Climate Ajena Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kotoka International Airport (DGAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.9	38	26	29	59	9
February	44.9	44	62	38	47	14
March	83.9	91	91	84	75	85
April	86.0		92	88	80	94
May	89.3		88	90	93	93
June	73.8		77	79	88	65
July	53.3		54	67	69	51
August	61.4		39	56	75	87
September	57.5		55	47	73	61
October	79.2		79	76	87	70
November	86.7		88	92	89	84
December	52.9		37	86	43	82
Average	65.5	58.2	66.1	69.7	73.7	67.1

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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	54.6	66	57	66	77	25
February	67.8	59	75	63	86	34
March	97.0	99	98	99	95	97
April	97.2		98	97	97	98
May	97.3		98	95	98	98
June	96.2		95	97	99	96
July	95.0		93	93	99	95
August	93.8		92	87	98	98
September	93.4		92	83	95	97
October	96.9		96	96	99	97
November	97.3		98	100	97	97
December	71.0		54	96	73	95
Average	87.0	75.2	87.7	89.5	93.0	86.7

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	32.2	33	32	33	32	33
February	32.3	34	32	32	32	33
March	32.0	33	31	32	32	33
April	32.1		32	31	32	32
May	31.1		31	31	32	32
June	29.3		29	29	30	29
July	28.3		29	28	29	28
August	27.9		28	27	29	28
September	28.6		29	27	29	28
October	30.0		30	30	30	29
November	30.9		31	31	31	31
December	31.8		33	31	32	32
Average	30.8	33.0	30.6	30.0	30.8	30.5

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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	25.5	26	26	26	25	26
February	26.2	27	26	27	26	27
March	26.1	27	26	26	26	26
April	25.7		25	25	27	26
May	25.2		26	25	26	26
June	24.1		24	24	24	24
July	24.2		25	24	24	24
August	23.6		24	23	24	23
September	24.1		24	24	24	24
October	24.3		25	25	23	24
November	25.3		26	25	25	25
December	25.8		26	26	27	25
Average	25.2	26.7	25.1	24.8	25.0	25.0

1st lowest temperature of Ghana

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
February	0.3	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.6	1	2	0	0	0
April	0.9		1	2	0	1
May	1.6		2	1	0	2
June	3.0		5	3	1	5
July	2.4		5	1	1	3
August	3.1		6	6	1	1
September	4.3		5	11	3	3
October	1.6		1	1	1	3
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.2	0.7	1.4

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	8.3	8	8	8	9	7
February	9.3	9	9	10	10	8
March	10.6	10	9	11	11	11
April	9.6		9	9	10	10
May	8.5		8	8	10	9
June	9.2		10	8	9	9
July	11.3		10	12	12	12
August	12.0		11	12	12	13
September	10.5		10	11	10	12
October	8.6		8	8	9	9
November	7.8		9	8	8	7
December	7.7		7	8	8	9
Average	9.5	9.2	9.0	9.3	9.7	9.8

1st highest wind speed of Ghana

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	204°	209°	184°	216°	187°
February	207°	203°	206°	212°	202°
March	206°	204°	206°	212°	211°
April		210°	212°	205°	208°
May		200°	205°	204°	206°
June		212°	214°	208°	207°
July		213°	209°	210°	215°
August		212°	209°	212°	211°
September		212°	213°	216°	211°
October		210°	206°	214°	207°
November		205°	208°	210°	204°
December		200°	212°	200°	216°

Prevailing wind direction

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