Climate Okarumuti 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hosea Kutako International Airport (FYWH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.8	100	97	90	86	98
February	91.2	97	99	88	92	93
March	91.1	90	100	89	98	89
April	92.7		95	96	100	97
May	98.6		98	97	100	100
June	98.2		100	95	100	100
July	98.4		100	96	99	100
August	98.9		100	97	100	99
September	98.6		99	99	100	100
October	97.1		100	99	98	100
November	97.4		100	100	100	99
December	96.8		98	100	99	96
Average	95.9	95.4	98.8	95.5	97.4	97.3

2nd best VFR conditions of Namibia

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	96.0	100	98	95	94	98
February	94.0	98	99	91	97	97
March	93.1	91	100	91	99	95
April	93.1		95	96	100	97
May	98.6		98	97	100	100
June	98.3		100	95	100	100
July	98.5		100	96	100	100
August	98.9		100	97	100	99
September	98.7		100	99	100	100
October	97.4		100	100	99	100
November	97.4		100	100	100	99
December	97.7		98	100	100	99
Average	96.7	96.1	99.0	96.3	98.9	98.5

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	30.3	32	30	30	27	31
February	29.1	32	30	27	28	28
March	28.7	31	31	27	28	27
April	26.5		28	28	26	27
May	24.8		26	25	24	25
June	22.1		24	20	22	21
July	21.8		21	23	21	21
August	25.3		26	26	25	24
September	28.8		29	29	30	29
October	30.7		33	31	30	31
November	31.5		32	31	32	32
December	31.0		33	32	31	31
Average	28.0	31.6	28.5	27.2	27.0	27.2

7th highest temperature of Namibia

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	16.1	18	17	16	17	16
February	15.7	18	15	15	16	16
March	14.1	17	11	13	13	14
April	10.3		12	8	9	12
May	4.6		7	4	5	4
June	1.5		1	0	2	1
July	2.0		1	3	1	2
August	3.7		5	3	3	3
September	8.4		7	10	8	9
October	12.5		14	15	9	15
November	14.5		17	13	13	16
December	15.6		17	14	13	18
Average	10.7	17.2	10.2	9.1	9.0	10.1

1st lowest temperature of Namibia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.1	5	7	6	15	3
February	7.3	8	4	11	9	12
March	5.5	6	1	8	8	6
April	2.6		7	1	1	0
May	0.5		2	0	1	1
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		1	0	0	0
September	0.2		0	0	0	1
October	1.9		0	3	2	4
November	1.8		3	3	0	3
December	4.7		3	2	3	9
Average	3.1	6.4	2.2	2.8	3.3	3.4

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.4	6	6	7	7	7
February	5.9	6	6	5	7	6
March	5.3	6	6	5	5	5
April	5.7		6	6	7	6
May	5.1		5	5	5	5
June	5.9		7	8	7	5
July	6.3		7	6	6	7
August	7.2		8	7	8	7
September	6.6		7	7	7	7
October	7.2		7	7	8	6
November	6.7		7	7	8	7
December	6.7		6	7	9	7
Average	6.2	5.9	6.5	6.3	7.0	6.3

7th highest wind speed of Namibia

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	131°	105°	120°	143°	073°
February	036°	227°	126°	163°	095°
March	019°	331°	058°	054°	068°
April		001°	337°	069°	344°
May		331°	055°	042°	053°
June		329°	046°	008°	050°
July		036°	007°	049°	070°
August		358°	328°	343°	004°
September		354°	027°	331°	351°
October		013°	036°	322°	074°
November		060°	323°	306°	319°
December		280°	312°	314°	138°

Prevailing wind direction

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