Climate Faranah Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kédougou Airport (GOTK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	78.3	72	100	99	94	38
February	80.6	82	79	83	76	86
March	89.7	100	100	92	94	100
April	93.3		100	100	99	89
May	98.2		98	97	99	99
June	87.0		91	84	85	85
July	62.4		70	53	63	65
August	60.5		67	54	56	59
September	69.2		78	68	74	59
October	84.5		85	89	86	87
November	87.0		83	98	88	98
December	84.5		89	85	92	96
Average	81.0	85.4	86.4	83.3	83.7	79.8

7th 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	82.0	76	100	99	96	51
February	87.8	98	86	85	80	90
March	93.0	100	100	95	100	100
April	94.7		100	100	100	90
May	99.9		100	100	100	100
June	99.0		99	99	99	99
July	98.3		99	100	98	98
August	97.1		98	99	97	98
September	94.3		95	92	97	92
October	96.4		98	98	99	99
November	93.1		92	99	97	99
December	88.7		94	96	92	96
Average	92.8	91.5	96.6	97.0	96.4	92.8

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	35.6	37	35	36	37	35
February	37.9	40	38	38	38	39
March	40.0	41	40	40	40	41
April	41.1		42	42	42	41
May	39.7		39	40	40	40
June	35.6		36	34	36	36
July	32.2		33	32	33	32
August	31.5		32	31	32	32
September	32.4		33	32	33	32
October	34.3		34	34	34	35
November	36.2		37	36	36	37
December	35.6		36	36	36	37
Average	36.4	39.3	36.2	35.8	36.4	36.3

7th 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	20.3	21	22	21	21	19
February	22.9	23	24	22	22	23
March	25.9	27	26	26	25	25
April	28.4		28	28	28	29
May	28.4		29	27	29	29
June	25.9		26	25	25	25
July	24.5		25	25	25	25
August	23.9		24	24	24	23
September	23.7		24	24	24	23
October	23.7		24	24	24	23
November	22.2		23	21	23	21
December	20.1		20	22	20	21
Average	24.1	23.7	24.4	24.0	24.1	23.8

12th 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	0.8		0	1	1	1
June	1.6		2	2	1	2
July	3.6		3	4	4	3
August	5.7		4	6	6	5
September	3.5		3	5	2	5
October	1.1		0	2	4	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	1.2		0.9	1.6	1.5	1.4

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	5.0	4	5	6	5	6
February	4.7	4	4	5	5	6
March	4.6	4	4	4	5	5
April	5.2		5	4	6	5
May	5.7		5	5	7	6
June	5.2		5	5	6	5
July	4.7		4	4	6	5
August	4.6		4	4	5	5
September	3.9		3	4	4	4
October	4.0		4	3	4	4
November	4.2		4	4	4	4
December	4.7		4	4	5	4
Average	4.7	3.9	4.3	4.3	5.0	4.9

7th 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	091°	071°	077°	085°	100°
February	072°	069°	060°	069°	095°
March	313°	294°	340°	314°	017°
April		304°	297°	283°	240°
May		243°	270°	273°	237°
June		243°	246°	277°	223°
July		258°	256°	275°	238°
August		246°	259°	287°	227°
September		252°	239°	254°	243°
October		223°	266°	245°	212°
November		206°	120°	131°	108°
December		059°	120°	094°	092°

Prevailing wind direction

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