Climate Klipkraal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (FAPE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.3	77	70	66	76	72
February	81.3	81	74	81	87	86
March	83.3	76	78	85	86	86
April	87.5		87	86	79	96
May	89.4		81	87	94	89
June	94.8		86	96	99	95
July	94.9		93	96	95	95
August	92.6		96	88	92	88
September	85.9		87	71	88	90
October	80.3		61	77	89	81
November	85.8		87	93	83	83
December	77.1		78	65	74	72
Average	84.5	78.0	80.5	81.9	85.9	85.2

10th best VFR conditions of South Africa

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	90.4	90	87	85	88	90
February	92.2	90	92	92	96	95
March	93.2	92	88	94	95	92
April	93.7		93	91	87	100
May	95.9		94	93	98	96
June	98.2		95	98	99	99
July	98.2		97	98	99	98
August	98.3		98	98	99	96
September	93.8		95	83	94	97
October	91.5		81	90	93	92
November	94.1		95	96	95	91
December	90.8		94	82	89	88
Average	93.6	90.4	92.1	91.3	93.7	93.9

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	25.2	25	26	26	25	25
February	25.6	25	26	26	26	26
March	24.9	25	25	26	24	25
April	22.7		23	21	22	23
May	22.0		21	22	22	23
June	21.2		19	21	22	22
July	20.3		19	20	20	21
August	19.4		21	19	19	19
September	20.3		20	20	20	20
October	21.0		20	22	21	21
November	22.3		23	24	22	22
December	23.7		24	24	23	24
Average	22.7	25.0	22.2	22.4	22.0	22.5

17th highest temperature of South Africa

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	17.2	17	18	17	17	18
February	16.6	17	17	18	17	18
March	16.0	17	12	17	17	17
April	14.0		14	14	14	14
May	11.4		11	11	11	11
June	9.3		10	9	9	10
July	8.3		8	10	7	8
August	9.3		10	9	8	9
September	11.3		11	12	12	11
October	13.1		14	15	13	13
November	14.4		15	16	14	15
December	15.9		16	17	15	16
Average	13.5	17.1	12.8	13.5	12.8	13.3

17th lowest temperature of South Africa

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.9	10	8	8	8	10
February	4.6	2	8	5	2	5
March	5.5	6	8	4	6	4
April	6.8		10	9	10	2
May	7.2		17	10	4	5
June	5.3		16	7	0	1
July	6.8		10	10	7	6
August	7.2		4	10	8	12
September	8.2		9	12	6	5
October	7.7		20	7	4	8
November	5.4		3	2	5	13
December	5.7		8	11	7	8
Average	6.2	5.8	10.1	7.7	5.7	6.7

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	12.4	11	11	12	13	13
February	12.2	13	11	12	12	12
March	11.4	12	12	9	11	12
April	10.7		12	12	10	10
May	9.9		10	9	11	10
June	10.4		11	8	9	11
July	10.1		11	9	11	10
August	11.5		11	11	11	12
September	12.4		13	11	12	13
October	12.5		11	13	14	12
November	12.8		13	13	12	12
December	12.1		13	11	11	13
Average	11.7	11.9	11.7	11.0	11.5	11.8

17th highest wind speed of South Africa

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	141°	146°	162°	177°	148°
February	212°	192°	170°	203°	155°
March	194°	214°	191°	174°	210°
April		244°	233°	179°	220°
May		237°	253°	246°	252°
June		265°	271°	262°	272°
July		261°	262°	261°	261°
August		258°	241°	237°	252°
September		237°	230°	222°	228°
October		148°	208°	223°	199°
November		209°	193°	200°	201°
December		175°	185°	162°	200°

Prevailing wind direction

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