Climate Kimberley Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport (FAUP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	97.8	98	98	98	94	99
February	97.4	97	98	94	98	98
March	97.3	97	95	97	94	98
April	98.3		98	99	97	98
May	96.5		96	91	91	100
June	93.6		86	88	99	96
July	97.1		94	98	97	98
August	96.3		99	93	94	95
September	96.5		91	99	99	91
October	98.4		99	97	98	98
November	98.3		97	99	99	99
December	97.3		95	94	98	98
Average	97.2	97.1	95.6	95.8	96.5	97.4

1st best VFR conditions of South Africa

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	98.6	98	98	99	97	99
February	98.3	97	98	97	98	98
March	97.8	97	97	98	95	99
April	98.8		98	100	97	99
May	98.4		98	99	93	100
June	98.1		97	96	100	99
July	99.0		99	98	98	100
August	98.4		99	96	98	97
September	98.1		99	99	99	91
October	98.6		99	97	98	98
November	98.9		97	99	100	99
December	98.0		98	94	98	99
Average	98.3	97.2	98.0	97.6	97.6	98.0

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	36.2	37	38	36	34	37
February	35.3	37	37	35	35	34
March	33.9	38	34	31	33	33
April	29.3		30	27	32	28
May	26.1		26	25	26	26
June	22.4		22	22	23	22
July	22.7		23	24	21	23
August	23.5		25	24	23	21
September	28.1		26	30	28	27
October	31.2		32	34	29	31
November	33.7		36	33	32	33
December	34.7		36	34	33	35
Average	30.6	37.1	30.3	29.4	29.0	29.1

2nd highest temperature of South Africa

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	20.5	22	21	21	21	21
February	20.1	19	20	20	18	22
March	17.5	17	17	18	16	19
April	13.5		11	10	16	14
May	8.8		5	7	10	9
June	5.7		5	6	8	6
July	5.1		5	6	3	5
August	5.1		6	6	5	4
September	9.8		7	11	11	10
October	14.3		15	16	13	15
November	16.1		19	13	15	18
December	18.9		20	19	17	20
Average	13.7	19.3	12.5	12.4	12.7	13.4

15th lowest temperature of South Africa

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.9	0	0	2	4	1
February	1.7	1	0	4	2	3
March	0.8	0	0	4	1	1
April	0.3		0	1	0	1
May	0.1		0	0	0	0
June	0.8		0	4	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	2	0	0
September	0.1		1	0	0	0
October	0.2		0	1	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	1
December	0.5		0	0	1	1
Average	0.5	0.4	0.1	1.4	0.8	0.7

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	6.7	6	8	6	6	7
February	6.5	6	6	6	6	7
March	6.6	7	8	6	6	7
April	6.0		6	5	5	6
May	6.0		5	5	7	5
June	6.4		6	7	7	7
July	7.1		7	7	7	7
August	6.5		8	6	7	7
September	7.3		7	8	8	7
October	7.2		7	7	8	7
November	6.8		8	8	7	7
December	7.2		7	9	8	7
Average	6.7	6.2	6.9	6.7	6.8	6.9

2nd highest wind speed of South Africa

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	265°	338°	005°	168°	259°
February	227°	252°	283°	230°	011°
March	322°	322°	004°	308°	339°
April		278°	287°	323°	327°
May		278°	316°	326°	326°
June		313°	016°	351°	344°
July		332°	334°	343°	344°
August		348°	305°	311°	269°
September		238°	306°	290°	289°
October		224°	304°	291°	251°
November		253°	274°	227°	256°
December		240°	282°	290°	262°

Prevailing wind direction

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