Climate Masuwe Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Katima Mulilo Airport (FYKM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	47.6	51	29	32	37	52
February	58.5	50	48	46	54	70
March	63.5	53	50	51	70	51
April	63.2		62	28	70	24
May	74.9		50	51	70	75
June	73.1		51	64	64	70
July	57.2		53	47	60	42
August	59.2		52	51	62	60
September	63.3		53	52	64	67
October	63.8			39	53	61
November	64.0			51	60	61
December	53.1		44	46	47	23
Average	63.4	51.1	48.9	46.6	58.8	54.7

6th best VFR conditions of Namibia

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	59.1	59	36	43	42	60
February	66.8	50	48	48	58	77
March	68.6	53	51	55	72	61
April	65.4		62	28	70	24
May	75.1		50	51	70	75
June	73.3		51	64	64	70
July	57.3		53	47	60	42
August	59.7		52	51	62	62
September	63.3		53	52	64	67
October	66.1			39	53	61
November	67.9			52	62	65
December	59.0		49	48	49	26
Average	67.5	53.1	50.2	48.4	60.2	57.5

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	29.1	29	28	27	30	31
February	30.3	36	30	31	29	31
March	30.9	35	32	29	31	30
April	29.6		31	29	29	31
May	27.8		31	27	25	27
June	25.3		29	25	22	25
July	24.8		26	26	23	24
August	29.2		30	30	28	30
September	33.5		33	33	33	34
October	35.4			35	34	37
November	32.9			32	33	33
December	31.5		32	31	30	29
Average	30.2	33.5	29.9	29.4	28.8	30.0

4th highest temperature of Namibia

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	20.4	19	19	19	21	20
February	20.0	20	18	19	21	21
March	19.0	19	19	19	17	19
April	16.3		15	16	14	15
May	11.5		13	8	9	10
June	8.3		9	6	5	5
July	6.0		6	8	4	3
August	10.3		11	10	10	9
September	15.0		12	15	16	15
October	19.4			20	19	20
November	21.0			20	21	21
December	21.5		21	19	20	22
Average	16.2	19.1	14.0	14.7	14.4	14.7

10th lowest temperature of Namibia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.0	3	2	9	4	3
February	5.4	0	0	2	7	4
March	2.2	0	0	3	1	6
April	0.8		0	0	1	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.3		0	0	0	2
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.7			0	0	0
November	1.9			2	3	3
December	1.3		2	1	1	1
Average	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.3	1.4

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	3.4	4	4	4	3	4
February	3.4	5	4	4	4	3
March	4.0	4	4	5	5	5
April	4.3		5	4	6	5
May	4.2		4	4	5	5
June	4.6		4	6	5	5
July	5.0		5	5	5	6
August	5.5		6	6	5	5
September	5.8		5	6	6	6
October	5.2			7	6	7
November	4.2			5	4	4
December	3.6		4	5	4	3
Average	4.1	4.2	4.4	5.1	4.8	4.9

4th highest wind speed of Namibia

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	039°	068°	074°	036°	099°
February	059°	333°	076°	046°	077°
March	060°	058°	067°	094°	084°
April		078°	070°	097°	085°
May		066°	080°	093°	098°
June		072°	076°	101°	102°
July		090°	080°	103°	102°
August		078°	086°	091°	093°
September		086°	079°	085°	086°
October			071°	087°	077°
November			039°	063°	075°
December		020°	024°	043°	045°

Prevailing wind direction

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