Climate Kaolack Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaolack Airport (GOOK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.2	82	100	99	99	77
February	83.5	79	87	78	75	91
March	91.1	97	89	86	92	100
April	97.3		99	92	98	99
May	97.8		96	96	99	99
June	87.8		86	85	84	85
July	66.9		77	61	82	46
August	56.1		64	55	66	42
September	65.7		71	68	72	58
October	88.8		93	85	94	82
November	97.2		95	98	100	94
December	93.2		87	100	91	100
Average	84.8	86.3	86.0	82.9	87.5	81.1

8th 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	96.0	89	100	100	100	84
February	87.1	81	94	81	79	94
March	94.4	100	94	94	96	100
April	99.3		99	99	100	99
May	99.5		99	100	100	100
June	98.1		94	100	99	96
July	99.5		100	99	100	100
August	99.2		99	98	100	100
September	98.4		94	97	100	100
October	99.1		98	100	100	100
November	98.8		99	100	100	100
December	95.3		89	100	93	100
Average	96.4	90.1	96.5	97.3	97.2	97.7

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	35.0	36	33	36	37	35
February	36.8	39	37	37	37	39
March	39.0	39	39	38	39	40
April	40.5		40	40	42	41
May	39.2		39	39	40	41
June	36.5		37	35	37	37
July	34.3		35	34	35	34
August	32.9		33	32	33	33
September	33.1		34	33	34	33
October	35.6		35	34	35	37
November	37.3		38	37	38	38
December	36.0		36	37	37	37
Average	36.5	37.8	36.2	35.7	36.8	36.9

8th 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	19.9	21	21	21	20	20
February	21.4	22	22	21	21	23
March	22.1	22	23	22	21	22
April	23.2		24	23	23	24
May	23.5		26	24	23	23
June	25.4		26	26	25	26
July	25.8		27	25	26	26
August	25.0		26	25	24	25
September	24.6		26	25	25	23
October	25.0		25	25	26	25
November	22.6		23	21	25	22
December	20.3		20	21	23	20
Average	23.0	21.5	23.9	23.3	23.4	23.2

10th 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	1.4		0	2	2	1
July	2.1		1	6	3	0
August	4.8		4	6	7	5
September	2.7		1	6	2	6
October	0.3		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	1	0
Average	0.9		0.5	1.7	1.2	0.9

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	6.4	6	8	7	7	6
February	7.1	8	9	7	7	5
March	6.6	8	8	8	6	5
April	6.3		8	7	5	5
May	5.8		7	6	5	5
June	6.0		8	6	5	4
July	5.4		7	6	5	4
August	4.7		6	5	5	4
September	4.2		6	5	4	3
October	4.1		5	5	5	3
November	4.9		6	5	5	5
December	5.7		7	5	6	5
Average	5.8	7.6	7.1	6.0	5.4	4.6

8th 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	038°	060°	064°	058°	059°
February	050°	029°	053°	045°	061°
March	010°	007°	031°	020°	032°
April		008°	028°	356°	013°
May		325°	306°	318°	307°
June		292°	263°	267°	273°
July		270°	264°	280°	281°
August		272°	236°	258°	274°
September		303°	230°	282°	258°
October		332°	258°	294°	310°
November		021°	048°	022°	066°
December		053°	022°	068°	036°

Prevailing wind direction

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