Daura Heliport

NG-0014 · Katsina, Nigeria

Climate Daura Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zinder Airport (DRZR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.6 55 63 63 70 26
February 44.7 53 38 28 50 53
March 56.6 81 25 31 73
April 75.1 67 92 82 81
May 88.0 89 75 97 88
June 93.3 97 95 89 92
July 97.7 96 98 96 100
August 94.5 90 90 99 95
September 93.9 98 97 93 97
October 79.1 66 65 90 84
November 74.3 56 67 94 70
December 61.6 53 63 57 78
Average 74.1 54.0 75.4 71.0 79.2 78.2

4th best VFR conditions of Niger

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 67.8 68 70 68 76 33
February 54.1 64 45 44 60 59
March 64.2 88 32 44 76
April 83.2 75 97 91 86
May 91.7 92 83 98 92
June 96.6 99 97 93 95
July 99.6 99 100 99 100
August 99.4 100 99 100 99
September 96.9 100 99 96 99
October 85.0 78 72 94 88
November 80.9 67 75 95 75
December 68.0 60 66 63 84
Average 80.5 65.8 81.9 77.4 84.4 82.3

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 30.0 30 31 28 32 28
February 31.3 32 32 31 31 31
March 37.1 38 37 37 38
April 40.9 40 43 40 42
May 41.2 42 41 42 41
June 38.5 38 38 40 40
July 34.7 37 34 34 35
August 32.7 34 32 34 32
September 35.2 37 33 35 34
October 36.5 37 35 38 37
November 35.2 36 33 37 33
December 31.1 31 32 30 33
Average 34.7 31.1 36.0 34.8 35.8 35.2

4th highest temperature of Niger

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 16.2 16 17 15 17 16
February 17.9 18 20 17 17 18
March 22.8 23 22 24 23
April 26.7 26 26 26 28
May 27.9 28 29 27 27
June 26.4 26 25 27 27
July 24.6 25 25 25 24
August 23.1 25 23 24 24
September 24.4 25 24 24 23
October 23.6 25 24 22 24
November 20.5 22 20 22 19
December 16.6 16 19 17 16
Average 21.8 16.8 23.2 22.4 22.5 22.2

3rd lowest temperature of Niger

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
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 1 0 0 0
July 1.3 0 0 2 3
August 1.8 1 2 2 2
September 0.1 0 0 1 0
October 0.1 0 0 1 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4

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 9.5 10 9 10 9 11
February 10.2 9 10 10 10 11
March 8.9 8 9 10 9
April 8.1 8 7 8 9
May 8.3 9 9 7 9
June 8.7 8 9 9 10
July 8.7 8 10 10 8
August 7.5 7 8 6 9
September 6.2 7 6 6 6
October 7.1 8 8 7 6
November 8.2 8 8 8 9
December 8.8 9 9 10 7
Average 8.4 9.2 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.6

4th highest wind speed of Niger

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 026° 025° 077° 089° 081°
February 026° 021° 084° 089° 077°
March 022° 082° 078° 067°
April 337° 309° 097° 072°
May 272° 348° 107° 287°
June 225° 261° 292° 289°
July 240° 259° 278° 273°
August 223° 233° 269° 277°
September 242° 219° 295° 286°
October 025° 012° 073° 093°
November 025° 022° 084° 089°
December 027° 028° 077° 089°

Prevailing wind direction

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