Climate Meru 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Meru (HKME) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	78.3	76	81
February	80.9	79	84
March	78.2	82	75
April	72.4		70	77
May	67.7		63	73
June	60.5		58	63
July	51.1		47	55
August	65.6		70	61
September	67.0		67	67
October	72.3		65	80
November	66.2		68	64
December	73.7		71	79
Average	71.5	78.7	67.8	68.0

9th 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	95.8	98	94
February	91.3	92	91
March	94.2	90	98
April	98.0		99	97
May	98.9		99	99
June	97.3		98	97
July	90.3		87	94
August	91.7		93	91
September	92.9		93	92
October	96.0		96	96
November	98.9		99	99
December	97.5		97	98
Average	94.7	93.3	95.3	95.5

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
January	25.1	25	25
February	26.7	27	27
March	27.0	28	26
April	24.6		24	25
May	23.6		24	24
June	22.6		23	22
July	21.5		22	21
August	22.1		23	21
September	24.3		26	23
October	25.6		26	26
November	23.0		23	23
December	24.0		25	23
Average	22.7	26.5	24.3	23.1

14th 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	12.5	14	11
February	12.8	13	12
March	14.8	16	14
April	15.1		14	17
May	15.6		16	16
June	14.2		15	14
July	13.2		14	13
August	13.3		14	13
September	14.5		15	14
October	15.0		16	14
November	15.6		16	15
December	13.4		13	14
Average	14.9	14.4	14.1	14.2

5th 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	2.5	2	3
February	0.3	1	0
March	3.0	1	5
April	6.3		10	1
May	1.4		2	1
June	0.9		1	1
July	4.4		5	4
August	3.9		2	6
September	5.0		3	8
October	3.2		6	0
November	14.4		18	10
December	7.1		7	8
Average	3.5	1.4	5.0	4.2

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
January	2.3	2	3
February	2.4	2	3
March	2.6	2	3
April	2.6		2	4
May	3.9		4	4
June	4.1		4	5
July	5.6		5	7
August	4.1		4	4
September	4.4		3	5
October	3.9		3	5
November	1.8		2	2
December	1.8		2	2
Average	3.1	2.1	3.0	4.2

14th 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	087°	132°
February	126°	129°
March	139°	143°
April		146°	153°
May		162°	165°
June		154°	158°
July		176°	162°
August		162°	158°
September		164°	154°
October		157°	156°
November		132°	140°
December		075°	143°

Prevailing wind direction

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