65 92 71 86
March 85.0 85 85 86 84 85
April 83.8 86 94 74 93 80
May 94.0 97 87 94 95 97
June 95.4 93 98 93 97 96
July 96.2 100 88 97 95 98
August 93.3 94 94 95 89 92
September 92.4 86 90 95 94 89
October 88.2 91 83 96 80 80
November 85.9 89 74 82 81
December 80.3 80 87 78 80
Average 87.8 89.7 86.6 88.8 85.2 86.9

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 93.0 96 97 94 87 95
February 91.5 95 87 97 88 95
March 93.8 96 95 94 93 94
April 92.3 93 97 82 98 91
May 97.0 99 93 97 98 98
June 97.2 97 98 96 99 98
July 98.1 100 94 99 98 99
August 96.7 98 96 99 96 97
September 96.6 94 97 98 99 95
October 94.0 96 89 98 90 89
November 93.8 96 88 93 91
December 91.6 94 98 92 92
Average 94.6 96.2 94.3 94.8 93.9 94.3

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 25.5 26 26 24 25 25
February 24.8 28 24 26 24 25
March 24.5 27 25 23 24 23
April 21.6 23 23 19 23 20
May 20.0 23 19 19 20 20
June 17.3 17 18 16 17 16
July 17.4 19 16 18 16 17
August 20.3 22 20 20 20 19
September 24.4 24 25 25 25 24
October 25.1 26 25 27 23 25
November 25.2 26 23 25 24
December 25.0 26 24 24 25
Average 22.5 23.2 22.7 21.8 22.0 21.9

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 15.1 15 15 14 16 16
February 15.1 16 15 15 15 15
March 14.2 16 14 14 14 13
April 11.6 13 12 10 12 11
May 9.2 12 10 8 8 8
June 5.9 6 7 4 6 5
July 5.6 6 6 7 4 4
August 7.7 9 7 8 7 6
September 11.0 11 12 12 11 10
October 12.3 12 12 14 11 14
November 13.8 15 14 14 15
December 14.9 15 15 14 16
Average 11.3 11.5 11.5 11.0 10.9 10.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 3 1 6 10 5
February 6.4 1 11 2 7 5
March 3.5 1 3 5 4 5
April 3.8 2 1 14 1 5
May 1.7 0 2 2 0 0
June 0.3 1 0 1 0 1
July 0.3 0 1 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 1 2 0
September 0.9 3 1 0 1 1
October 2.6 1 6 1 3 2
November 3.8 2 7 4 7
December 7.7 6 8 9 4
Average 3.0 1.2 2.9 3.7 3.6 3.0

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 8.5 8 8 9 9 9
February 8.1 9 7 8 8 8
March 8.0 9 9 7 8 7
April 7.9 9 8 9 7 8
May 7.4 6 9 8 7 7
June 7.9 8 9 8 8 7
July 8.4 10 10 7 8 9
August 9.9 10 9 10 10 10
September 10.0 12 11 9 10 10
October 9.9 10 10 10 10 10
November 10.2 9 10 12 10
December 9.8 10 9 10 9
Average 8.8 9.0 9.0 8.6 9.0 8.7

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 337° 039° 036° 031° 357°
February 320° 050° 029° 072° 050°
March 342° 357° 003° 324° 319°
April 331° 298° 329° 276° 332°
May 269° 323° 270° 254° 236°
June 338° 285° 038° 261° 228°
July 274° 298° 312° 278° 235°
August 298° 335° 310° 331° 308°
September 334° 312° 332° 344° 340°
October 339° 346° 336° 343° 348°
November 339° 337° 330° 333°
December 353° 327° 340° 354°

Prevailing wind direction

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