Climate North Arm Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Pleasant Airport (EGYP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.5	89	84	79	81	79
February	81.0	73	85	83	92	74
March	78.9	69	90	64	83	81
April	75.5		71	75	80	86
May	69.3		80	65	59	49
June	71.3		63	71	71	74
July	72.6		70	76	75	69
August	70.0		57	74	78	71
September	73.4		62	79	78	77
October	82.6		85	90	90	87
November	83.6		74	94	85	88
December	84.2		77	87	90	79
Average	78.6	78.0	76.0	79.0	81.7	77.3

1st best VFR conditions of Falkland Islands

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	96.5	99	95	95	97	93
February	94.0	87	97	95	96	90
March	93.1	86	99	86	95	90
April	91.7		93	88	92	97
May	88.6		95	83	77	84
June	87.6		80	83	93	92
July	90.9		90	89	92	95
August	87.8		84	88	94	87
September	89.2		84	93	87	92
October	93.6		95	97	98	96
November	93.4		90	97	94	92
December	95.2		92	99	95	90
Average	92.4	91.0	91.9	91.8	93.1	91.4

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	15.4	16	17	14	15	15
February	15.2	16	16	15	16	14
March	12.8	12	14	11	14	14
April	10.4		10	10	12	12
May	7.5		9	7	6	7
June	5.1		5	5	6	5
July	4.5		4	4	6	3
August	6.1		6	6	7	5
September	8.0		6	10	10	8
October	10.8		12	12	12	12
November	13.3		12	16	13	15
December	14.4		13	14	16	14
Average	10.8	14.4	10.2	10.1	11.1	10.3

1st highest temperature of Falkland Islands

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	7.0	7	8	6	7	7
February	7.1	7	7	6	7	7
March	5.6	5	5	5	6	7
April	4.3		4	4	5	5
May	2.4		3	2	2	3
June	0.8		1	0	1	2
July	0.3		0	-1	1	-1
August	0.8		0	1	2	0
September	1.6		0	2	3	1
October	2.8		3	4	3	4
November	4.8		4	7	5	6
December	5.9		5	6	7	6
Average	3.9	6.2	3.3	3.3	4.0	3.9

1st lowest temperature of Falkland Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.3	17	9	22	13	21
February	19.3	21	17	16	11	26
March	21.8	27	15	30	20	15
April	26.6		26	28	12	24
May	30.4		25	39	42	38
June	30.4		28	33	22	31
July	28.2		28	37	29	27
August	28.5		29	22	21	33
September	25.4		34	19	21	25
October	21.6		17	19	14	19
November	15.5		20	4	15	7
December	17.5		24	13	9	21
Average	22.2	21.4	21.4	22.2	17.6	22.7

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	17.1	17	17	19	17	18
February	17.4	19	18	17	18	17
March	16.9	18	18	17	19	17
April	16.3		18	14	17	16
May	15.0		18	15	13	14
June	14.0		15	14	13	15
July	14.1		13	14	15	12
August	16.4		18	14	16	16
September	16.9		16	15	17	18
October	18.2		20	19	18	18
November	18.0		18	18	19	18
December	17.6		19	16	18	16
Average	16.9	17.5	17.4	16.2	17.0	16.5

1st highest wind speed of Falkland Islands

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	257°	276°	265°	267°	263°
February	302°	281°	270°	264°	267°
March	283°	285°	281°	282°	278°
April		287°	279°	295°	279°
May		297°	296°	286°	283°
June		289°	295°	298°	271°
July		298°	297°	300°	245°
August		279°	292°	281°	276°
September		269°	297°	303°	278°
October		285°	275°	279°	267°
November		283°	299°	285°	283°
December		263°	274°	278°	258°

Prevailing wind direction

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