Climate Jamaame Airstrip 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Manda Airport (HKLU) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	86.3	90	83
February	79.3	89	71
March	66.5	74	61
April	60.8		49	81
May	62.2		58	67
June	68.2		71	65
July	70.5		73	68
August	68.2		76	60
September	42.4		29	56
October	54.6		42	67
November	59.5		44	71
December	71.9		56	95
Average	78.3	84.7	60.2	68.3

8th 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	100.0	100	100
February	98.7	100	98
March	97.7	100	96
April	100.0		100	100
May	99.2		99	100
June	99.6		100	100
July	99.6		100	99
August	100.0		100	100
September	100.0		100	100
October	98.9		98	100
November	98.3		98	99
December	99.5		99	100
Average	99.6	100.0	98.9	99.6

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	32.2	33	32
February	32.4	33	32
March	33.5	34	33
April	32.8		32	34
May	31.1		31	31
June	29.9		30	30
July	28.6		29	28
August	29.0		29	29
September	30.2		31	30
October	31.0		32	31
November	31.0		32	31
December	32.3		32	32
Average	31.9	33.2	31.2	30.4

4th 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	26.9	27	27
February	26.5	27	26
March	27.1	29	25
April	27.2		27	28
May	27.7		28	28
June	25.0		24	26
July	25.3		25	25
August	25.0		25	25
September	26.1		26	27
October	26.5		26	27
November	26.4		27	26
December	26.5		27	27
Average	28.3	27.8	25.9	26.4

15th 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	0.3	0	0
February	0.4	1	0
March	1.6	3	0
April	3.0		5	1
May	2.2		3	2
June	3.7		2	6
July	4.2		3	5
August	1.0		2	0
September	0.9		2	0
October	1.6		1	2
November	5.2		5	6
December	1.2		2	0
Average	1.4	1.4	2.0	2.4

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
January	7.5	3	12
February	5.9	5	7
March	5.4	5	6
April	4.8		4	7
May	5.6		5	7
June	5.8		5	7
July	5.7		5	6
August	6.0		5	7
September	5.3		4	6
October	4.2		2	7
November	2.8		0	5
December	2.6		1	6
Average	6.3	4.2	4.8	6.3

4th 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	086°	078°
February	090°	093°
March	129°	112°
April		168°	170°
May		179°	184°
June		180°	184°
July		180°	175°
August		179°	176°
September		175°	172°
October		162°	165°
November		185°	140°
December		091°	114°

Prevailing wind direction

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