Climate and average weather in Katoke

Katoke gets about 1253 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around Aug 1 to Dec 7, peaking in November at about 94% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 7.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 167 mm over about 28 wet days; January is the driest, with 34 mm.

Over a full year, Katoke collects about 1253 mm of rain across 221 wet days — roughly 104 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 167 mm, while January is the driest at just 34 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

In Katoke, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around September 13. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 37% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 14 and lasts for 2.8 months, ending around December 6. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time.

Katoke averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Dec 5 to Mar 16. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 5 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is October, down near 1 sunny days — about 87% fewer than the January peak.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Katoke, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around March 14 to June 8. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 14 to March 13, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 54% of the time.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Katoke is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.