Thaba-Tseka Airport

FXTA · Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho

Climate Thaba-Tseka Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of K. D. Matanzima Airport (FAUT) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 52.5 38 44 46 65 55
February 51.2 22 52 37 49 52
March 55.3 59 62 47 45 61
April 62.6 54 75 59 74
May 75.5 68 56 78 95
June 80.3 71 74 79 81
July 82.7 83 74 80 89
August 75.9 80 67 80 73
September 65.6 50 61 67 61
October 62.1 52 42 62 69
November 51.7 42 56 52 49
December 45.2 32 30 52 52
Average 60.4 43.6 56.0 53.3 63.2 65.7

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 83.8 78 82 64 96 86
February 81.5 94 88 69 76 85
March 81.1 89 82 75 71 87
April 86.4 85 96 86 86
May 88.0 83 81 91 99
June 89.3 88 86 89 93
July 90.9 90 87 93 94
August 90.7 92 87 91 89
September 86.9 81 85 86 90
October 87.2 83 80 92 90
November 82.1 75 82 83 85
December 82.0 79 71 95 90
Average 85.4 83.5 83.6 79.1 87.0 89.1

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 27.3 27.5 26.8 29.0 27.0 26.5
February 27.1 26.6 28.1 27.3 27.1 26.3
March 26.4 26.8 29.8 27.5 26.3 21.5
April 23.4 24.6 23.1 20.8 25.6
May 23.0 27.1 21.6 21.8 23.1
June 21.2 21.6 20.3 20.8 20.3
July 21.6 21.0 20.6 21.3 20.6
August 22.0 25.1 24.3 20.6 21.0
September 23.5 21.3 24.1 22.8 22.8
October 24.4 24.1 23.0 23.6 23.8
November 24.7 24.1 27.3 23.1 23.6
December 25.3 26.5 24.1 26.5 24.1
Average 24.4 27.0 25.0 24.3 23.4 23.2

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 15.9 16.1 16.5 16.6 14.8 16.1
February 16.1 18.3 16.3 15.5 16.3 15.8
March 15.2 18.0 16.3 15.5 14.8 12.0
April 11.5 12.9 8.9 8.8 12.5
May 8.5 10.4 7.4 8.1 8.6
June 5.9 7.4 6.2 5.0 7.0
July 4.7 3.7 4.5 5.0 3.6
August 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.7 5.4
September 8.9 8.9 8.1 8.0 9.5
October 10.5 10.9 9.3 10.1 9.0
November 12.6 13.9 13.5 11.0 11.4
December 14.8 14.9 14.5 15.8 13.9
Average 11.5 17.3 11.4 10.4 10.2 10.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.7 13 11 12 6 12
February 8.4 3 3 13 7 7
March 7.0 11 4 6 8 3
April 7.5 6 0 18 9
May 3.0 1 10 5 1
June 1.3 2 3 1 5
July 0.4 0 0 2 0
August 1.9 0 0 4 2
September 6.5 12 7 11 9
October 8.6 10 15 8 4
November 9.5 11 5 15 9
December 10.7 9 16 9 12
Average 7.0 11.3 6.0 7.9 7.7 6.4

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 6.6 7 6 6 6 6
February 5.9 7 6 6 5 6
March 5.4 5 6 6 5 5
April 4.4 6 5 5 5
May 4.1 4 4 4 4
June 4.8 5 6 4 5
July 5.2 7 6 4 5
August 6.0 6 6 6 5
September 6.3 6 7 5 6
October 7.2 7 7 6 7
November 7.2 7 7 7 7
December 6.8 6 6 7 7
Average 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.8

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 154° 153° 151° 117° 114°
February 162° 152° 163° 114° 122°
March 127° 145° 151° 133° 108°
April 200° 172° 186° 138°
May 100° 221° 209° 259°
June 262° 299° 281° 261°
July 287° 267° 339° 246°
August 286° 199° 216° 188°
September 178° 186° 120° 124°
October 181° 177° 149° 135°
November 181° 162° 141° 117°
December 159° 154° 131° 124°

Prevailing wind direction

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