Mwenezi Airport

ZW-0012 · Zimbabwe

Climate Mwenezi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buffalo Range Airport (FVCZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.1 91 67 100 100
February 71.5 77 60 90 67
March 71.5 78 67 100 100
April 82.1 96 0 100 100
May 91.3 88 100 100
June 92.1 100 60
July 73.3 90 50 100
August 83.6 62 100 33 0
September 69.9 57 100 86
October 75.0 65 100 0
November 74.7 81 91 0 100
December 73.2 63 100 71
Average 78.0 83.2 74.0 82.6 72.0 70.0

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 98.3 100 100 100 100
February 92.6 100 100 100 67
March 94.1 98 100 100 100
April 94.7 96 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100
June 97.7 100 100
July 95.2 95 100 100
August 97.1 92 100 100 100
September 91.0 78 100 100
October 90.3 78 100 100
November 94.3 97 91 100 100
December 93.7 86 100 100
Average 95.4 99.3 90.8 97.8 100.0 90.0

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 29.2 31 25 30 40
February 27.6 32 26 29 29
March 28.2 31 28 32 24
April 25.3 27 21 27 26
May 24.4 26 25 30
June 21.5 25 21
July 20.8 25 15 13
August 23.7 22 24 19 28
September 26.5 29 20 25
October 27.8 29 29 24
November 27.8 31 29 24 27
December 29.6 28 34 32
Average 26.7 31.3 27.1 24.9 25.0 29.1

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 24.7 24 24 28 40
February 24.5 26 26 26 15
March 24.3 24 25 32 24
April 21.1 23 21 27 25
May 18.9 22 24 30
June 17.5 20 20
July 16.1 21 14 13
August 19.8 21 24 19 28
September 20.5 24 20 23
October 22.9 22 27 24
November 24.7 24 25 24 27
December 25.6 25 32 29
Average 23.2 24.4 23.2 23.3 23.6 25.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.3 2 0 0 0
February 9.4 3 0 0 33
March 5.8 4 0 0 0
April 4.2 4 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 2.2 0 0
July 1.9 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 4.0 4 0 0
October 8.0 15 0 0
November 10.2 6 9 0 0
December 12.5 19 0 14
Average 4.8 2.6 6.8 2.1 4.0 10.0

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 3.3 4 0 7 13
February 3.8 4 6 1 15
March 4.2 5 6 6 13
April 2.9 3 8 5 3
May 2.0 3 6 0
June 2.2 1 5
July 2.4 1 4 0
August 3.7 2 6 0 5
September 4.9 4 0 4
October 5.5 6 3 10
November 4.3 5 4 4 0
December 4.5 4 6 4
Average 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.6 7.7

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 126° 360° 124° 080°
February 158° 150° 140° 173°
March 146° 149° 143° 198°
April 143° 133° 116° 225°
May 112° 129° 360°
June 090° 167°
July 183° 128° 360°
August 090° 122° 360° 135°
September 131° 360° 122°
October 126° 173° 180°
November 118° 121° 098° 360°
December 140° 174° 105°

Prevailing wind direction

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