Bath Airfield

JM-0016 · St. Thomas, Jamaica

Climate Bath Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norman Manley International Airport (MKJP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.0 96 98 95 99 99
February 96.3 93 98 92 97 97
March 96.3 97 93 96 95 98
April 95.5 94 93 97 99
May 94.2 94 98 92 96
June 92.9 88 88 94 88
July 93.5 94 92 93 93
August 89.2 91 84 88 90
September 86.8 90 79 94 86
October 86.7 89 91 95 76
November 92.3 92 92 98 80
December 96.1 94 98 96 98
Average 93.3 95.5 92.8 91.1 94.4 91.7

1st 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 99.7 100 100 99 100 100
February 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.7 100 99 100 100
May 99.6 99 100 100 100
June 99.3 100 100 100 96
July 99.6 100 99 99 100
August 99.1 100 100 96 100
September 99.1 100 98 100 100
October 99.0 99 99 100 97
November 99.1 99 100 100 97
December 99.9 100 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.9 99.7 99.3 99.4 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 30.2 31 30 30 30 31
February 29.9 30 30 30 30 30
March 30.1 32 31 30 30 31
April 30.2 31 30 30 31
May 30.8 32 30 31 31
June 31.7 33 31 31 32
July 32.3 33 32 32 32
August 32.3 34 32 31 32
September 32.3 34 32 32 32
October 31.4 33 31 32 31
November 31.3 32 31 32 30
December 30.8 31 31 31 31
Average 31.1 31.0 31.9 30.8 31.0 31.1

1st 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 24.0 26 23 23 24 25
February 24.2 24 24 24 24 25
March 24.6 25 25 25 24 25
April 25.2 26 25 25 26
May 26.3 27 26 26 27
June 26.6 27 26 26 27
July 27.2 28 27 26 27
August 26.9 29 26 26 27
September 26.9 28 26 27 27
October 26.0 28 26 26 25
November 25.6 27 26 26 25
December 24.8 26 25 25 25
Average 25.6 24.9 26.3 25.4 25.4 25.8

2nd 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 2.2 2 1 2 1 2
February 2.8 4 0 2 3 3
March 3.0 2 4 3 3 1
April 2.9 2 5 3 0
May 5.5 2 2 2 5
June 3.2 8 3 1 3
July 2.5 2 4 3 3
August 3.8 3 4 7 5
September 3.5 3 5 0 4
October 7.1 2 7 3 15
November 6.5 7 3 2 18
December 2.1 2 1 2 1
Average 3.6 2.5 2.9 3.5 2.5 4.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 12 10 9 9 11
February 11.5 11 12 11 15 14
March 11.0 12 13 13 12 10
April 11.6 11 13 11 12
May 14.3 12 17 14 16
June 15.1 13 15 16 15
July 14.6 14 16 15 14
August 12.9 11 13 13 12
September 10.0 9 10 10 11
October 10.1 8 10 10 12
November 8.5 10 10 8 10
December 9.2 9 9 10 8
Average 11.6 11.3 11.0 12.4 11.9 12.1

1st 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 133° 150° 133° 143° 129°
February 143° 144° 142° 128° 139°
March 143° 141° 135° 141° 164°
April 145° 136° 144° 153°
May 145° 129° 139° 144°
June 132° 127° 130° 143°
July 133° 128° 125° 146°
August 141° 126° 128° 146°
September 140° 136° 134° 144°
October 150° 133° 130° 133°
November 129° 140° 142° 137°
December 132° 160° 136° 165°

Prevailing wind direction

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