Komfo Anokye Hospital Helipad

GH-0009 · Ashanti, Ghana

Climate Komfo Anokye Hospital Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Takoradi Airport (DGTK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.1 56 0 75 39
February 63.9 62 50 50 67
March 95.4 90 100 99
April 93.3 0 100 93
May 88.0 88
June 87.9 0 89
July 88.6 66 92
August 86.4 77 75 94
September 80.5 82 50 81
October 81.1 74 0 88
November 92.5 90 100 90
December 92.6 53 67 100
Average 75.3 68.3 75.9 72.7 66.6 81.6

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 77.7 88 0 75 74
February 80.1 80 100 50 80
March 99.6 99 100 100
April 99.3 0 100 99
May 96.0 96
June 97.7 100 98
July 97.6 89 99
August 97.5 97 100 99
September 97.9 97 100 99
October 95.5 87 0 99
November 98.9 93 100 98
December 99.0 94 67 100
Average 91.5 87.2 94.0 90.9 85.7 93.6

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 31.8 32 29 28 32
February 32.0 33 28 28 32
March 31.7 32 33 32
April 31.2 27 29 32
May 30.9 31
June 29.3 27 30
July 27.8 28 28
August 27.4 28 27 27
September 28.2 28 28 28
October 29.0 29 25 29
November 30.5 31 28 30
December 30.7 31 29 29
Average 29.4 32.1 28.7 28.3 27.8 30.0

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 26.0 27 29 28 25
February 27.5 28 27 28 27
March 27.3 27 29 27
April 27.4 27 29 27
May 26.8 27
June 26.8 27 27
July 25.0 26 25
August 24.3 25 24 24
September 25.0 26 26 25
October 25.5 27 25 26
November 27.1 30 27 27
December 27.1 29 27 28
Average 26.6 27.4 26.8 27.3 26.8 26.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.8 0 0 0 2
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0
May 3.2 3
June 5.2 0 5
July 1.6 6 1
August 3.7 7 0 0
September 4.4 3 50 3
October 4.4 4 0 3
November 0.5 3 0 1
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average 3.9 4.6 14.2 1.3

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 4.4 4 0 3 5
February 5.5 5 3 3 6
March 7.6 6 6 8
April 6.8 0 3 7
May 6.0 6
June 5.8 2 6
July 6.9 6 7
August 8.4 7 9 9
September 7.9 6 11 7
October 7.1 4 0 8
November 5.1 5 4 5
December 5.2 4 4 9
Average 5.8 5.0 5.8 3.6 6.5 6.6

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 219° 360° 229° 218°
February 224° 232° 233° 228°
March 225° 228° 230°
April 360° 233° 212°
May 231°
June 315° 223°
July 227° 227°
August 227° 229° 229°
September 228° 229° 228°
October 234° 360° 229°
November 228° 231° 218°
December 201° 300° 224°

Prevailing wind direction

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