South-East · BotswanaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Modwe

1,024 m

Elevation1,024 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation30 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

24.67° S, 26.17° EElevation 1,024 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Modwe in brief

Modwe rises to 1,024 m, South-East, Botswana.

At the summit, January is the mildest month with average highs of 31°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Oodi, 17 km to the NW at 982 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Modwe by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	31°	30°	29°	26°	23°	21°	21°	24°	28°	30°	31°	31°
Average low	20°	20°	18°	15°	10°	7°	6°	9°	13°	16°	18°	19°
Precipitation	92 mm	86 mm	67 mm	27 mm	12 mm	7 mm	1 mm	2 mm	8 mm	39 mm	78 mm	79 mm
Cloud cover	28%	25%	22%	17%	10%	8%	7%	8%	12%	21%	29%	30%
Daylight	13h 30	12h 55	12h 16	11h 31	10h 56	10h 37	10h 44	11h 15	11h 56	12h 39	13h 18	13h 39
Month score	50	55	66	88	97	98	100	99	84	68	55	53

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,950 m	4,850 m	4,600 m	4,150 m	3,600 m	3,100 m	3,050 m	3,550 m	4,200 m	4,600 m	4,750 m	4,900 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C