Climate FOB Mandrian 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Matthew Town Airport (MYIG) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	30.8	89		0
February	1.6	100		0
March	2.4	75		0
April	75.0			75
May	85.8			86
June	87.8		89	84	90
July	57.4		88		36
August	23.0		75		0
September	45.6		87		0
October	44.8		89		0
November	50.2		93		0
December	32.9		79		0
Average	58.1	88.4	86.9	41.7	15.5

7th best VFR conditions of Bahamas

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
January	34.3	99		0
February	1.6	100		0
March	3.3	100		0
April	88.3			88
May	99.7			100
June	99.3		100	99	100
July	62.4		99		37
August	27.3		89		0
September	51.8		99		0
October	49.0		97		0
November	53.9		100		0
December	38.5		92		0
Average	65.5	99.4	97.1	48.7	16.8

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
January	7.3	18		0
February	1.6	13		0
March	3.5	27		0
April	25.4			25
May	29.8			30
June	31.5		32	31	31
July	32.0		33		32
August	20.9		28		17
September	16.8		32		0
October	11.2		23		0
November	10.5		20		0
December	12.7		28		0
Average	17.6	18.2	27.4	13.8	11.2

7th highest temperature of Bahamas

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	3.5	9		0
February	0.8	6		0
March	3.0	24		0
April	20.2			20
May	25.6			26
June	26.8		27	27	27
July	26.8		26		28
August	16.3		21		14
September	13.8		26		0
October	5.9		12		0
November	2.6		5		0
December	11.0		25		0
Average	12.7	10.2	19.4	11.5	9.5

1st lowest temperature of Bahamas

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	1.3	4		0
February	0.3	20		0
March	0.0	0		0
April	6.5			7
May	3.8			4
June	1.4		1	3	0
July	0.4		1		0
August	1.5		5		0
September	2.2		4		0
October	3.5		7		0
November	1.8		4		0
December	4.4		11		0
Average	2.7	4.2	4.3	2.3	0.0

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
January	9.3	9		9
February	11.3	6		11
March	11.6	5		12
April	11.0			11
May	9.3			9
June	9.2		8	9	12
July	12.2		12		13
August	11.5		11		12
September	6.9		8		6
October	6.8		7		7
November	8.4		9		8
December	10.8		11		11
Average	9.5	9.0	9.0	10.2	9.7

7th highest wind speed of Bahamas

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	107°		088°
February	284°		095°
March	109°		100°
April			100°
May			111°
June		131°	138°	117°
July		111°		113°
August		103°		109°
September		086°		113°
October		091°		093°
November		100°		101°
December		079°		086°

Prevailing wind direction

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