Climate Salt Cay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gregorio Luperon International Airport (MDPP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.6	82	77	90	84	79
February	75.7	71	83	71	82	78
March	80.2	82	91	78	83	69
April	88.3		94	92	80	88
May	91.5		89	90	89	97
June	93.4		93	98	86	94
July	87.8		89	78	87	87
August	89.3		80	85	90	91
September	88.9		93	83	92	89
October	90.6		88	87	96	94
November	85.9		86	87	90	81
December	79.1		66	85	81	78
Average	85.3	78.6	85.9	85.4	86.7	85.8

4th best VFR conditions of Dominican Republic

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	98.6	98	97	99	99	100
February	99.1	98	99	97	100	100
March	98.9	100	99	100	97	98
April	99.8		100	100	100	100
May	99.2		97	100	100	100
June	99.5		99	99	100	100
July	99.0		99	98	100	99
August	99.4		100	100	99	100
September	98.8		99	97	98	100
October	99.4		98	100	99	100
November	99.7		100	100	100	100
December	98.9		95	100	99	99
Average	99.1	98.4	98.4	99.1	99.1	99.5

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	28	29	28	28
February	28.3	29	28	29	29	29
March	28.6	30	29	29	29	28
April	30.0		30	30	30	31
May	31.3		32	32	31	33
June	32.7		34	33	32	33
July	32.5		34	32	32	33
August	32.3		33	32	32	32
September	32.6		34	32	33	32
October	31.8		33	31	32	33
November	30.6		31	31	31	30
December	29.0		29	28	30	29
Average	30.5	29.0	31.1	30.6	30.6	30.8

7th highest temperature of Dominican Republic

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	18.8	20	16	20	19	20
February	19.4	19	18	19	21	21
March	19.6	21	19	20	20	19
April	20.6		20	20	19	21
May	22.1		22	21	21	24
June	22.1		20	22	23	24
July	22.5		22	22	22	23
August	22.4		23	20	23	23
September	21.8		22	20	22	23
October	22.2		24	21	22	22
November	21.0		21	20	21	22
December	19.9		21	18	20	20
Average	20.9	19.9	20.6	20.2	20.9	21.8

2nd lowest temperature of Dominican Republic

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.6	10	2	2	4	5
February	5.4	8	2	7	3	6
March	5.9	4	3	6	4	16
April	1.7		0	2	5	0
May	0.4		0	0	0	0
June	0.6		3	0	1	0
July	1.6		1	2	3	3
August	1.4		2	2	1	2
September	1.8		1	3	1	1
October	1.8		2	1	1	1
November	2.9		2	1	3	5
December	4.5		9	2	2	6
Average	3.2	7.3	2.1	2.3	2.1	3.5

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	6.9	7	8	6	7	7
February	8.0	7	9	8	9	9
March	8.0	8	9	9	8	8
April	8.7		9	8	8	8
May	9.1		7	8	10	9
June	10.1		9	10	10	10
July	10.2		11	10	9	11
August	9.2		9	9	8	10
September	7.9		8	8	8	8
October	6.7		5	6	6	9
November	6.3		6	7	7	7
December	6.5		7	6	7	6
Average	8.1	7.3	8.2	8.0	8.1	8.6

7th highest wind speed of Dominican Republic

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	091°	087°	085°	089°	082°
February	073°	092°	092°	092°	091°
March	080°	084°	088°	083°	079°
April		081°	094°	078°	083°
May		075°	089°	084°	084°
June		096°	087°	089°	082°
July		096°	091°	091°	085°
August		085°	085°	087°	081°
September		078°	078°	070°	070°
October		073°	081°	079°	087°
November		095°	087°	082°	090°
December		091°	080°	093°	083°

Prevailing wind direction

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