Keetmanshoop Airport

FYKT · Karas, Namibia

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 65.7 77 85 72 80 27
May 76.8 76 83 74 79 83
June 76.8 69 68 100 81 78
July 66.5 69 73 100 69 79
August 64.9 66 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 69.1 72.5 70.2 73.7 70.2 70.7

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 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 65.9 78 85 73 80 27
May 77.1 77 84 74 79 83
June 77.6 73 69 100 81 78
July 67.0 70 73 100 70 79
August 65.5 66 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 29.9 31 26 28 31 30
May 26.6 30 25 19 25 28
June 22.0 22 22 0 23 23
July 21.8 21 21 0 20 24
August 23.2 25 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 28.4 29.4 27.5 22.2 26.9 28.9

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 16.6 16 18 14 18 17
May 13.3 16 11 9 12 15
June 8.8 9 7 0 9 10
July 7.7 6 7 0 6 10
August 8.6 10 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 14.3 14.9 12.2 11.5 12.6 14.8

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 1 0 0 2 1
May 0.1 0 0 1 1 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 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 0.6 0.3 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 6.2 7 7 6 8 7
May 6.7 8 6 6 7 7
June 7.7 10 7 0 9 9
July 7.9 6 9 0 9 9
August 7.5 7 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 7.2 7.2 4.6 5.3 7.6

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 356° 014° 039° 019° 358°
May 014° 325° 012° 011° 023°
June 017° 331° 360° 013° 016°
July 324° 023° 360° 015° 024°
August 344° 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.