Mount Pleasant Airport

EGYP · Falkland Islands

Climate Mount Pleasant Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Pleasant Airport (EGYP) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 83.5 76 89 84 79 81
February 80.6 77 73 85 83 92
March 78.9 69 90 64 83
April 74.6 69 71 75 80
May 65.7 42 80 65 59
June 68.4 50 63 71 71
July 72.7 74 70 76 75
August 66.8 46 57 74 78
September 74.7 84 62 79 78
October 82.1 79 85 90 90
November 82.6 76 74 94 85
December 82.5 72 77 87 90
Average 77.5 76.3 70.5 76.0 79.0 81.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.9 91 99 95 95 97
February 93.8 92 87 97 95 96
March 93.1 86 99 86 95
April 90.8 85 93 88 92
May 88.2 86 95 83 77
June 88.1 92 80 83 93
July 91.1 93 90 89 92
August 85.9 73 84 88 94
September 90.0 95 84 93 87
October 93.9 96 95 97 98
November 94.0 98 90 97 94
December 94.7 92 92 99 95
Average 92.3 91.5 90.6 91.9 91.8 93.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 15.7 17.6 16.3 17.3 14.1 15.3
February 15.0 13.8 15.5 15.8 14.5 16.1
March 12.8 11.5 13.8 11.1 14.0
April 10.3 9.8 9.8 9.8 12.0
May 7.3 5.5 8.9 7.0 6.0
June 4.8 2.2 5.0 5.0 6.0
July 4.6 4.7 4.2 3.6 6.0
August 6.0 4.9 5.9 6.4 7.0
September 8.1 8.6 5.7 9.5 10.0
October 10.9 11.6 11.5 11.8 11.9
November 13.3 13.4 12.0 16.1 13.0
December 14.3 13.4 13.0 14.4 16.3
Average 10.8 15.8 9.8 10.2 10.1 11.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.2 8.9 7.0 7.7 6.2 7.0
February 7.0 5.5 7.0 7.2 6.2 7.0
March 5.6 4.9 5.2 4.7 5.7
April 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.2 5.2
May 2.4 1.9 3.1 1.7 1.8
June 0.5 -2.6 0.7 0.2 1.1
July 0.3 0.2 0.1 -1.5 1.3
August 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.5
September 1.5 1.1 0.3 2.1 3.0
October 2.9 3.5 2.6 3.5 2.9
November 4.8 4.9 3.5 6.7 4.5
December 5.9 5.7 4.9 6.0 6.7
Average 4.0 7.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 17.7 13 17 9 22 13
February 20.5 30 21 17 16 11
March 21.8 27 15 30 20
April 26.5 26 26 28 12
May 33.0 50 25 39 42
June 31.8 41 28 33 22
July 28.9 33 28 37 29
August 30.2 42 29 22 21
September 26.0 30 34 19 21
October 21.4 20 17 19 14
November 15.2 14 20 4 15
December 18.1 22 24 13 9
Average 22.6 20.5 26.5 21.4 22.2 17.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 17.2 18 17 17 19 17
February 17.6 19 19 18 17 18
March 16.9 18 18 17 19
April 16.4 17 18 14 17
May 15.0 15 18 15 13
June 13.8 13 15 14 13
July 14.4 17 13 14 15
August 16.2 15 18 14 16
September 17.1 18 16 15 17
October 18.2 18 20 19 18
November 18.1 19 18 18 19
December 17.3 16 19 16 18
Average 17.0 18.4 16.8 17.4 16.2 17.0

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 295° 257° 276° 265° 267°
February 267° 302° 281° 270° 264°
March 283° 285° 281° 282°
April 282° 287° 279° 295°
May 253° 297° 296° 286°
June 243° 289° 295° 298°
July 287° 298° 297° 300°
August 294° 279° 292° 281°
September 294° 269° 297° 303°
October 274° 285° 275° 279°
November 293° 283° 299° 285°
December 272° 263° 274° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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