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Umtata/Mthatha Arpt wind
Umtata/Mthatha Arpt is a land weather station near Mthatha. The readings come from Aviation weather (METAR), and Telltale keeps every one of them so the history on this page is the station's own record.
Latest observation
The latest reading at Umtata/Mthatha Arpt is a wind of 3 kn from the SSW (200°), observed at 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 01:00 local time, Africa/Johannesburg). The air temperature was 19°C.
The last 24 hours
Over the 24 hours to that reading, Umtata/Mthatha Arpt averaged 6 kn across 24 observations and a strongest mean wind of 14 kn. The prevailing direction, weighted by wind speed, was SE (143°).
About this station
- Type
- land weather station
- Source
- Aviation weather (METAR)
- Position
- -31.546, 28.673
- Exposure
- unknown
Telltale has not classified how exposed Umtata/Mthatha Arpt is, so compare it with nearby stations before relying on its absolute numbers.
Reading these numbers
The mean wind is averaged over the station's reporting period, and a gust is the strongest short burst inside it, so a gust is always at least the mean. Speeds are in knots, directions are where the wind blows from, and times are given in UTC with the station's local time beside them. A station measures its own spot; a forecast model describes a grid cell, so the two can differ by a few knots even when the forecast is good. Umtata/Mthatha Arpt is one of the stations Telltale compares with the forecast models before it shapes the live wind map; understand the weather models or how coastal wind behaves.