East Five Airport

FLEE · Northern Region, Zambia

Climate East Five Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Songea Airport (HTSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.0 48 52 50 53 53
February 53.1 45 53 55 59 43
March 49.7 47 43 46 48 53
April 41.8 39 40 39 58
May 69.5 65 75 73 74
June 77.7 77 67 76 85
July 74.1 70 62 71 84
August 73.6 60 59 78 83
September 81.8 82 77 84 86
October 77.3 85 94 68 75
November 72.3 59 75 89 81
December 59.4 61 53 73 65
Average 63.0 46.7 61.6 63.3 65.2 69.4

15th best VFR conditions of Tanzania

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 99.1 99 100 98 99 99
February 99.1 100 100 99 100 98
March 99.0 100 100 99 99 98
April 99.0 98 100 99 99
May 99.6 100 100 99 100
June 99.3 100 99 98 99
July 99.8 100 98 100 100
August 99.4 100 100 100 97
September 99.2 100 100 99 100
October 99.5 100 100 100 99
November 99.1 99 100 100 100
December 98.4 100 100 100 98
Average 99.2 99.4 99.6 99.5 99.3 98.8

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 26.9 27 27 26 28 28
February 27.0 28 28 25 28 28
March 26.8 28 27 26 27 28
April 25.5 26 26 25 27
May 24.8 26 25 24 26
June 23.2 25 23 24 24
July 22.9 24 22 24 23
August 25.0 25 23 25 26
September 27.1 28 25 27 27
October 28.8 31 28 28 30
November 30.1 29 32 30 31
December 28.5 29 29 30 30
Average 26.5 27.4 27.0 25.6 26.5 27.2

12th highest temperature of Tanzania

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 17.2 16 18 20 16 15
February 18.5 19 18 20 18 18
March 17.7 18 17 19 16 16
April 16.5 15 18 16 16
May 14.7 15 15 13 13
June 13.4 14 13 13 14
July 12.6 14 13 12 11
August 13.8 16 14 14 14
September 15.5 18 16 15 14
October 17.3 18 17 18 17
November 18.5 20 19 20 18
December 17.0 17 16 20 17
Average 16.3 17.7 16.5 16.5 15.6 15.0

4th lowest temperature of Tanzania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.6 7 4 6 4 5
February 4.5 4 1 6 4 5
March 6.4 8 7 5 8 6
April 4.9 8 6 4 4
May 0.1 0 0 1 0
June 0.2 1 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 1 1 0 0
September 0.2 0 0 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 0 0
November 1.1 1 1 1 1
December 4.2 2 4 1 3
Average 2.7 6.1 2.1 2.3 2.3 1.9

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 5.2 3 5 4 4 7
February 4.6 3 3 3 5 6
March 4.4 3 3 3 5 5
April 5.7 3 4 7 7
May 5.4 3 4 6 7
June 5.3 3 4 7 6
July 6.6 4 6 8 8
August 7.6 4 7 8 8
September 8.7 4 8 9 9
October 9.1 5 9 8 10
November 8.7 5 9 8 9
December 6.6 5 7 9 7
Average 6.3 3.0 3.9 5.9 6.6 7.3

12th highest wind speed of Tanzania

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 280° 009° 004° 040° 353°
February 296° 016° 322° 353° 050°
March 124° 006° 166° 101° 143°
April 100° 144° 151° 147°
May 085° 163° 169° 148°
June 080° 158° 155° 154°
July 090° 103° 177° 158°
August 078° 070° 154° 106°
September 042° 089° 130° 097°
October 045° 045° 087° 086°
November 054° 031° 083° 078°
December 061° 029° 092° 075°

Prevailing wind direction

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