Climate Royal St. Kitts Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (TKPK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.7	90	94	93	94	89
February	92.9	88	97	95	95	91
March	92.5	89	95	91	92	94
April	91.9		93	93	94	96
May	91.9		96	89	97	95
June	91.2		91	93	90	91
July	93.0		93	94	93	93
August	92.2		95	93	92	90
September	94.4		97	92	96	93
October	91.8		88	93	87	94
November	93.0		97	92	94	92
December	90.1		90	99	86	91
Average	92.0	88.9	93.7	92.8	92.7	92.4

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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	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.8	99	100	100	100	100
March	99.8	100	100	99	100	100
April	99.7		100	100	100	100
May	99.9		100	100	100	100
June	98.9		100	100	100	95
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.7		99	100	100	100
September	99.6		100	99	100	99
October	99.6		99	100	100	100
November	99.5		100	98	100	99
December	100.0		100	100	100	100
Average	99.7	99.6	99.8	99.6	99.9	99.2

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	30	28	29	29	28
February	28.4	29	28	28	29	28
March	28.7	29	29	28	29	28
April	29.0		29	28	29	30
May	30.1		31	30	31	31
June	31.1		32	31	31	32
July	31.0		32	31	31	31
August	31.2		32	32	31	31
September	31.0		33	30	31	31
October	30.6		31	30	31	31
November	30.0		30	30	30	30
December	29.1		29	29	29	29
Average	29.8	29.2	30.3	29.7	30.0	29.9

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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	23.2	22	23	23	24	24
February	23.5	24	23	24	24	24
March	23.4	24	22	23	23	23
April	24.3		24	24	24	25
May	25.5		26	26	26	27
June	26.2		27	26	26	27
July	26.6		27	26	26	27
August	26.4		27	27	26	26
September	26.1		27	25	26	26
October	25.7		27	26	26	26
November	25.1		26	24	25	25
December	24.1		24	24	24	24
Average	24.8	23.1	25.2	24.7	24.9	25.2

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.4	5	4	4	4	10
February	4.7	6	7	4	2	8
March	4.4	3	4	7	7	4
April	4.3		3	6	5	3
May	3.6		4	2	3	2
June	3.8		3	3	8	2
July	4.2		3	5	5	5
August	5.0		5	3	6	4
September	4.5		2	7	3	7
October	6.4		12	5	6	9
November	5.4		2	8	5	9
December	6.0		4	2	8	8
Average	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.6	4.9	5.6

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	10.9	12	11	10	11	10
February	11.9	9	13	11	14	11
March	11.0	9	11	13	12	11
April	10.8		10	12	10	10
May	11.1		10	12	12	10
June	12.0		11	12	13	12
July	12.6		13	14	13	12
August	11.3		10	11	11	11
September	9.1		9	10	8	9
October	8.8		9	9	9	9
November	9.7		10	11	9	11
December	10.8		11	8	12	10
Average	10.8	9.9	10.5	11.1	11.3	10.6

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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	062°	065°	078°	076°	066°
February	071°	056°	070°	084°	071°
March	059°	060°	072°	078°	067°
April		074°	068°	082°	095°
May		084°	067°	088°	100°
June		079°	069°	084°	085°
July		065°	064°	081°	080°
August		065°	062°	078°	077°
September		064°	085°	082°	081°
October		085°	072°	095°	089°
November		074°	071°	081°	086°
December		052°	041°	074°	072°

Prevailing wind direction

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