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Melkbos is located in a winter rainfall area and receives its rain
from April to October; it has year round sunshine, but summer is the
sunniest with little rain. In the winter the daytime temperatures rarely fall
below 10 degrees.
The weather bureau does not set up forecasts specifically for Melkbos. The nearest weather forecasts are for Cape Town International.
Cape Town |
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Cape Town |
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Cape Town |
Melkbos is a bit drier than the average in Cape Town, with an average mean rainfall of 375mm.
It gets pretty windy in Cape Town. The table below shows the prevailing wind directions and speeds (metres per second) at Cape Town International.
Wind speed and direction averages at Cape Town International |
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
SSE |
SSE |
SE |
NW |
N |
N |
NNW |
SE |
N |
SE |
NNW |
SSE |
19 |
18 |
21 |
19 |
20 |
18 |
22 |
24 |
18 |
20 |
19 |
18 |
The South Atlantic High (pressure cell) dominates Cape Town's climate, resulting in strong south-easterly winds in the summer and north-westerly winds in the winter (bringing cold fronts).