Climate Bura East Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Garissa Airport (HKGA) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	67.5	69	66
February	61.8	67	57
March	64.5	66	63
April	73.9		68	81
May	65.3		58	73
June	66.4		66	67
July	60.7		72	48
August	49.5		54	45
September	55.8		49	63
October	62.8		69	57
November	49.2		53	45
December	49.3		50	48
Average	71.5	67.3	60.3	58.5

11th best VFR conditions of Kenya

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
January	97.1	96	98
February	96.7	100	94
March	100.0	100	100
April	99.4		100	99
May	98.5		99	98
June	99.8		100	100
July	99.8		100	100
August	99.8		100	100
September	99.2		99	100
October	99.7		99	100
November	99.8		100	100
December	99.2		99	99
Average	99.2	98.6	99.0	99.4

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
January	36.1	36	36
February	36.7	37	36
March	37.3	38	37
April	35.2		34	36
May	34.7		35	35
June	33.3		34	33
July	31.7		32	31
August	32.2		33	32
September	33.6		34	33
October	34.8		36	34
November	32.4		32	33
December	33.8		34	33
Average	35.5	37.2	34.3	33.4

3rd highest temperature of Kenya

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	23.5	25	22
February	24.8	25	24
March	26.6	27	26
April	25.6		26	26
May	25.6		25	26
June	23.8		24	24
July	23.0		23	23
August	23.0		24	23
September	23.5		25	23
October	25.0		26	24
November	25.3		25	25
December	25.1		25	25
Average	27.8	25.6	24.5	24.3

12th lowest temperature of Kenya

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	0.2	0	0
February	0.0	0	0
March	0.7	1	0
April	0.7		1	1
May	0.2		1	0
June	0.4		0	1
July	0.4		1	0
August	0.2		1	0
September	0.4		1	0
October	0.1		0	0
November	1.6		3	1
December	1.4		2	1
Average	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3

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
January	3.4	3	4
February	4.8	5	5
March	4.2	4	4
April	6.4		5	8
May	13.9		14	14
June	13.1		11	16
July	14.5		14	15
August	15.9		16	16
September	12.3		13	12
October	9.3		8	11
November	4.4		4	5
December	4.4		5	4
Average	7.8	4.1	8.6	11.6

3rd highest wind speed of Kenya

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	073°	094°
February	117°	100°
March	139°	155°
April		166°	162°
May		171°	168°
June		173°	170°
July		167°	172°
August		173°	176°
September		167°	171°
October		160°	174°
November		154°	142°
December		071°	122°

Prevailing wind direction

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