Climate Tambacounda Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tambacounda Airport (GOTT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.7	84	99	95	93	55
February	79.1	88	88	80	64	81
March	86.0	88	99	82	87	99
April	94.2		97	100	86	100
May	93.7		98	97	67	100
June	89.1		91	80	77	91
July	61.0		55	56	55	64
August	53.4		50	44	51	51
September	65.3		60	46	66	62
October	84.6		89	81	89	81
November	89.9		86	92	95	94
December	82.7		74	100	68	100
Average	80.8	86.4	82.3	78.6	74.3	81.3

9th 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	92.2	88	99	100	97	73
February	85.9	96	92	92	68	89
March	92.1	95	100	91	92	99
April	97.7		100	100	100	100
May	99.3		98	100	98	100
June	98.8		99	100	98	97
July	97.8		97	99	98	95
August	95.4		98	91	95	94
September	97.0		98	95	97	97
October	93.7		97	97	96	93
November	94.3		94	97	98	98
December	88.2		84	100	86	100
Average	94.3	93.0	96.4	96.8	94.1	95.0

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	36.1	37	36	38	38	35
February	37.9	39	39	38	38	40
March	40.1	41	40	40	40	40
April	41.6		41	42	42	42
May	40.8		41	40	41	42
June	37.7		38	35	37	38
July	33.7		35	33	34	34
August	32.4		33	32	32	33
September	32.8		34	32	33	33
October	35.9		37	35	36	36
November	37.8		38	37	38	38
December	36.8		37	37	38	38
Average	37.2	39.1	37.1	36.6	37.2	37.2

4th 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	19.3	20	20	20	20	20
February	22.2	23	23	22	23	23
March	24.6	25	24	25	25	25
April	27.1		28	27	26	28
May	28.0		30	28	28	29
June	27.0		28	26	27	28
July	25.0		25	25	25	25
August	24.3		25	24	24	25
September	24.0		25	24	24	24
October	23.8		26	24	24	23
November	21.7		22	19	23	20
December	20.1		21	20	21	21
Average	23.7	22.4	24.4	23.8	24.0	23.9

11th 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	0.2		0	2	0	0
June	0.8		0	2	1	2
July	2.3		1	2	1	5
August	4.5		6	8	3	4
September	4.6		3	2	3	11
October	0.5		0	2	1	0
November	0.1		0	0	1	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.9		0.8	1.4	0.8	1.8

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	7	8	9	8	9
February	7.8	8	7	8	7	9
March	6.7	6	6	7	6	7
April	6.0		6	6	5	6
May	6.2		6	6	7	6
June	6.5		7	6	6	6
July	6.0		6	6	6	6
August	5.8		6	5	6	6
September	4.9		5	5	5	5
October	4.6		4	4	4	5
November	5.9		5	6	5	6
December	7.8		9	7	8	6
Average	6.4	6.8	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.4

4th 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	064°	056°	068°	051°	050°
February	064°	047°	054°	042°	059°
March	019°	041°	030°	034°	025°
April		035°	358°	248°	349°
May		252°	254°	260°	229°
June		249°	237°	243°	236°
July		228°	232°	238°	218°
August		239°	230°	227°	213°
September		226°	214°	242°	248°
October		242°	234°	240°	203°
November		076°	080°	127°	089°
December		067°	075°	069°	046°

Prevailing wind direction

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