Climate Barahona Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Maria Montez International Airport (MDBH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	97.6	97	100	100	100	98
February	98.6	98	99	100	98	98
March	98.9	100	99	100	98	98
April	97.3		97	92	99	99
May	96.3		98	93	100	98
June	97.8		98	98	99	96
July	97.3		99	97	99	95
August	97.5		96	98	96	97
September	96.4		99	94	98	98
October	96.8		95	95	97	98
November	95.8		87	100	100	93
December	98.0		95	100	100	98
Average	97.5	98.3	96.8	97.0	98.5	97.0

1st best VFR conditions of Dominican Republic

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	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.7		99	100	100	99
May	99.6		100	100	100	100
June	99.0		99	98	100	97
July	99.1		99	98	100	98
August	98.9		97	99	98	99
September	99.5		99	99	100	100
October	99.3		99	99	99	99
November	99.4		98	100	100	99
December	100.0		100	100	100	100
Average	99.5	100.0	99.2	99.2	99.5	99.0

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	30.1	31	31	30	30	31
February	30.3	31	31	31	30	31
March	30.3	31	31	31	30	31
April	30.5		31	30	31	31
May	30.8		32	31	32	32
June	31.8		32	32	32	33
July	32.8		34	33	32	34
August	33.1		34	33	33	33
September	32.5		33	33	32	33
October	31.6		33	32	32	31
November	31.0		31	32	32	30
December	30.7		31	31	31	30
Average	31.2	30.8	31.8	31.4	31.3	31.5

1st highest temperature of Dominican Republic

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	20.5	21	21	19	20	21
February	20.9	21	20	22	22	20
March	21.6	24	21	21	21	22
April	24.1		24	24	24	25
May	24.6		25	25	23	26
June	25.5		27	25	26	24
July	26.3		27	26	26	27
August	25.0		27	26	25	24
September	24.6		26	25	25	24
October	23.1		23	23	23	25
November	22.6		23	23	23	23
December	20.7		22	21	20	21
Average	23.1	22.0	23.7	23.3	23.2	23.5

8th lowest temperature of Dominican Republic

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
February	0.7	1	0	1	1	1
March	0.5	1	0	0	1	2
April	1.3		1	5	1	0
May	2.1		1	4	1	0
June	1.8		6	0	1	0
July	0.8		1	1	1	1
August	0.6		3	0	1	0
September	1.3		0	1	0	1
October	2.0		1	3	3	2
November	2.6		4	0	0	7
December	1.1		3	0	0	0
Average	1.2	0.9	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.1

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	9.3	8	10	9	9	10
February	10.6	9	11	10	11	11
March	10.7	11	12	11	11	10
April	11.3		12	11	11	12
May	11.3		11	11	11	12
June	11.0		10	11	11	12
July	11.0		11	12	11	10
August	10.4		10	11	10	10
September	9.2		9	9	9	9
October	8.7		9	9	9	9
November	8.4		8	9	9	8
December	8.6		8	9	9	8
Average	9.9	9.2	10.0	10.2	10.1	9.8

1st highest wind speed of Dominican Republic

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	132°	133°	130°	134°	132°
February	134°	129°	134°	130°	130°
March	127°	126°	131°	128°	133°
April		125°	127°	127°	130°
May		129°	129°	129°	130°
June		129°	130°	130°	130°
July		133°	132°	129°	130°
August		130°	133°	128°	131°
September		130°	132°	130°	128°
October		130°	132°	130°	130°
November		133°	131°	132°	130°
December		133°	131°	134°	132°

Prevailing wind direction

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