Mejametalana Airbase

FXMU · Maseru, Lesotho

Climate Mejametalana Airbase 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kimberley Airport (FAKM) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.7 97 95 98 96 91
February 94.9 94 97 90 98 95
March 95.3 94 96 97 87 96
April 93.3 91 96 90 99
May 96.8 98 90 98 98
June 96.7 93 95 91 100
July 96.5 93 94 94 97
August 97.8 97 97 97 94
September 96.4 93 95 97 99
October 96.8 96 93 96 96
November 96.7 94 95 94 98
December 96.7 96 94 96 94
Average 96.0 95.3 95.0 94.3 94.5 96.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.3 98 98 99 98 98
February 98.1 100 97 96 99 100
March 98.2 100 97 98 97 99
April 97.4 98 97 97 100
May 97.9 98 96 98 98
June 98.5 94 98 99 100
July 98.1 96 98 95 100
August 98.7 97 98 98 98
September 97.5 96 99 98 99
October 98.2 98 96 96 98
November 98.0 96 97 98 99
December 98.4 97 97 98 100
Average 98.2 99.1 96.9 97.3 97.5 98.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.5 35.7 33.3 14.0 30.3 28.1
February 31.1 16.1 35.0 30.3 31.6 30.6
March 30.4 29.3 33.7 29.8 27.0 29.8
April 25.7 26.1 27.1 23.3 29.3
May 22.4 26.8 22.0 22.3 22.8
June 20.6 19.8 19.6 19.0 21.3
July 20.3 19.6 20.1 20.5 18.8
August 22.8 24.8 23.8 22.3 21.5
September 27.3 25.5 26.3 28.0 27.8
October 30.0 30.1 30.6 31.1 27.3
November 31.7 32.5 33.8 29.3 30.3
December 31.8 35.7 33.7 19.1 28.8
Average 27.4 30.2 28.6 26.0 25.4 26.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 15.8 19.1 17.3 6.2 16.1 16.3
February 15.9 6.7 14.0 16.1 16.1 15.6
March 14.2 16.5 15.0 13.3 13.6 12.9
April 9.4 10.0 8.3 8.3 9.5
May 4.3 8.1 5.5 4.9 4.5
June 2.2 3.3 2.7 2.2 3.3
July 1.7 0.3 1.9 3.3 -1.6
August 3.3 3.6 4.4 3.2 2.7
September 7.7 7.0 6.0 8.9 8.5
October 11.5 10.5 11.3 14.9 9.5
November 13.6 14.0 15.3 12.6 11.0
December 15.4 17.3 16.3 8.5 13.5
Average 10.2 16.3 10.0 8.9 9.3 8.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.4 2 0 1 2 6
February 2.1 2 1 4 1 5
March 1.5 0 1 2 7 3
April 1.6 2 1 3 0
May 0.8 0 2 3 0
June 0.4 0 0 3 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 0 0 0 3
September 0.3 1 0 1 0
October 0.7 0 1 0 2
November 1.0 1 1 3 0
December 1.7 1 2 1 3
Average 1.2 1.2 0.5 1.1 1.9 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.5 8 7 4 6 6
February 7.0 8 7 6 6 7
March 7.3 7 7 8 6 7
April 6.1 8 6 6 5
May 5.6 6 6 5 6
June 6.8 8 7 6 8
July 7.2 7 8 8 8
August 7.6 8 7 8 8
September 8.2 8 8 9 9
October 8.3 8 8 9 9
November 8.6 10 8 8 8
December 8.6 9 10 6 9
Average 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.2 6.9 7.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 342° 333° 004° 006° 015°
February 350° 301° 358° 334° 341°
March 350° 339° 353° 354° 323°
April 354° 326° 360° 317°
May 344° 348° 327° 323°
June 350° 315° 005° 335°
July 309° 327° 349° 334°
August 326° 346° 328° 324°
September 320° 278° 332° 340°
October 299° 310° 341° 319°
November 321° 325° 347° 283°
December 312° 333° 348° 350°

Prevailing wind direction

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