Climate Javo Beach Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arroyo Barril Airport (MDAB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.0	76	68	92	88	72
February	74.0	77	81	67	85	82
March	74.8	77	91	68	83	59
April	81.7		90	79	86
May	77.5		86	77	88
June	82.8		85	84	77	83
July	75.7		74	76	79	70
August	77.4		75	79	79	87
September	80.1		81	86	74	89
October	82.1		77	89	92	82
November	79.9		75	82	86	80
December	75.2		72	64	80	79
Average	77.9	76.9	79.5	78.9	83.2	78.7

7th 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	99.6	100	99	100	99	100
February	99.1	100	99	98	99	99
March	99.3	100	100	99	100	96
April	99.5		99	99	99
May	99.4		98	100	100
June	99.7		100	99	99	100
July	99.1		100	99	98	99
August	99.2		98	100	97	100
September	99.1		100	99	100	99
October	98.8		97	99	97	100
November	99.2		99	100	100	98
December	99.5		100	99	100	99
Average	99.3	99.8	99.0	99.0	99.1	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	29.0	30	29	30	29	29
February	28.9	29	29	29	30	29
March	29.4	30	30	29	29	28
April	30.2		31	30	30
May	31.1		33	31	31
June	31.7		33	33	31	32
July	31.6		33	32	32	32
August	31.8		32	32	32	32
September	31.8		33	32	32	32
October	31.4		33	31	32	32
November	30.4		31	30	31	30
December	29.2		29	29	29	29
Average	30.4	29.8	31.2	30.6	30.6	30.4

6th 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	21.6	23	19	21	22	23
February	21.7	22	21	22	23	23
March	22.1	23	22	23	22	22
April	23.3		23	23	23
May	24.6		25	25	24
June	26.2		27	26	25	27
July	25.5		26	26	26	25
August	25.6		26	26	25	27
September	24.9		26	24	25	25
October	24.8		26	25	25	25
November	23.3		24	20	23	24
December	22.5		23	21	22	22
Average	23.6	22.3	23.9	23.4	23.6	24.1

9th 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	3.4	1	5	2	3	4
February	3.7	2	2	4	3	4
March	4.0	4	0	3	4	12
April	3.2		0	3	5
May	1.8		1	1	4
June	1.2		0	1	3	1
July	2.0		1	3	2	2
August	2.0		4	3	3	2
September	3.1		3	3	1	1
October	2.3		1	0	2	3
November	4.9		4	6	2	12
December	3.7		3	3	4	6
Average	2.9	2.3	1.9	2.7	3.0	4.4

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	5.0	5	5	5	5	6
February	5.4	5	5	5	6	6
March	5.3	5	6	5	5	5
April	6.2		7	5	6
May	5.7		5	6	6
June	5.9		6	5	5	6
July	5.7		6	6	5	6
August	5.3		5	5	5	6
September	4.5		4	5	4	4
October	4.0		4	4	4	4
November	3.9		5	4	4	4
December	4.5		4	5	4	4
Average	5.1	5.0	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.9

6th 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	091°	078°	103°	104°	076°
February	086°	086°	085°	095°	089°
March	097°	087°	099°	092°	046°
April		092°	102°	098°
May		101°	095°	096°
June		118°	105°	094°	093°
July		091°	098°	093°	089°
August		096°	100°	101°	090°
September		112°	101°	095°	112°
October		095°	105°	097°	116°
November		096°	098°	104°	106°
December		082°	062°	105°	094°

Prevailing wind direction

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