Climate Consuelo Batey Anita airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Las Américas International Airport (MDSD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.1	79	80	93	82	81
February	77.4	76	83	73	93	77
March	81.3	77	94	81	82	75
April	84.4		93	75	86	90
May	83.6		82	88	79	86
June	88.3		86	93	80	87
July	82.0		85	74	85	80
August	81.0		72	81	84	86
September	82.5		81	79	92	90
October	79.5		85	75	81	80
November	80.7		82	77	92	72
December	82.0		70	85	83	88
Average	81.3	77.2	82.6	81.0	84.6	82.7

6th 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	99.2	98	100	100	100	99
February	99.5	99	100	99	100	99
March	99.1	98	100	99	99	100
April	99.4		99	98	99	100
May	99.2		99	100	100	100
June	98.6		99	100	98	95
July	98.6		98	97	99	99
August	98.1		97	99	95	99
September	98.4		97	98	99	100
October	98.0		98	97	96	98
November	99.1		99	99	100	99
December	99.1		99	100	98	99
Average	98.8	98.6	98.5	98.7	98.5	98.9

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	29.8	31	30	30	30	30
February	30.0	30	31	30	31	30
March	30.2	31	31	30	30	30
April	30.5		31	30	31	31
May	31.0		32	31	32	32
June	32.0		33	32	31	33
July	32.3		34	32	32	33
August	32.1		32	32	32	32
September	32.0		33	32	33	32
October	31.3		33	32	31	31
November	30.5		31	31	31	29
December	30.0		30	30	30	30
Average	30.9	30.7	31.6	30.9	31.0	31.1

4th 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	19.5	21	19	20	20	18
February	19.4	21	17	20	20	19
March	20.0	22	19	21	18	21
April	20.4		20	20	20	20
May	21.4		20	21	21	23
June	22.8		22	22	22	24
July	21.9		19	23	22	23
August	22.1		22	21	20	24
September	22.0		21	23	20	23
October	21.2		23	22	21	22
November	21.2		21	22	20	19
December	20.4		21	20	21	21
Average	21.0	20.9	20.3	21.0	20.4	21.6

5th 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	3.3	2	5	1	0	3
February	3.9	3	1	4	1	4
March	3.3	4	1	5	4	5
April	3.6		1	7	3	1
May	2.1		2	5	1	0
June	1.2		2	1	3	1
July	3.0		1	3	2	5
August	2.8		4	3	5	3
September	4.1		2	4	1	1
October	3.1		1	7	2	3
November	6.4		5	4	1	16
December	3.9		8	2	4	3
Average	3.4	3.0	2.6	3.8	2.4	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	6.3	7	6	6	6	7
February	6.9	8	7	6	8	7
March	6.8	8	8	6	7	7
April	6.6		7	6	7	6
May	6.4		6	6	6	6
June	6.7		7	7	6	7
July	6.7		7	7	7	7
August	6.2		7	6	6	7
September	5.8		6	7	5	6
October	5.0		5	5	4	5
November	5.3		7	5	5	5
December	5.9		7	6	6	5
Average	6.3	7.5	6.6	6.0	5.9	6.1

4th 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	109°	069°	129°	080°	071°
February	117°	086°	077°	109°	104°
March	115°	125°	112°	099°	068°
April		146°	116°	124°	145°
May		153°	129°	126°	143°
June		143°	131°	108°	126°
July		110°	090°	103°	106°
August		115°	095°	093°	100°
September		130°	105°	123°	120°
October		110°	098°	110°	095°
November		106°	092°	092°	069°
December		064°	024°	074°	069°

Prevailing wind direction

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