Climate El Bluff Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bluefields Airport (MNBL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.2	52	49	54	52	60
February	58.6	72	59	59	54	55
March	61.3	64	65	61	61	57
April	64.1		80	60	55	78
May	55.1		69	43	57
June	43.4		50	51	51	24
July	38.9		38	36	44	46
August	50.8		48	51	56	58
September	65.3		60	71	56	71
October	60.2		59	67	65	69
November	50.2		48	50	52	44
December	50.6		51	60	47	56
Average	55.3	62.4	56.1	54.8	54.3	57.1

4th 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	94.6	94	97	96	91	97
February	96.7	99	95	97	95	98
March	97.2	98	99	99	93	97
April	97.7		99	98	96	98
May	95.4		98	93	96
June	91.0		92	88	92	83
July	88.8		85	88	88	91
August	91.1		92	90	93	95
September	93.2		92	96	92	95
October	94.2		96	96	93	95
November	91.5		94	85	94	88
December	93.1		92	91	92	94
Average	94.0	96.9	94.2	93.0	92.9	94.0

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	28.6	29	29	28	29	29
February	29.1	30	29	29	29	30
March	29.9	31	29	30	29	30
April	30.3		31	30	30	31
May	30.3		32	30	30
June	29.8		31	30	30	29
July	29.4		30	29	30	30
August	29.8		31	30	30	30
September	30.5		31	31	30	31
October	30.1		31	30	30	31
November	29.4		30	29	29	29
December	28.9		30	29	29	29
Average	29.7	30.1	30.1	29.4	29.4	29.9

5th 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	21.7	21	22	18	22	23
February	22.2	21	21	20	23	24
March	23.1	23	24	24	23	24
April	24.0		24	24	24	24
May	24.4		26	23	25
June	23.2		21	22	23	25
July	23.9		20	22	25	25
August	23.7		24	23	23	24
September	23.0		21	23	24	24
October	23.1		23	24	24	23
November	22.0		21	20	22	23
December	21.8		19	20	23	22
Average	22.9	21.7	22.2	21.9	23.3	23.6

3rd 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	27.1	18	43	38	41	22
February	23.3	8	37	30	28	18
March	17.1	12	15	25	26	22
April	11.8		4	24	19	5
May	23.5		8	37	33
June	26.1		19	32	26	27
July	29.6		29	37	39	24
August	21.5		26	27	20	17
September	15.8		17	12	23	17
October	22.5		27	23	20	19
November	34.9		27	43	39	44
December	32.8		30	49	38	27
Average	22.6	12.8	23.4	31.1	29.1	22.0

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	5.5	4	7	5	5	6
February	5.6	5	6	6	5	6
March	5.2	5	5	6	6	5
April	4.6		5	5	5	4
May	4.7		5	4	6
June	4.7		4	4	5	6
July	5.0		5	5	5	4
August	4.1		4	4	4	4
September	3.8		4	4	4	4
October	3.7		4	4	4	4
November	4.4		4	4	5	4
December	5.0		5	5	5	5
Average	4.7	4.6	4.8	4.5	4.8	4.6

5th 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	074°	063°	057°	059°	063°
February	067°	064°	066°	066°	072°
March	093°	076°	072°	073°	078°
April		082°	071°	076°	081°
May		085°	065°	075°
June		084°	048°	073°	074°
July		062°	060°	066°	066°
August		073°	062°	062°	060°
September		056°	062°	065°	062°
October		058°	048°	041°	040°
November		044°	035°	022°	322°
December		059°	056°	046°	031°

Prevailing wind direction

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