Climate Piggs Peak Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (FAKN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	40.0	28	47	39	39	46
February	37.6	28	22	44	49	52
March	45.7	31	43	39	59	49
April	56.8		64	56	69	59
May	66.7		51	71	71	77
June	73.3		63	66	79	69
July	70.4		61	66	82	72
August	66.1		59	69	74	73
September	59.6		64	62	64	54
October	47.9		41	54	47	46
November	44.7		40	43	51	58
December	41.9		32	37	43	47
Average	50.8	29.1	48.2	53.3	59.4	57.7

14th 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	66.5	55	62	63	71	74
February	61.1	52	49	61	75	68
March	66.1	56	70	60	77	65
April	73.5		77	72	81	72
May	77.2		67	79	80	81
June	80.3		69	75	87	79
July	78.2		71	69	89	82
August	75.8		71	75	85	81
September	76.6		78	78	86	78
October	67.0		66	72	67	62
November	62.1		57	59	65	77
December	61.0		52	60	65	71
Average	68.4	54.4	65.3	68.2	76.6	73.8

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	27.0	27	28	26	27	27
February	27.2	28	27	29	26	28
March	26.9	27	27	27	27	27
April	24.8		27	24	26	24
May	23.6		24	23	24	24
June	22.1		24	20	22	21
July	21.8		21	22	21	21
August	23.7		23	24	23	23
September	25.7		27	26	25	23
October	25.4		25	28	24	25
November	26.4		27	25	26	28
December	26.9		26	27	26	28
Average	25.4	27.4	25.3	24.9	24.6	24.9

9th 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	17.7	18	17	18	19	19
February	18.2	18	19	18	19	18
March	17.0	18	18	17	17	16
April	15.3		16	15	13	15
May	12.7		14	13	12	12
June	9.2		12	9	10	9
July	9.5		10	11	9	9
August	10.7		11	11	12	10
September	13.5		15	14	13	13
October	14.3		14	16	14	15
November	15.9		17	17	16	17
December	17.3		17	17	17	19
Average	14.7	18.1	14.8	14.3	14.1	14.3

18th 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	4.0	2	2	5	7	4
February	6.4	2	12	2	8	7
March	2.9	6	1	4	2	3
April	3.2		1	7	2	8
May	2.0		3	6	2	0
June	0.9		0	2	2	2
July	1.2		4	0	0	3
August	2.0		1	1	1	4
September	2.8		3	5	1	7
October	5.6		5	1	8	8
November	4.2		2	6	9	2
December	7.9		13	4	6	8
Average	3.7	3.2	3.9	3.4	4.1	4.7

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	5.0	5	5	5	6	5
February	4.7	4	5	5	5	5
March	4.6	5	5	4	5	4
April	4.5		5	4	4	4
May	4.3		5	4	5	4
June	4.5		5	4	4	4
July	4.8		5	5	5	5
August	5.6		5	5	6	6
September	5.9		6	5	6	5
October	5.7		6	6	5	6
November	5.4		5	5	6	5
December	5.1		5	5	5	5
Average	5.0	4.7	5.0	4.8	5.0	4.8

9th 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	083°	089°	103°	082°	048°
February	066°	103°	099°	133°	020°
March	072°	094°	093°	068°	025°
April		060°	098°	074°	049°
May		058°	082°	067°	062°
June		043°	089°	161°	268°
July		052°	059°	076°	048°
August		070°	060°	060°	061°
September		058°	056°	069°	050°
October		073°	062°	070°	052°
November		062°	073°	066°	062°
December		075°	067°	069°	063°

Prevailing wind direction

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