Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Helipad

KY-0003 · West Bay, Cayman Islands

Climate Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Owen Roberts International Airport (MWCR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.1 82 90 94 88 88
February 90.8 89 91 87 93 88
March 91.5 95 88 93 88 90
April 91.8 95 88 92 93
May 89.2 93 91 87 93
June 92.2 94 93 91 90
July 93.2 93 93 94 89
August 91.2 86 91 93 90
September 91.0 91 88 93 91
October 87.7 87 96 88 80
November 90.0 95 94 89 79
December 90.7 85 98 95 86
Average 90.5 88.7 90.5 91.8 90.8 88.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Cayman Islands

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 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
March 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 100 100
June 99.3 100 100 100 98
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 99.3 100 99 99 98
September 99.5 99 99 100 100
October 99.2 100 100 100 99
November 99.5 100 100 99 99
December 99.9 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 100.0 99.7 99.8 99.7 99.3

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 28.4 29 29 28 29 29
February 28.9 28 29 29 29 29
March 29.2 30 30 30 30 29
April 30.1 30 30 30 31
May 30.7 31 31 31 32
June 31.4 32 31 31 32
July 32.1 33 32 32 32
August 32.1 33 32 32 32
September 31.9 33 32 32 32
October 31.4 32 31 32 31
November 30.0 31 31 29 30
December 29.1 29 30 30 29
Average 30.3 29.2 31.0 30.5 30.4 30.5

1st highest temperature of Cayman Islands

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 24.2 25 24 24 24 24
February 24.4 24 24 24 25 25
March 24.7 26 25 25 25 25
April 25.6 25 25 26 26
May 26.3 27 26 26 27
June 27.0 28 26 27 28
July 27.6 29 27 27 28
August 27.4 27 27 27 27
September 27.3 28 27 28 27
October 26.7 27 27 27 27
November 25.9 27 26 25 26
December 25.0 25 25 25 25
Average 25.8 24.8 26.3 25.8 25.9 26.2

1st lowest temperature of Cayman Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.3 3 2 3 2 1
February 2.2 1 3 5 2 1
March 2.1 2 4 2 3 0
April 3.1 3 8 1 1
May 6.9 7 3 7 6
June 4.9 6 10 3 3
July 3.2 2 3 5 3
August 5.1 7 7 6 7
September 5.0 4 8 2 6
October 8.4 9 4 5 14
November 6.3 3 5 9 18
December 2.7 7 1 0 3
Average 4.1 2.0 4.7 4.9 3.7 5.0

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 10.6 10 11 8 10 10
February 10.4 10 11 10 10 10
March 10.4 9 10 10 10 11
April 9.2 7 9 10 7
May 8.6 7 8 8 8
June 9.0 9 9 8 9
July 8.5 10 8 9 7
August 7.3 7 7 7 2
September 6.0 7 7 4 0
October 8.4 8 9 7 8
November 9.4 10 9 8 11
December 10.3 11 12 10 10
Average 9.1 9.8 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.5

1st highest wind speed of Cayman Islands

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 073° 069° 076° 070° 069°
February 058° 071° 091° 090° 079°
March 103° 093° 109° 074° 073°
April 098° 108° 091° 126°
May 094° 136° 092° 118°
June 113° 130° 109° 109°
July 088° 114° 085° 083°
August 089° 114° 086° 102°
September 064° 098° 122° 153°
October 069° 059° 121° 107°
November 059° 063° 076° 075°
December 058° 066° 090° 059°

Prevailing wind direction

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