Sijarira Lodge Airstrip

ZW-0018 · Southern, Zimbabwe

Climate Sijarira Lodge Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hwange National Park Airport (FVWN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.1 90 55 79 100 100
February 93.4 100 85 100 100
March 97.8 100 94 100 100
April 97.5 99 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 100 83 100
September 97.6 95 100 100 100
October 97.4 100 100 100
November 99.1 100 100 100
December 94.2 83 92
Average 96.8 95.9 93.9 94.3 94.6 100.0

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 93.1 98 86 92 100 100
February 97.8 100 100 100 100
March 100.0 100 100 100 100
April 99.3 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 98.8 97 100 100 100
October 97.4 100 100 100
November 99.1 100 100 100
December 99.2 100 97
Average 98.9 99.1 98.6 97.7 98.6 100.0

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 26.1 28 24 25 24 30
February 27.0 31 26 28 21
March 27.9 30 28 22 25
April 26.5 28 24 27 28
May 25.6 28 21 26
June 23.1 26 19 23 20
July 21.7 23 16 27 17
August 24.2 24 21 23 26
September 29.4 32 22 28 22
October 30.8 33 26 31
November 30.5 31 31 29
December 29.4 29 30
Average 26.4 29.5 27.7 22.6 27.8 25.2

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 23.0 24 21 23 24 28
February 23.1 26 21 25 20
March 24.2 26 24 21 24
April 21.2 19 23 24 28
May 19.5 17 19 26
June 16.7 17 13 23 20
July 15.0 14 12 27 17
August 19.3 18 18 22 26
September 23.9 24 21 26 20
October 27.7 28 26 31
November 27.3 28 31 29
December 26.1 25 26
Average 23.1 25.1 21.0 19.8 25.5 24.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.8 8 5 8 0 0
February 2.1 0 5 0 17
March 1.6 0 2 25 0
April 1.2 1 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.6 0 0 0
November 2.6 0 0 0
December 2.1 3 3
Average 1.7 3.2 1.0 3.3 1.3 2.2

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 5.0 6 6 5 5 4
February 4.9 8 5 5 5
March 6.2 8 7 7 5
April 4.6 5 4 7 4
May 3.9 5 5 6
June 3.6 5 8 5 3
July 4.8 7 2 6 6
August 4.5 6 6 6 6
September 5.2 6 7 8 8
October 5.8 7 7 6
November 5.2 6 3 5
December 5.9 7 6
Average 5.5 7.3 6.1 5.7 6.5 5.0

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 061° 087° 054° 063° 059°
February 079° 090° 087° 083°
March 051° 080° 096° 100°
April 069° 086° 063° 080°
May 052° 075° 097°
June 069° 118° 126° 116°
July 087° 090° 059° 056°
August 080° 078° 069° 052°
September 065° 071° 074° 074°
October 046° 070° 076°
November 064° 060° 090°
December 062° 057°

Prevailing wind direction

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