Fond-des-Blancs Airport

HT-0008 · Sud, Haiti

Climate Fond-des-Blancs Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Leeward Point Field (MUGM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.6 99 99 99 98
February 99.8 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 99 100 100 100
April 97.5 99 96 98
May 99.1 98 100 100
June 98.2 98 100 97 100
July 98.9 98 100 100 99
August 98.8 99 99 99 99
September 99.5 100 98 100 100
October 98.4 99 97 99 99
November 98.2 97 99 98 99
December 99.7 100 100 100 99
Average 94.5 99.4 98.8 98.9 98.9 99.0

1st best VFR conditions of Cuba

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 99.1 99 99 99 99
February 100.0 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 99 100 100 100
April 98.6 99 97 100
May 99.5 99 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 99.3 99 100 100 99
August 99.2 100 99 99 99
September 99.6 100 99 100 100
October 99.3 100 99 100 99
November 98.9 99 99 98 99
December 100.0 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.2 99.6 99.4

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 29.5 30 29 29 30
February 29.9 29 30 30 30
March 30.2 30 30 31 30
April 30.3 30 30 31
May 31.0 31 31 32
June 31.7 32 32 32 32
July 32.8 33 32 33 33
August 32.8 33 33 33 33
September 32.5 34 32 32 32
October 32.0 33 32 31 32
November 30.8 32 31 30 31
December 29.8 30 30 30 30
Average 29.8 29.9 31.3 31.1 31.1 31.7

3rd highest temperature of Cuba

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 19.5 22 19 17 20
February 20.7 21 21 21 21
March 21.7 22 21 22 21
April 22.1 22 23 22
May 23.6 24 24 24
June 24.5 25 25 24 26
July 25.3 26 25 25 25
August 24.3 25 21 26 25
September 23.9 25 21 24 25
October 23.7 25 23 22 25
November 22.5 24 22 20 24
December 20.7 22 21 19 21
Average 24.6 21.5 23.3 22.0 22.2 24.2

7th lowest temperature of Cuba

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.8 0 2 1 1
February 0.6 2 0 1 0
March 0.6 1 0 0 1
April 2.7 2 5 1
May 3.3 5 2 3
June 1.7 4 1 1 0
July 1.0 1 1 1 2
August 1.3 1 0 3 2
September 0.7 0 3 0 0
October 3.2 4 6 2 2
November 3.5 6 1 2 6
December 1.4 1 0 2 3
Average 1.1 1.1 2.0 1.7 1.2 2.0

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 9.5 9 10 9 9
February 11.3 11 12 12 11
March 11.2 10 10 12 12
April 10.3 10 10 11
May 8.5 8 8 10
June 9.1 8 9 10 10
July 10.5 10 12 11 10
August 10.3 9 11 10 11
September 8.8 8 9 9 9
October 8.5 8 8 9 10
November 8.7 9 9 8 9
December 9.7 9 10 11 9
Average 9.3 10.1 9.2 9.9 10.1 9.6

3rd highest wind speed of Cuba

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 069° 071° 090° 097°
February 058° 082° 075° 110°
March 109° 109° 096° 112°
April 131° 101° 128°
May 142° 120° 130°
June 128° 124° 115° 118°
July 090° 091° 119° 111°
August 099° 093° 110° 115°
September 102° 110° 124° 121°
October 087° 091° 136° 108°
November 075° 079° 091° 082°
December 029° 033° 088° 061°

Prevailing wind direction

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