Climate La Romana Batey Lechuga Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Casa De Campo International Airport (MDLR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.4	76	72	90	76	71
February	79.3	75	76	74	92	81
March	79.9	73	88	78	83	71
April	82.9		78	79	75	91
May	86.8		83	77	89	87
June	87.7		81	88	80	84
July	82.8		81	73	79	86
August	79.1		70	59	76	89
September	79.1		73	64	85	84
October	81.1		79	53	79	92
November	81.3		87	71	88	78
December	83.6		82	76	82	86
Average	81.0	74.5	79.0	73.8	81.8	83.4

9th 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	99.5	100	99	100	99	100
February	99.6	100	100	99	100	99
March	99.2	98	98	99	100	99
April	99.2		99	98	99	100
May	99.3		98	99	100	100
June	98.9		100	100	99	95
July	99.4		100	99	100	99
August	98.9		98	99	97	100
September	99.0		99	97	99	100
October	98.5		97	96	98	100
November	99.5		99	99	100	99
December	99.4		100	100	99	98
Average	99.2	99.0	98.7	98.7	99.1	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	29.2	30	29	30	29	29
February	29.5	30	30	29	31	30
March	29.9	31	30	30	30	29
April	30.4		31	30	30	31
May	31.3		32	31	32	32
June	32.2		33	33	31	33
July	32.7		34	32	32	33
August	32.7		33	33	32	33
September	31.9		33	32	33	32
October	31.2		32	31	32	32
November	30.6		31	31	32	30
December	29.8		30	29	30	30
Average	30.8	30.2	31.3	30.9	31.0	31.0

5th 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	19	19	20
February	19.0	20	20	20	20	20
March	19.0	20	20	20	19	19
April	20.5		21	21	20	21
May	21.4		20	20	22	23
June	22.6		24	22	22	23
July	22.2		25	22	22	22
August	21.8		20	22	21	24
September	21.0		24	21	21	21
October	21.3		24	18	22	22
November	20.8		23	22	21	20
December	19.5		19	19	20	19
Average	20.6	20.3	21.3	20.4	20.8	20.9

3rd 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	4.6	3	4	2	4	5
February	3.7	1	2	8	2	6
March	3.0	2	1	2	3	7
April	2.3		0	6	4	0
May	1.4		1	2	1	0
June	1.2		1	0	2	3
July	1.9		1	3	1	3
August	2.3		3	3	4	1
September	3.7		0	3	2	2
October	3.4		2	8	1	2
November	5.3		2	7	2	11
December	2.8		2	2	4	2
Average	2.9	2.0	1.5	3.6	2.6	3.2

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	7.0	7	8	7	6	7
February	7.8	7	8	9	9	8
March	7.1	7	7	9	8	8
April	7.2		5	7	8	8
May	7.6		6	6	8	9
June	7.4		6	7	8	8
July	7.8		8	8	8	9
August	7.3		8	7	7	7
September	5.9		5	6	7	6
October	5.2		4	5	6	6
November	5.5		5	6	7	5
December	6.0		6	5	7	5
Average	6.8	6.7	6.2	6.9	7.3	7.1

5th 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	084°	074°	069°	087°	093°
February	079°	070°	060°	101°	103°
March	092°	095°	076°	102°	078°
April		109°	081°	123°	137°
May		147°	113°	117°	151°
June		127°	103°	104°	115°
July		086°	077°	101°	104°
August		103°	078°	091°	101°
September		109°	084°	126°	127°
October		109°	106°	136°	107°
November		084°	084°	094°	099°
December		061°	048°	064°	084°

Prevailing wind direction

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