Climate Jabot Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bucholz Army Air Field(Kwajalein KMR)(Atoll) (PKWA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.3	89	92	95	93	94
February	90.7	85	98	94	98	94
March	90.7	92	93	89	94	95
April	90.4		90	91	95	90
May	89.1		90	91	93	88
June	89.8		83	94	95	93
July	93.5		87	97	96	94
August	90.8		84	90	96	93
September	89.9		85	90	93	91
October	90.7		83	94	95	93
November	89.8		81	93	94	90
December	91.9		89	96	94	95
Average	90.4	88.5	87.6	92.8	94.6	92.4

2nd best VFR conditions of Marshall 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	98.2	96	98	99	98	100
February	98.2	94	100	99	100	100
March	97.7	94	98	96	99	100
April	97.6		98	97	98	97
May	97.4		97	97	98	97
June	97.8		92	99	100	100
July	97.9		93	99	98	98
August	97.1		87	98	100	98
September	96.4		92	98	99	97
October	97.3		91	98	99	98
November	96.8		89	99	98	98
December	98.1		93	99	99	98
Average	97.3	94.6	93.8	98.1	98.7	98.2

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	29.9	30	30	30	30	30
February	29.9	30	29	30	30	31
March	30.1	30	30	30	31	31
April	30.2		30	29	31	30
May	30.2		30	30	30	31
June	30.4		30	30	30	31
July	30.6		31	30	30	31
August	30.6		31	30	31	31
September	30.7		31	30	30	31
October	30.5		31	30	30	31
November	30.3		30	30	30	31
December	30.0		30	30	29	30
Average	30.2	29.9	30.1	29.7	30.2	30.6

2nd highest temperature of Marshall 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	22.2	7	19	23	25	27
February	18.5	2	0	21	26	26
March	20.8	8	9	26	25	26
April	25.0		26	26	23	25
May	25.1		26	24	25	27
June	22.3		4	23	25	27
July	23.0		6	26	25	27
August	22.8		11	24	22	26
September	22.1		11	26	24	23
October	22.4		7	22	23	27
November	21.8		9	23	20	24
December	22.3		4	25	24	27
Average	20.8	5.7	11.1	24.0	23.7	25.9

1st lowest temperature of Marshall Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.4	1	7	1	4	3
February	3.7	2	1	4	3	2
March	5.0	3	5	8	5	3
April	7.3		10	9	6	8
May	8.8		13	9	9	6
June	7.0		10	6	3	6
July	6.3		5	7	6	10
August	8.1		10	14	4	7
September	8.6		7	10	10	8
October	9.2		7	10	7	14
November	10.9		17	4	12	14
December	4.5		6	3	1	4
Average	6.4	1.8	8.1	7.2	5.7	7.0

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	13.7	13	13	13	16	14
February	14.9	13	16	16	15	15
March	13.6	14	12	16	13	14
April	12.7		12	14	9	14
May	12.1		10	10	14	14
June	10.8		10	10	11	11
July	9.1		10	12	11	10
August	7.3		7	9	7	8
September	6.9		7	8	7	7
October	7.4		8	8	8	8
November	11.0		12	11	13	12
December	13.5		13	11	12	16
Average	11.3	13.1	10.7	11.4	11.4	11.8

2nd highest wind speed of Marshall 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	053°	072°	057°	068°	060°
February	062°	062°	064°	064°	060°
March	067°	076°	071°	077°	065°
April		069°	075°	086°	066°
May		076°	079°	073°	069°
June		077°	078°	077°	074°
July		083°	087°	076°	080°
August		089°	088°	084°	083°
September		091°	104°	100°	096°
October		085°	091°	102°	093°
November		069°	086°	080°	080°
December		064°	075°	065°	066°

Prevailing wind direction

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