Climate Samaná El Catey International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Samaná El Catey International Airport (MDCY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.4	80	91	94	91	84
February	81.7	84	93	81	88	79
March	80.0	81	95	75	83	69
April	85.9		92	83	85	88
May	85.1		93	90	83	92
June	87.2		94	96	75	88
July	84.4		85	82	85	81
August	84.5		82	90	85	86
September	89.7		93	92	92	87
October	87.7		89	87	92	91
November	84.6		85	89	88	78
December	85.3		76	93	90	85
Average	84.6	81.4	89.0	87.3	86.0	83.7

2nd 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	100	100
February	99.1	99	98	98	100	100
March	99.0	99	100	99	98	99
April	99.1		99	98	99	99
May	99.2		99	100	98	99
June	99.1		100	100	96	100
July	99.0		99	98	99	99
August	98.8		99	100	97	99
September	98.5		99	97	99	99
October	98.5		98	97	99	99
November	98.9		100	100	98	97
December	98.8		98	100	98	99
Average	99.0	99.2	98.7	98.6	98.3	99.0

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	28.2	29	28	29	28	28
February	28.1	29	28	28	28	28
March	28.3	29	29	28	28	27
April	29.3		29	28	29	30
May	30.4		32	31	30	31
June	31.0		33	31	30	31
July	30.6		31	30	30	31
August	30.9		32	30	31	31
September	31.4		32	31	31	31
October	31.1		32	30	31	33
November	29.7		31	30	30	29
December	28.7		29	28	29	28
Average	29.7	28.8	30.3	29.6	29.5	29.8

8th 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	19.9	21	19	20	20	21
February	20.0	20	20	20	21	20
March	20.1	22	19	20	21	20
April	21.0		20	19	21	22
May	22.8		23	23	22	23
June	23.7		25	24	22	24
July	23.6		24	23	24	23
August	23.7		24	23	23	24
September	22.9		23	23	23	24
October	22.7		24	22	22	23
November	21.9		23	21	22	22
December	20.9		22	20	21	21
Average	21.8	21.0	22.2	21.5	21.7	22.3

6th 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	4.0	4	4	1	3	6
February	4.1	3	2	3	5	5
March	4.5	4	2	4	3	9
April	3.7		1	6	5	0
May	2.5		1	2	4	1
June	2.1		1	0	6	2
July	4.4		4	7	4	7
August	5.2		6	10	3	5
September	3.2		3	3	1	2
October	2.7		3	6	0	3
November	5.6		6	7	4	10
December	4.2		7	1	4	5
Average	3.9	3.7	3.3	4.3	3.3	4.6

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	6.0	5	6	6	5	6
February	6.4	6	6	7	4	5
March	6.6	6	6	7	5	7
April	6.4		7	7	4	6
May	5.8		6	6	4	6
June	6.1		6	8	4	7
July	6.0		6	7	6	5
August	5.6		5	7	7	4
September	6.1		5	8	7	4
October	5.0		5	6	5	5
November	4.3		4	4	5	3
December	4.9		5	6	5	4
Average	5.8	5.8	5.6	6.4	4.9	5.2

8th 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	074°	078°	089°	084°	067°
February	064°	078°	068°	085°	075°
March	090°	080°	079°	077°	059°
April		084°	087°	081°	080°
May		113°	102°	082°	089°
June		121°	096°	088°	075°
July		081°	074°	083°	081°
August		094°	073°	075°	076°
September		093°	079°	071°	074°
October		096°	086°	104°	081°
November		083°	080°	072°	085°
December		072°	070°	079°	066°

Prevailing wind direction

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