Climate Big Bend Met 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Big Bend Met (FDBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0		0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

3rd 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0		0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	33.1	33	34	32	33	35
February	32.0	34	31	34	30	32
March	31.7	32	32	31	33	31
April	28.8	28	31	28	28	28
May	27.0		27	26	28	28
June	25.5		28	25	23	24
July	25.7		26	26		25
August	26.2		22	28	28	26
September	27.9		30	34	28	28
October	29.6		28	32	29	27
November	30.7		32	29	28	32
December	31.4		30	33	29	34
Average	29.5	31.7	29.0	29.6	29.2	29.4

1st 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	21.5	20	21	22	22	23
February	22.2	22	22	22	23	22
March	20.8	21	20	20	22	20
April	17.4	18	16	17	17	19
May	13.1		15	13	12	12
June	8.5		10	7	10	8
July	8.6		8	10		8
August	12.3		10	12	14	13
September	12.9		15	17	15	16
October	17.2		17	19	17	21
November	20.1		20	20	20	21
December	21.4		21	22	22	22
Average	16.9	20.4	16.3	16.3	18.3	16.7

5th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0		0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	3.9	2	4	4	5	4
February	3.8	1	5	5	6	4
March	3.2	2	4	4	3	4
April	3.4	2	4	4	5	4
May	2.7		2	3	4	3
June	2.8		3	2	3	3
July	3.7		4	3		4
August	4.4		4	4	8	5
September	5.0		4	5	5	5
October	5.1		5	5	6	13
November	5.3		4	5	4	8
December	4.5		3	4	5	5
Average	4.0	1.4	3.6	4.0	4.7	4.4

1st 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	124°	112°	138°	111°	091°
February	183°	183°	149°	201°	155°
March	118°	137°	088°	090°	079°
April	172°	122°	202°	178°	180°
May		168°	105°	109°	056°
June		088°	084°	191°	058°
July		102°	084°		066°
August		109°	123°	075°	067°
September		113°	090°	144°	068°
October		149°	113°	132°	050°
November		085°	178°	108°	091°
December		108°	106°	135°	087°

Prevailing wind direction

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