Paulpietersburg Mondi

FAPC · KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Climate Paulpietersburg Mondi 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Matsapha Airport (FDMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.3 75 91 100 80 89
February 84.6 80 69 82 97
March 88.9 73 79 100 95
April 93.6 94 90 100 93
May 95.7 86 99 100 100
June 99.2 99 97 100
July 97.3 89 99 100
August 96.5 96 96 100 100
September 91.0 85 95 75
October 86.8 70 94 100 83
November 87.6 73 98 100 100
December 80.8 61 96 100 100
Average 89.5 76.4 82.5 96.1 89.7 94.0

1st best VFR conditions of Eswatini

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 99.4 100 99 100 100 100
February 99.3 100 97 91 100
March 98.3 98 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100
July 99.7 99 99 100
August 99.5 100 99 100 100
September 99.1 100 99 100
October 99.0 100 100 100 100
November 98.5 99 100 100 100
December 97.2 95 99 100 100
Average 99.1 99.7 98.9 99.5 97.4 100.0

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 27.0 27 28 19 24 26
February 26.7 28 26 23 26
March 26.3 26 26 28 25
April 24.8 26 24 26 21
May 22.7 23 23 22 20
June 21.5 23 19 18
July 22.3 21 22 14
August 23.2 23 23 19 21
September 25.6 27 26 20
October 25.1 25 27 19 19
November 25.5 26 25 19 23
December 25.7 25 27 19 25
Average 24.7 27.0 24.8 23.9 23.7 22.7

6th highest temperature of Eswatini

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 22.0 23 24 19 24 23
February 21.8 23 23 23 23
March 21.0 22 22 26 21
April 18.9 21 19 24 21
May 16.3 17 17 22 20
June 14.4 16 14 17
July 14.5 16 15 11
August 15.9 17 16 19 16
September 18.5 20 20 19
October 18.8 19 22 19 17
November 20.2 21 21 19 21
December 21.2 21 23 19 24
Average 19.7 22.5 19.6 18.0 22.9 20.3

7th lowest temperature of Eswatini

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 4 4 0 10 10
February 7.4 5 11 36 5
March 4.7 13 1 0 0
April 3.6 1 11 0 7
May 2.7 2 4 0 0
June 0.8 0 3 11
July 1.1 7 1 0
August 2.0 1 4 0 0
September 2.5 3 4 13
October 5.8 6 5 0 17
November 6.1 9 6 0 13
December 12.6 23 9 0 0
Average 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.0 12.8 5.9

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 4.6 5 5 3 5 4
February 4.3 5 4 5 3
March 4.0 3 4 5 3
April 4.1 5 4 4 5
May 4.0 4 3 7 3
June 4.6 5 4 3
July 5.2 6 4 3
August 5.4 5 5 3 5
September 5.3 5 5 3
October 4.7 5 6 3 3
November 4.8 5 4 3 3
December 4.2 5 5 3 5
Average 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.5 5.0 3.7

6th highest wind speed of Eswatini

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 127° 130° 090° 104° 126°
February 097° 147° 209° 158°
March 159° 137° 054° 069°
April 111° 104° 018° 161°
May 112° 104° 164° 341°
June 046° 026° 062°
July 098° 111° 360°
August 100° 091° 090° 110°
September 083° 088° 126°
October 098° 103° 090° 165°
November 102° 123° 090° 153°
December 104° 119° 090° 086°

Prevailing wind direction

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