Climate Keetmanshoop Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Keetmanshoop Airport (FYKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	63.7	71		71	65	66
February	69.4	73		75	79	75
March	69.0	77		67	77	63
April	64.0		85	72	80	27
May	77.0		83	74	79	83
June	78.1		68	100	81	78
July	66.1		73	100	69	79
August	64.8		69	94	71	83
September	70.4		67	100	72	89
October	71.4		67		65	72
November	63.7		69		48	62
December	62.3		66		58	76
Average	69.2	73.4	70.2	73.7	70.2	70.7

3rd 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	64.2	71		71	69	66
February	70.0	73		77	79	75
March	69.1	77		67	77	63
April	64.1		85	73	80	27
May	77.1		84	74	79	83
June	78.4		69	100	81	78
July	66.3		73	100	70	79
August	65.4		69	97	73	84
September	70.6		69	100	72	89
October	71.5		67		66	72
November	63.7		69		48	62
December	62.3		66		58	76
Average	69.5	73.4	70.7	74.3	70.8	70.7

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	33.8	36		24	29	37
February	33.7	36		26	33	35
March	33.4	35		31	32	35
April	29.8		26	28	31	30
May	26.2		25	19	25	28
June	22.0		22	0	23	23
July	22.1		21	0	20	24
August	22.9		25	0	22	22
September	28.2		26	0	27	29
October	30.7		32		28	32
November	33.6		35		31	33
December	31.0		36		25	16
Average	29.2	35.7	27.5	22.2	26.9	28.9

11th 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	18.8	21		10	18	21
February	19.2	20		16	12	22
March	18.8	21		16	16	21
April	16.7		18	14	18	17
May	12.9		11	9	12	15
June	8.8		7	0	9	10
July	8.0		7	0	6	10
August	8.5		10	0	8	8
September	12.1		9	0	11	13
October	16.0		16		16	17
November	18.0		19		18	17
December	16.2		18		9	8
Average	15.0	20.7	12.2	11.5	12.6	14.8

7th 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	1.0	1		1	3	1
February	2.1	0		7	2	6
March	1.3	1		4	1	1
April	0.7		0	0	2	1
May	0.1		0	1	1	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.2		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.2		0		0	0
November	0.1		1		0	0
December	0.5		1		0	0
Average	0.7	0.5	0.2	2.2	0.6	0.7

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.7	7		1	6	7
February	5.4	6		4	6	7
March	5.6	7		6	6	7
April	6.1		7	6	8	7
May	6.5		6	6	7	7
June	7.4		7	0	9	9
July	8.2		9	0	9	9
August	7.5		9	0	8	8
September	7.0		7	0	5	8
October	5.8		7		0	7
November	5.9		7		0	8
December	5.6		7		0	7
Average	6.2	6.8	7.2	4.6	5.3	7.6

11th 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	250°		129°	161°	259°
February	240°		055°	231°	065°
March	003°		023°	359°	009°
April		014°	039°	019°	358°
May		325°	012°	011°	023°
June		331°	360°	013°	016°
July		023°	360°	015°	024°
August		019°	360°	006°	010°
September		262°	360°	341°	340°
October		240°		360°	261°
November		272°		360°	249°
December		235°		360°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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