FRANCISTOWN, BOTSWANA

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		71		78		77		75		71		65		59		59		65		72		76		77		77

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		80		85		83		83		80		76		71		71		77		82		85		86		84

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		61		71		69		67		61		54		47		46		52		60		67		68		69

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		106		102		102		100		96		94		91		86		95		100		102		103		106

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		23		50		55		48		39		32		23		28		28		32		36		39		55

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		70		10		7		7		2		1		---		---		1		9		12		12		9

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		202		24		20		22		17		10		3		3		13		20		23		24		23

Average Number of Days Below 45F/7C

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		43		---		---		---		---		5		14		16		7		1		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3		---		---		---		---		---		1		2		---		---		---		---		---

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		18.1		3.9		3.3		2.4		1		0.3		0.1		---		---		0.3		1.1		2.3		3.6

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		45		9		6		5		3		1		1		---		---		1		3		7		9

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 16

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		34		7		5		3		2		---		---		---		---		1		3		7		6

Most Rain Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		32.9		14.3		13.7		9.7		3.7		3		1.4		0.4		0.6		2.7		5		6.5		11.5

Least Recorded Rainfall

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		4.6		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1

Average Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		55		65		65		65		55		55		55		50		45		40		45		55		65

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 9

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		74		78		80		79		80		79		76		73		66		61		67		73		80

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 11

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		37		46		47		43		41		35		33		31		27		27		34		39		45

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 10

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		50		60		60		58		53		45		39		37		39		43		49		55		59

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		397		---		---		---		---		---		180		201.5		15.5		---		---		---		---

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2426.3		403		310.8		310		165		---		---		---		---		180		341		360		356.5

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7508		868		734.5		775		615		465		270		263.5		449.5		630		806		810		821.5

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.5		13.6		13.2		12.6		12		11.5		11.3		11.4		11.8		12.4		13		13.5		13.8

Average Daily Sunshine

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		8.8		7		8		8		9		9		10		9		10		10		9		8		8

Average Number of Days With Fog

Years on Record: 16

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		4		---		---		---		1		1		1		1		---		---		---		---		---

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 9

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mph		10		11		10		10		10		10		10		10		11		11		11		11		10

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.9		6.6		6.4		6		5.6		5.1		4.7		5		5.7		6.5		6.6		6.4		6.5

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.6		2.4		2.2		1.8		1.3		0.9		0.8		0.8		1		1.3		2		2.4		2.5

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		6.3		6		6.1		6.1		6.3		6.4		5.9		6.3		6.8		6.9		6.3		5.9		6.4

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		6.9		6.1		6.1		6.3		7.1		7.7		7.6		8		8.1		8		6.7		5.8		5.7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.9		6.6		6.4		6		5.6		5.1		4.7		5		5.7		6.5		6.6		6.4		6.5

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.9		2.6		2.4		2.1		1.7		1.2		1.1		1		1.2		1.6		2.2		2.6		2.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		6.9		7		7		7		7.1		7		6.4		6.7		7.2		7.5		6.8		6.5		7.2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		8.2		8.1		8		7.9		8.5		8.9		8.8		8.9		9		9.2		7.6		7		7.1

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.1		5.7		5.3		4.8		4.7		4.5		3.9		4.4		5.3		6		5.7		4.9		5.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.4		2		1.9		1.5		1		0.7		0.6		0.6		0.8		1		1.8		2.2		2.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.3		5.2		5		4.8		5.1		5.5		4.7		5.4		6.2		6.3		5.5		4.6		5.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.2		4.4		4.2		4		5		6.1		5.4		6.4		7		6.8		5.1		3.4		4.2