Silent Hill Airstrip

JM-0008 · Manchester, Jamaica

Climate Silent Hill Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sangster International Airport (MKJS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.9 87 94 86 89 84
February 90.5 87 92 92 93 87
March 90.1 93 95 92 88 88
April 92.8 98 88 92 95
May 90.0 91 89 96 91
June 91.0 91 92 91 85
July 92.0 95 89 94 88
August 89.6 91 88 89 90
September 88.7 92 92 95 85
October 88.9 91 92 91 85
November 91.0 94 97 88 90
December 85.3 85 97 91 88
Average 89.6 88.8 92.4 90.7 91.6 88.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Jamaica

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 99.2 100 100 100 100 99
February 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 99 100 100
May 99.5 99 99 100 100
June 98.9 99 100 100 95
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 99 99 100 100
September 99.7 100 99 100 100
October 99.3 99 99 100 98
November 99.3 100 100 100 99
December 99.5 100 100 100 99
Average 99.5 99.9 99.6 99.5 99.8 99.1

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.5 29 28 28 28 29
February 28.8 28 29 29 29 29
March 29.1 30 29 29 29 29
April 29.7 30 29 29 30
May 30.6 31 30 30 31
June 31.5 32 31 31 31
July 31.8 32 31 31 32
August 31.8 32 31 31 32
September 31.5 32 31 31 31
October 30.9 31 30 31 31
November 29.8 30 30 30 29
December 29.1 29 29 29 29
Average 30.1 29.0 30.3 29.8 29.9 30.1

2nd highest temperature of Jamaica

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 23.4 24 23 23 24 24
February 23.2 23 23 23 23 24
March 23.7 25 23 24 24 24
April 24.2 25 24 24 26
May 25.0 25 25 25 26
June 25.5 26 25 24 26
July 26.2 27 26 25 26
August 25.8 27 26 26 26
September 26.2 27 26 26 26
October 25.6 27 26 25 25
November 24.8 25 25 25 25
December 24.3 25 24 24 24
Average 24.7 23.8 25.1 24.7 24.4 25.1

1st lowest temperature of Jamaica

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 5 1 4 5 4
February 3.5 4 2 3 2 5
March 2.7 0 5 3 1 2
April 3.3 1 8 2 2
May 6.7 5 7 3 7
June 3.2 5 5 3 1
July 1.7 1 2 3 2
August 2.9 1 2 8 3
September 4.5 4 8 1 5
October 3.4 1 3 2 9
November 6.3 5 2 3 22
December 5.9 9 1 6 4
Average 3.9 2.9 3.3 4.2 3.1 5.2

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 11.1 12 12 10 11 12
February 12.0 11 14 13 13 12
March 11.9 11 12 12 13 15
April 10.0 9 11 12 10
May 9.3 9 9 12 9
June 10.5 10 10 10 11
July 11.5 12 11 12 10
August 10.2 9 10 11 10
September 8.1 8 8 9 8
October 8.6 8 8 8 8
November 9.6 10 10 9 10
December 11.4 11 13 12 12
Average 10.5 11.3 10.1 10.2 10.9 10.6

2nd highest wind speed of Jamaica

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 075° 073° 065° 077° 072°
February 058° 074° 081° 074° 073°
March 069° 070° 072° 073° 077°
April 057° 069° 071° 057°
May 063° 068° 069° 066°
June 075° 075° 075° 071°
July 073° 074° 077° 070°
August 070° 073° 075° 073°
September 070° 073° 068° 074°
October 067° 069° 069° 081°
November 074° 071° 071° 083°
December 076° 076° 082° 073°

Prevailing wind direction

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