Climate Cedrics Farm Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lilongwe International Airport (FWKI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.3	62	83	79	76	73
February	76.0	70	79	69	85	75
March	68.6	48	62	68	70	77
April	76.3		66	79	82	86
May	86.2		92	88	84	89
June	83.6		90	71	85	86
July	85.0		78	90	88	77
August	91.0		81	92	97	90
September	92.4		91	95	93	91
October	93.2		86	98	92	93
November	88.5		80	91	98	92
December	80.5		72	85	95	89
Average	80.8	60.0	79.7	84.1	87.0	84.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Malawi

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	97.5	98	97	98	96	97
February	97.1	98	97	93	97	96
March	96.8	99	95	95	95	97
April	97.7		97	98	97	100
May	98.0		99	97	97	100
June	98.3		99	98	98	99
July	98.1		95	98	100	99
August	99.1		100	99	100	99
September	99.3		99	100	100	100
October	99.4		98	99	100	99
November	99.6		99	100	100	99
December	98.4		98	98	100	98
Average	98.2	98.0	97.6	97.8	98.3	98.5

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	2021	2020
January	25.7	26	25	26	25	26
February	26.3	27	26	25	27	26
March	25.8	27	26	25	24	26
April	25.4		25	26	25	27
May	24.9		26	25	24	26
June	22.8		25	21	23	23
July	22.5		23	22	22	22
August	24.7		24	24	25	25
September	26.8		28	25	27	27
October	29.3		30	29	29	29
November	29.5		30	30	31	31
December	27.4		29	27	30	27
Average	26.0	26.7	26.3	25.3	25.8	26.2

2nd highest temperature of Malawi

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	18.6	19	18	19	19	19
February	18.6	19	19	19	18	19
March	17.9	19	18	19	18	18
April	16.3		16	18	15	16
May	13.4		13	13	11	13
June	11.3		13	11	12	11
July	10.6		12	12	10	11
August	12.7		13	13	13	12
September	15.3		16	15	15	16
October	18.3		20	18	19	20
November	19.9		20	20	20	21
December	19.6		20	18	21	20
Average	16.3	18.8	16.4	15.8	15.7	16.2

1st lowest temperature of Malawi

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.1	5	8	6	4	8
February	5.7	6	2	12	5	6
March	4.1	2	4	5	9	3
April	2.2		3	3	1	1
May	0.1		0	0	0	0
June	0.4		0	1	0	0
July	0.5		1	1	1	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.5		0	0	0	1
November	0.7		0	1	0	0
December	2.9		1	0	0	2
Average	2.3	4.4	1.6	2.4	1.7	1.8

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	6.6	7	7	7	6	7
February	6.3	7	7	6	7	6
March	6.3	7	6	6	6	7
April	7.7		8	7	8	8
May	7.5		8	7	7	8
June	7.9		8	8	8	8
July	8.6		9	10	9	9
August	9.2		10	9	9	9
September	10.0		11	10	11	11
October	10.9		12	11	11	11
November	10.0		11	10	10	10
December	8.2		8	8	11	7
Average	8.1	6.8	8.6	8.4	8.7	8.3

2nd highest wind speed of Malawi

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	181°	016°	110°	001°	350°
February	139°	015°	123°	357°	094°
March	110°	102°	141°	114°	129°
April		115°	107°	120°	118°
May		102°	110°	137°	129°
June		100°	133°	115°	130°
July		111°	103°	118°	135°
August		110°	099°	102°	105°
September		091°	099°	098°	104°
October		090°	093°	097°	096°
November		092°	088°	092°	093°
December		078°	073°	087°	081°

Prevailing wind direction

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