Cap Skirring Airport

GOGS · Ziguinchor, Senegal

Climate Cap Skirring Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cap Skirring Airport (GOGS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.8 91 100 99 100 86
February 91.6 94 95 97 83 98
March 95.2 99 96 99 99 99
April 96.2 93 95 99 96
May 93.4 95 94 96 93
June 86.6 84 88 87 91
July 73.2 76 83 76 75
August 73.8 78 77 88 69
September 84.1 88 91 90 79
October 91.2 88 97 96 90
November 97.0 95 100 98 98
December 94.6 89 100 99 99
Average 89.6 94.7 89.1 92.7 92.4 88.9

2nd best VFR conditions of Senegal

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 98.7 98 100 99 100 96
February 97.1 99 99 100 91 99
March 98.0 99 100 99 100 100
April 98.8 100 96 100 100
May 99.4 100 99 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.2 99 98 100 99
August 98.7 98 97 99 98
September 99.5 99 100 99 100
October 98.9 100 99 100 100
November 99.5 100 100 100 100
December 97.9 97 100 99 99
Average 98.8 98.6 99.3 98.8 99.0 99.1

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 32.0 33 32 32 33 32
February 31.7 34 31 32 31 34
March 30.2 30 30 30 30 32
April 29.5 31 29 28 30
May 29.3 31 30 30 29
June 30.9 32 31 32 31
July 30.7 31 30 32 30
August 30.0 31 30 30 30
September 30.6 32 30 31 30
October 32.1 32 31 32 32
November 32.7 33 32 33 33
December 32.1 32 32 33 32
Average 31.1 32.2 31.2 30.7 31.1 31.2

12th highest temperature of Senegal

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 19.5 20 20 21 20 20
February 19.8 21 19 20 20 21
March 20.1 21 21 19 20 21
April 20.8 22 20 21 22
May 22.6 25 23 22 23
June 25.0 25 25 25 25
July 25.3 26 26 26 26
August 25.2 26 25 25 25
September 25.0 25 25 25 24
October 25.2 25 25 26 25
November 23.6 23 23 25 24
December 20.5 21 22 22 21
Average 22.5 20.7 23.1 22.7 22.9 23.1

6th lowest temperature of Senegal

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 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 1.0 0 4 0 1
July 7.2 2 9 4 15
August 9.9 8 12 7 12
September 5.9 4 5 4 12
October 1.2 0 3 2 1
November 0.1 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 2.0 1.3 2.9 1.5 3.6

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 7.2 7 8 7 8 8
February 7.1 7 7 9 7 7
March 7.0 8 7 9 7 7
April 6.7 7 8 6 7
May 6.2 6 6 6 6
June 5.5 6 6 5 6
July 5.3 5 6 5 6
August 5.5 5 6 5 6
September 5.1 5 5 5 6
October 4.4 4 4 4 4
November 5.3 5 5 6 6
December 7.0 7 7 7 7
Average 6.1 7.0 6.0 6.5 5.8 6.2

12th highest wind speed of Senegal

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 017° 031° 020° 032° 034°
February 008° 357° 011° 008° 013°
March 337° 312° 347° 357° 340°
April 324° 329° 326° 333°
May 311° 302° 325° 307°
June 296° 279° 288° 291°
July 239° 251° 285° 250°
August 249° 238° 238° 239°
September 268° 226° 250° 240°
October 308° 320° 328° 277°
November 002° 020° 347° 015°
December 039° 020° 026° 025°

Prevailing wind direction

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