Gokwe North Airport

ZW-0035 · Zimbabwe

Climate Gokwe North Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lusaka Kuanda (FLKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.3 70 71 60 68 73
February 70.9 89 59 75 70 74
March 74.7 85 69 100 68 78
April 78.8 71 83 86
May 91.5 100 100 87 96
June 91.6 96 90 68 86
July 91.7 92 86 100 89
August 94.3 88 100 95
September 94.8 90 100 100 95
October 94.6 85 100 98
November 88.7 88 100 100 95
December 80.8 84 100 0 77
Average 84.1 78.2 90.2 89.3 74.7 86.4

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 91.5 87 86 90 93 89
February 92.5 100 85 75 92 94
March 95.8 100 97 100 93 98
April 96.0 95 98 97
May 97.9 100 100 96 99
June 97.8 100 97 92 94
July 97.9 99 100 100 96
August 98.7 99 100 98
September 98.5 97 100 100 96
October 98.6 100 100 99
November 97.3 100 100 100 99
December 95.5 95 100 0 92
Average 96.1 93.2 98.1 97.5 93.9 95.7

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 26.4 25 22 22 27 28
February 26.4 26 24 25 27 27
March 26.1 26 24 20 25 27
April 25.4 22 26 27
May 25.0 28 20 24 26
June 23.0 27 16 22 23
July 22.5 24 18 13 22
August 26.3 26 22 27
September 29.0 29 19 27 30
October 30.4 25 27 32
November 29.2 26 25 25 32
December 27.4 26 21 22 27
Average 25.4 25.5 25.5 19.0 25.2 27.3

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 17.1 21 20 21 13 15
February 17.8 22 19 20 15 16
March 16.6 22 20 20 13 15
April 15.1 19 15 14
May 12.0 13 16 10 11
June 9.9 9 13 10 10
July 9.6 9 14 13 10
August 12.2 12 18 13
September 15.6 19 19 22 16
October 18.1 22 26 18
November 19.1 24 25 24 19
December 17.3 23 21 22 14
Average 15.6 21.3 16.1 15.8 13.6 14.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.1 12 14 10 13 10
February 6.9 0 9 0 6 7
March 3.3 0 0 0 3 3
April 1.1 3 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 1 3 0 0
July 0.3 0 6 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 1.1 0 0 1
November 1.9 0 33 25 2
December 4.7 9 0 0 8
Average 3.3 6.2 1.1 4.0 4.8 2.8

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 6.0 7 9 7 6 6
February 6.0 6 5 7 6 7
March 6.9 8 5 8 7 8
April 8.5 8 10 8
May 8.2 7 8 8 9
June 8.2 7 11 9 9
July 9.2 9 10 9 11
August 9.3 10 7 8
September 8.8 9 14 12 9
October 8.9 7 12 9
November 7.4 7 10 7 7
December 6.2 7 2 0 5
Average 7.8 7.0 7.9 9.3 7.2 7.9

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 075° 302° 050° 347° 066°
February 087° 334° 360° 330° 073°
March 082° 104° 105° 089° 087°
April 094° 095° 089°
May 089° 108° 096° 097°
June 096° 102° 096° 095°
July 098° 097° 090° 094°
August 093° 093° 091°
September 096° 092° 085° 091°
October 071° 076° 087°
November 085° 116° 119° 078°
December 042° 270° 360° 041°

Prevailing wind direction

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