Climate Modderrivier Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kimberley Airport (FAKM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.5	95	98	96	91	97
February	94.9	97	90	98	95	97
March	95.5	96	97	87	96	98
April	93.6		96	90	99	91
May	96.6		90	98	98	99
June	97.4		95	91	100	99
July	97.0		94	94	97	97
August	97.9		97	97	94	99
September	96.9		95	97	99	90
October	96.9		93	96	96	99
November	97.1		95	94	98	99
December	96.8		94	96	94	98
Average	96.3	96.1	94.3	94.5	96.1	97.0

2nd 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	98.3	98	99	98	98	99
February	98.1	97	96	99	100	100
March	98.0	97	98	97	99	99
April	97.4		97	97	100	97
May	97.9		96	98	98	99
June	99.2		98	99	100	100
July	98.5		98	95	100	99
August	98.9		98	98	98	100
September	97.7		99	98	99	90
October	98.2		96	96	98	100
November	98.4		97	98	99	99
December	98.5		97	98	100	99
Average	98.2	97.6	97.3	97.5	98.9	98.4

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	2021	2020
January	30.0	33	14	30	28	34
February	31.6	35	30	32	31	30
March	30.5	34	30	27	30	30
April	25.7		27	23	29	25
May	21.8		22	22	23	24
June	20.7		20	19	21	21
July	20.4		20	21	19	22
August	22.6		24	22	22	22
September	27.6		26	28	28	28
October	30.0		31	31	27	33
November	31.6		34	29	30	30
December	31.2		34	19	29	33
Average	27.7	33.9	26.0	25.4	26.3	27.4

6th 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	15.5	17	6	16	16	18
February	16.2	14	16	16	16	18
March	13.9	15	13	14	13	15
April	9.3		8	8	10	9
May	3.7		6	5	5	4
June	2.1		3	2	3	1
July	1.9		2	3	0	1
August	3.3		4	3	3	2
September	7.8		6	9	9	9
October	11.7		11	15	10	12
November	13.6		15	13	11	14
December	15.1		16	9	14	15
Average	10.2	15.5	8.9	9.3	8.8	9.7

4th 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	2.4	0	1	2	6	2
February	2.1	1	4	1	5	1
March	1.7	1	2	7	3	0
April	1.6		1	3	0	1
May	0.8		2	3	0	0
June	0.5		0	3	0	0
July	0.2		0	0	0	1
August	0.5		0	0	3	0
September	0.1		0	1	0	0
October	0.8		1	0	2	2
November	1.0		1	3	0	2
December	1.8		2	1	3	3
Average	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.9	1.9	1.1

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	7.4	7	4	6	6	9
February	7.0	7	6	6	7	7
March	7.3	7	8	6	7	8
April	5.8		6	6	5	6
May	5.5		6	5	6	5
June	6.6		7	6	8	6
July	7.2		8	8	8	7
August	7.5		7	8	8	7
September	8.2		8	9	9	8
October	8.4		8	9	9	8
November	8.5		8	8	8	8
December	8.5		10	6	9	8
Average	7.4	7.2	7.2	6.9	7.7	7.2

6th 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	333°	004°	006°	015°	339°
February	301°	358°	334°	341°	360°
March	339°	353°	354°	323°	352°
April		326°	360°	317°	357°
May		348°	327°	323°	310°
June		315°	005°	335°	339°
July		327°	349°	334°	334°
August		346°	328°	324°	294°
September		278°	332°	340°	330°
October		310°	341°	319°	324°
November		325°	347°	283°	321°
December		333°	348°	350°	322°

Prevailing wind direction

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