Climate Langebaanweg Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Langebaanweg Airport (FALW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.1	0	0	0	13	25
February	11.9	0	0	0	6	20
March	10.9	0	0	0	15	17
April	9.5	0	0	0	7	23
May	12.1		0	0	11	8
June	10.7		0	0	12	12
July	10.3		0	0	14	8
August	13.1		0	0	18	14
September	11.3		0	0	9	9
October	13.7		0	0	12	16
November	13.7		0	0	20	14
December	9.1		0	0	6	16
Average	10.5				11.7	15.4

17th 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	12.3	0	0	0	13	29
February	12.7	0	0	0	6	23
March	12.6	0	0	0	17	21
April	10.4	0	0	0	7	25
May	13.9		0	0	15	9
June	13.3		0	0	14	14
July	13.2		0	0	16	10
August	15.8		0	0	22	18
September	13.7		0	0	10	11
October	15.4		0	0	16	18
November	15.7		0	0	23	16
December	10.9		0	0	6	18
Average	12.1				13.5	17.8

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	28.0	30	28	29	28	27
February	28.4	29	28	28	28	30
March	26.6	28	26	28	26	27
April	25.0	25	24	25	27	25
May	21.6		20	22	21	23
June	19.3		17	22	20	20
July	18.6		18	19	18	20
August	18.3		20	19	18	18
September	20.5		19	20	21	20
October	24.0		26	25	24	23
November	24.7		27	25	24	24
December	25.8		27	25	25	26
Average	23.9	28.0	23.1	23.9	23.1	23.4

13th 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	15.7	17	16	16	15	17
February	15.6	16	15	16	15	17
March	14.6	15	15	15	15	15
April	12.3	13	11	11	14	13
May	9.2		9	9	10	10
June	8.5		10	9	9	9
July	6.7		6	7	6	7
August	6.8		8	7	7	6
September	8.7		8	8	8	9
October	11.2		12	11	11	10
November	13.1		14	13	13	13
December	14.6		15	16	15	14
Average	11.8	15.0	11.4	11.1	11.4	11.5

9th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.6	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.4		0	0	2	0
June	1.1		0	0	3	1
July	0.7		0	0	1	2
August	0.8		0	0	1	0
September	0.5		0	0	0	1
October	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	0.1		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	0.3				0.5	0.3

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	9.5	10	10	0	11	11
February	9.2	10	11	0	12	10
March	7.7	8	9	0	9	9
April	7.4	8	7	7	7	8
May	6.3		7	6	6	6
June	7.0		8	7	8	6
July	6.3		6	6	6	6
August	6.9		7	7	7	7
September	8.0		8	7	9	8
October	9.2		8	9	9	9
November	10.0		9	9	10	10
December	9.3		12	10	2	10
Average	8.2	8.9	8.5	5.3	8.0	8.4

13th 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	216°	212°	360°	218°	221°
February	221°	211°	360°	214°	219°
March	219°	251°	360°	242°	221°
April	192°	220°	193°	218°	227°
May		199°	239°	286°	240°
June		350°	002°	007°	003°
July		263°	338°	344°	261°
August		310°	257°	250°	268°
September		271°	246°	231°	243°
October		199°	206°	246°	216°
November		228°	223°	222°	233°
December		205°	221°	220°	226°

Prevailing wind direction

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