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NamibiaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Höchster
1,070 m
Elevation1,070 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation95 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul20°average high
27.31° S, 15.82° EElevation 1,070 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,070 m
- Mid-mountain540 m
- Valley0 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Höchster in brief
Höchster rises to 1,070 m, Namibia.
At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 30°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,070 m · 3,510 ft
- Country
- Namibia
- Coordinates
- -27.3067, 15.8225
- Nearest airport
- Luderitz Airport (LUD) · 90 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Höchster by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 27° | 28° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 10 mm | 5 mm | 5 mm | 6 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm |
| Cloud cover | 8% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 7% |
| Daylight | 13h 40 | 13h 01 | 12h 17 | 11h 27 | 10h 47 | 10h 26 | 10h 34 | 11h 08 | 11h 55 | 12h 43 | 13h 27 | 13h 51 |
| Month score | 81 | 80 | 83 | 93 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 91 | 86 |
Snow and freezing level
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 | 4,500 m | 4,550 m | 4,450 m | 4,050 m | 3,600 m | 3,200 m | 3,200 m | 3,250 m | 3,600 m | 3,900 m | 4,100 m | 4,300 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 |
ivTerrain