Richard Toll Airport

GOSR · Saint-Louis, Senegal

Climate Richard Toll Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Podor Airport (GOSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.6 83 100 98 92 68
February 81.9 77 94 79 63 86
March 94.8 100 97 91 97 99
April 97.5 96 100 100 97
May 96.9 100 96 95 98
June 85.6 99 80 87 60
July 91.8 96 90 98 81
August 87.8 94 89 86 82
September 94.1 98 96 97 87
October 96.9 98 99 97 98
November 99.0 100 100 98 100
December 94.3 90 100 98 100
Average 92.2 87.2 96.8 92.5 92.4 87.7

3rd 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 93.0 85 100 100 96 78
February 86.8 84 97 85 72 87
March 97.7 100 98 96 100 100
April 99.3 98 100 100 99
May 98.2 100 99 97 99
June 91.6 100 91 93 73
July 98.8 100 100 100 97
August 99.5 100 100 97 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 98.8 100 100 100 99
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 96.6 93 100 98 100
Average 96.3 90.1 98.9 97.4 96.2 94.5

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 32.5 35 32 34 33 32
February 34.4 37 34 35 35 38
March 37.8 38 40 36 38 38
April 39.7 40 40 42 41
May 41.8 43 42 42 44
June 40.7 42 40 41 41
July 38.1 38 37 39 38
August 37.3 37 36 38 38
September 37.0 39 35 38 36
October 39.4 40 38 40 40
November 36.9 38 37 38 36
December 33.7 34 36 34 34
Average 37.2 36.7 38.0 37.2 37.9 38.0

3rd 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 17.1 17 18 21 18 17
February 19.3 19 21 20 19 20
March 21.5 21 21 20 21 21
April 23.5 24 22 25 24
May 24.5 26 24 24 26
June 26.0 26 27 26 27
July 25.8 26 26 25 26
August 25.8 26 26 26 27
September 26.2 27 26 27 26
October 26.0 26 26 25 26
November 21.8 21 20 24 22
December 18.3 18 20 21 18
Average 22.5 19.0 23.2 23.2 23.3 23.1

9th 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 0.5 0 1 0 0
July 0.8 2 2 0 0
August 1.9 2 4 3 1
September 1.0 1 2 1 1
October 0.7 2 1 0 0
November 0.1 0 0 0 0
December 0.3 0 0 3 0
Average 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.2

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 2.9 2 2 3 3 4
February 3.0 3 3 3 3 3
March 2.7 2 2 3 3 2
April 2.6 2 3 3 2
May 2.6 3 3 3 2
June 3.1 3 3 4 3
July 2.7 2 3 3 2
August 2.3 2 2 2 2
September 2.0 2 2 2 2
October 1.9 2 2 2 1
November 1.9 2 2 2 2
December 2.5 2 2 2 2
Average 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.2

3rd 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° 043° 039° 040° 035°
February 036° 017° 029° 038° 037°
March 010° 012° 021° 018° 017°
April 017° 357° 016° 352°
May 341° 335° 318° 340°
June 274° 306° 285° 255°
July 246° 241° 263° 240°
August 243° 248° 255° 237°
September 240° 231° 261° 241°
October 294° 273° 353° 040°
November 039° 040° 033° 044°
December 045° 029° 040° 031°

Prevailing wind direction

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