Climate Alamicamba Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Puerto Cabezas Airport (MNPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.3	3	1	0	0	7
February	0.3	0	0	0	0	3
March	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
April	1.7		0	0	0	0
May	1.2		0	0	0
June	0.5		0	2	0	1
July	0.4		0	1	0	1
August	1.7		10	1	0	0
September	6.5		4	5	0	3
October	7.0		17	7	1	5
November	2.7		3	1	0	5
December	1.3		1	0	0	0
Average	2.3	0.8	3.1	1.4	0.0	2.1

6th best VFR conditions of Nicaragua

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	97.3	98	100	97	97	98
February	98.6	99	99	98	99	98
March	98.3	100	99	97	99	98
April	98.8		99	97	99	99
May	95.6		99	95	98
June	93.6		93	90	95	90
July	95.0		92	95	96	96
August	95.6		97	95	95	94
September	96.6		96	98	96	99
October	94.2		95	95	95	97
November	94.9		93	92	96	95
December	95.9		95	98	93	97
Average	96.5	99.0	96.4	95.4	96.2	96.6

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	29.0	30	29	29	29	30
February	29.3	29	29	30	29	30
March	30.3	31	30	30	32	30
April	30.4		30	30	30	31
May	31.0		32	30	31
June	30.4		31	30	30	31
July	30.6		31	30	31	31
August	30.8		32	30	31	31
September	31.2		32	31	31	32
October	30.4		31	30	31	31
November	30.2		31	30	30	29
December	29.4		30	29	29	30
Average	30.2	30.0	30.5	29.9	30.2	30.3

4th highest temperature of Nicaragua

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	23.3	25	24	22	24	23
February	23.5	22	25	22	23	24
March	23.8	26	25	24	24	24
April	24.7		25	25	26	25
May	25.6		26	26	26
June	26.2		26	24	26	26
July	25.8		26	25	26	25
August	25.4		26	25	25	25
September	24.9		25	25	26	25
October	24.1		25	24	24	25
November	23.8		25	24	23	25
December	22.4		24	24	24	23
Average	24.4	24.2	24.9	24.1	24.7	24.4

6th lowest temperature of Nicaragua

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	36.3	35	32	42	40	29
February	28.8	14	36	37	26	17
March	23.1	10	17	38	31	35
April	21.2		15	42	22	6
May	38.7		25	62	30
June	44.9		48	51	40	33
July	43.9		57	47	39	31
August	38.4		36	51	35	33
September	32.9		33	43	39	27
October	45.8		44	50	43	48
November	45.7		44	59	44	48
December	38.7		42	35	42	36
Average	35.2	19.3	35.7	46.8	35.9	31.5

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	7.3	7	8	7	6	7
February	7.4	8	8	7	6	7
March	6.7	6	7	7	6	6
April	6.2		6	7	6	5
May	6.4		6	6	7
June	6.4		6	5	5	7
July	7.2		8	7	7	6
August	5.9		6	5	6	6
September	5.0		6	5	5	5
October	5.2		5	6	5	5
November	6.9		7	6	7	6
December	7.3		8	7	6	7
Average	6.6	7.1	6.6	6.1	6.1	6.0

4th highest wind speed of Nicaragua

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	067°	066°	047°	056°	057°
February	042°	075°	063°	063°	063°
March	092°	087°	070°	076°	071°
April		089°	078°	078°	088°
May		086°	073°	081°
June		090°	085°	084°	071°
July		075°	075°	075°	070°
August		078°	071°	075°	079°
September		065°	064°	073°	073°
October		049°	045°	059°	053°
November		030°	049°	009°	043°
December		043°	063°	039°	028°

Prevailing wind direction

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