Tinian Heliport

MP-0012 · Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands

Climate Tinian Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Francisco Manglona Borja/Tinian International Airport (PGWT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.3 95 89 99 96 100
February 96.9 98 93 97 100 100
March 97.1 98 92 97 99 94
April 97.9 93 100 100 100
May 98.3 93 100 100 100
June 94.8 81 100 100 100
July 97.1 95 99 96 100
August 98.0 96 100 97 99
September 97.5 96 100 98 99
October 99.0 99 99 100 100
November 98.9 99 100 98 100
December 98.8 97 100 99 95
Average 97.8 97.0 93.4 99.0 98.3 98.7

16th best VFR conditions of United States

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 98.7 100 97 100 99 100
February 98.9 100 99 99 100 100
March 99.5 100 100 98 100 100
April 99.3 99 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.1 99 99 99 100
August 99.0 98 100 99 99
September 99.1 100 100 100 100
October 99.5 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 99.4 99 100 99 98
Average 99.3 99.5 99.2 99.7 99.5 99.5

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 24.9 29 29 29 29 28
February 25.0 28 29 29 29 27
March 29.3 29 30 30 31 28
April 30.3 30 31 31 30
May 30.9 31 31 32 31
June 31.0 31 32 31 32
July 30.8 31 31 31 32
August 30.4 31 31 31 31
September 30.2 31 31 31 31
October 29.9 31 31 30 31
November 26.2 31 31 30 31
December 24.7 29 30 29 29
Average 28.6 28.3 30.3 30.4 30.3 30.0

26th highest temperature of United States

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 22.1 25 26 25 27 26
February 22.4 25 26 26 26 26
March 25.7 24 26 26 27 27
April 26.9 27 27 29 30
May 27.6 28 28 29 31
June 27.9 28 28 29 30
July 27.1 28 27 27 29
August 26.9 27 27 27 30
September 26.9 27 27 28 29
October 26.6 27 27 27 29
November 23.2 27 28 27 28
December 21.9 25 27 26 27
Average 25.4 24.6 26.8 26.8 27.4 28.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 4 9 2 4 14
February 3.1 2 5 4 1 0
March 2.8 2 2 7 0 12
April 2.8 5 1 2 0
May 1.5 1 1 3 0
June 1.9 3 2 1 0
July 6.5 7 8 6 1
August 7.3 12 4 10 4
September 6.0 6 5 3 3
October 5.5 5 8 7 1
November 3.3 4 3 8 3
December 2.7 2 3 2 8
Average 3.9 2.6 5.0 3.9 4.4 3.6

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 13.2 13 13 13 14 13
February 13.8 14 15 14 13 14
March 12.6 12 13 13 12 11
April 12.5 13 13 9 11
May 11.8 12 12 15 12
June 10.7 12 11 8 12
July 9.4 10 9 10 11
August 8.2 7 9 10 7
September 8.5 9 8 10 6
October 9.1 10 9 8 9
November 11.9 12 12 12 11
December 13.0 14 12 14 14
Average 11.2 12.7 11.7 11.2 10.9 10.5

26th highest wind speed of United States

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 075° 081° 067° 088° 086°
February 072° 081° 071° 089° 080°
March 082° 081° 084° 085° 090°
April 085° 095° 098° 104°
May 093° 087° 082° 098°
June 088° 090° 109° 093°
July 095° 102° 107° 094°
August 199° 105° 091° 096°
September 114° 157° 101° 110°
October 096° 102° 109° 102°
November 088° 078° 088° 088°
December 079° 086° 080° 087°

Prevailing wind direction

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