St. Theresa Airport

FXST · Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho

Climate St. Theresa Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Shaka International Airport (FALE) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.3 54 75 82 84 82
February 82.7 82 83 80 86 90
March 83.1 74 85 81 93 86
April 86.8 88 92 82 91
May 91.0 85 87 93 96
June 97.3 96 94 99 96
July 96.1 99 95 97 97
August 90.8 92 90 89 93
September 79.7 69 75 78 84
October 78.5 73 76 81 81
November 74.8 61 79 77 83
December 73.5 62 69 80 80
Average 82.2 65.3 79.1 82.6 86.2 87.5

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 94.2 80 95 93 98 96
February 96.1 98 97 97 96 99
March 96.8 92 97 100 100 98
April 97.2 97 99 94 99
May 98.2 98 97 99 99
June 99.8 100 100 100 99
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.3 99 98 99 99
September 94.8 90 95 94 94
October 95.1 93 94 96 92
November 94.0 91 96 95 97
December 92.8 89 93 94 94
Average 95.5 86.9 95.1 96.6 96.9 96.9

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 27.1 27.6 26.6 27.6 27.5 26.8
February 27.2 26.8 26.8 28.1 27.3 27.1
March 26.9 26.8 27.6 27.3 27.0 26.5
April 25.1 25.3 25.8 23.8 25.6
May 24.2 25.1 23.6 23.3 24.1
June 23.2 23.3 23.1 22.5 23.3
July 22.6 23.1 22.5 22.8 21.1
August 22.6 24.1 22.3 22.1 22.0
September 22.9 21.6 23.6 24.1 22.6
October 23.3 23.1 22.6 25.1 22.3
November 24.4 24.6 25.1 24.5 23.8
December 25.7 27.1 24.8 26.1 25.5
Average 24.9 27.2 24.9 24.7 24.6 24.2

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 20.0 21.1 19.5 20.1 20.3 20.6
February 20.5 22.1 20.1 21.1 20.8 20.0
March 19.5 20.6 19.3 20.3 19.0 19.1
April 16.9 17.0 16.3 16.1 17.1
May 13.6 14.6 14.4 13.0 13.1
June 10.2 10.5 11.0 8.9 10.4
July 9.0 8.5 9.6 9.9 7.5
August 11.4 12.0 11.0 10.5 10.8
September 14.1 14.5 13.9 14.8 13.9
October 15.7 15.5 15.5 18.0 14.3
November 17.5 18.6 18.3 16.8 17.0
December 19.6 21.1 19.1 20.3 19.3
Average 16.2 20.9 15.9 15.9 15.5 15.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.0 23 11 9 4 11
February 8.0 4 5 9 7 4
March 5.9 14 5 3 3 2
April 6.4 4 2 17 5
May 4.2 0 8 7 3
June 0.8 0 1 1 2
July 0.7 1 2 0 1
August 2.1 1 3 2 4
September 8.0 18 8 6 9
October 8.9 8 14 6 11
November 8.6 11 4 10 6
December 10.4 13 16 9 9
Average 7.3 17.0 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.1 9 8 9 9 9
February 8.5 8 9 8 7 8
March 8.3 8 9 9 8 8
April 7.6 8 7 7 7
May 6.8 6 7 7 7
June 6.4 7 6 6 7
July 6.9 7 7 7 7
August 8.7 9 8 8 9
September 8.9 8 9 9 10
October 9.5 9 9 9 9
November 9.0 9 8 9 10
December 8.5 8 8 9 8
Average 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.9 8.2

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 121° 081° 051° 066° 097°
February 153° 063° 088° 078° 127°
March 051° 061° 079° 059° 083°
April 095° 117° 165° 141°
May 116° 147° 158° 097°
June 081° 121° 097° 135°
July 151° 143° 116° 105°
August 089° 068° 153° 140°
September 141° 105° 116° 111°
October 131° 139° 115° 079°
November 130° 075° 089° 100°
December 107° 099° 061° 093°

Prevailing wind direction

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