February Weather at Klerksdorp Airport South Africa

Daily high temperatures are around 83°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 90°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 62°F to 60°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 66°F.

For reference, on December 29, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Klerksdorp Airport typically range from 62°F to 86°F, while on June 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 67°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Peñón Blanco, Mexico (9,400 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Klerksdorp Airport (view comparison).

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The month of February at Klerksdorp Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 29% to 23%.

The clearest day of the month is February 24, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 77% of the time.

For reference, on November 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 34%, while on July 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Klerksdorp Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 42% and ending it at 35%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 43% on January 10, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 7.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during February at Klerksdorp Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 3.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.2 inches or falls below 1.0 inches, and ending the month at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.3 inches or falls below 0.8 inches.

Over the course of February at Klerksdorp Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 41 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 28 seconds, and weekly decrease of 10 minutes, 18 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 29, with 12 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 1, with 13 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Klerksdorp Airport is 5:46 AM on February 1 and the latest sunrise is 20 minutes later at 6:05 AM on February 29.

The latest sunset is 7:06 PM on February 1 and the earliest sunset is 22 minutes earlier at 6:44 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Klerksdorp Airport during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 13 hours, 50 minutes later, at 7:06 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:01 AM and sets 10 hours, 27 minutes later, at 5:28 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for February 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Klerksdorp Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining within 1% of 3% throughout.

For reference, on January 31, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% of the time, while on May 14, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Klerksdorp Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on March 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Klerksdorp Airport throughout February is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 43% on February 2.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Klerksdorp Airport typically lasts for 9.8 months (299 days), from around August 7 to around June 2, rarely starting before July 10 or after September 5, and rarely ending before May 15 or after June 23.

The month of February at Klerksdorp Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Klerksdorp Airport are rapidly increasing during February, increasing by 585°F, from 3,479°F to 4,064°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Klerksdorp Airport is gradually decreasing during February, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 7.5 kWh to 6.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Klerksdorp Airport are -26.871 deg latitude, 26.718 deg longitude, and 4,469 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Klerksdorp Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 194 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,424 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (646 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,499 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Klerksdorp Airport is covered by grassland (93%), within 10 miles by grassland (74%) and artificial surfaces (16%), and within 50 miles by grassland (58%) and cropland (38%).