Climate Hector Silva Airstrip 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (MZBZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.5	75	75	72	76	80
February	78.7	89	80	78	79	81
March	75.3	63	80	75	82	83
April	69.5		69	73	73	64
May	65.2		71	71	69	66
June	69.3		76	74	76	65
July	76.0		73	74	84	80
August	76.1		81	74	80	81
September	79.7		81	83	81	79
October	79.2		89	81	82	75
November	74.7		66	81	84	74
December	78.3		71	86	81	73
Average	74.9	74.9	75.8	76.5	78.8	74.9

1st best VFR conditions of Belize

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.2	94	97	91	91	96
February	97.2	99	96	97	94	100
March	98.6	99	99	98	97	99
April	98.9		98	99	99	99
May	99.3		99	99	100	99
June	98.3		99	99	100	99
July	98.6		96	100	98	99
August	97.7		97	97	100	96
September	97.9		98	97	96	99
October	94.9		100	99	95	93
November	90.9		87	92	91	87
December	94.4		91	96	98	93
Average	96.8	97.5	96.3	96.8	96.7	96.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	28.2	29	29	28	28	29
February	28.8	29	29	28	29	29
March	29.9	31	31	30	30	30
April	31.1		31	31	31	32
May	31.7		32	31	31	32
June	31.5		33	31	31	31
July	31.5		32	31	32	32
August	31.8		32	31	32	32
September	31.9		32	31	31	32
October	30.8		32	30	31	31
November	29.3		29	30	29	29
December	28.3		28	29	29	28
Average	30.3	29.7	30.8	30.1	30.3	30.6

1st highest temperature of Belize

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.9	22	22	21	22	21
February	22.1	19	22	23	22	23
March	23.4	25	24	23	24	23
April	24.7		25	24	25	26
May	25.2		25	25	27	24
June	26.0		25	26	26	26
July	25.7		26	26	25	27
August	24.9		26	25	24	25
September	24.5		25	22	25	24
October	24.3		25	24	25	24
November	21.9		24	22	18	23
December	21.5		21	23	23	21
Average	23.6	22.2	24.0	23.5	23.6	23.8

1st lowest temperature of Belize

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.8	7	5	10	11	5
February	4.8	2	6	8	6	1
March	3.5	1	3	9	5	4
April	1.6		1	4	2	0
May	3.3		3	7	4	4
June	5.2		3	6	3	5
July	4.9		8	7	4	2
August	5.0		3	9	2	4
September	4.7		6	9	3	2
October	9.5		7	6	8	5
November	13.4		22	14	15	23
December	8.9		17	12	5	9
Average	5.7	3.2	6.8	8.1	5.5	5.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.0	6	7	6	6	6
February	6.9	6	7	6	6	7
March	7.1	7	7	6	7	8
April	7.1		7	7	7	7
May	6.9		6	6	8	7
June	6.9		7	6	7	7
July	6.6		7	6	7	7
August	5.9		5	5	6	5
September	4.9		4	5	5	5
October	4.9		5	5	4	5
November	5.6		6	6	5	6
December	5.5		6	6	5	5
Average	6.2	6.2	6.2	5.9	6.0	6.2

1st highest wind speed of Belize

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	102°	095°	049°	049°	066°
February	092°	098°	060°	078°	076°
March	095°	101°	089°	092°	088°
April		104°	085°	087°	100°
May		104°	097°	093°	087°
June		106°	086°	103°	093°
July		097°	088°	088°	092°
August		096°	086°	088°	094°
September		088°	064°	091°	082°
October		062°	058°	064°	310°
November		020°	052°	006°	359°
December		010°	073°	077°	011°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.