Climate Edward Bodden Little Cayman Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (MWCB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.5	93	95	94	88	94
February	94.4	93	96	89	96	91
March	93.0	96	89	95	92	93
April	94.2		97	92	94	93
May	92.2		96	95	91	87
June	91.3		87	94	92	77
July	95.2		98	96	96	88
August	93.3		95	95	90	90
September	92.7		90	92	96	90
October	91.2		91	94	92	79
November	89.9		91	97	89	75
December	91.0		88	96	99	82
Average	92.4	93.7	92.8	93.9	92.7	86.2

1st best VFR conditions of Cayman 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	99.7	100	100	99	100	100
February	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
March	100.0	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.6		100	99	100	100
May	99.5		99	100	100	100
June	99.3		97	99	100	100
July	99.6		100	100	100	98
August	99.7		100	99	100	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	100
October	99.3		100	100	100	98
November	99.8		100	100	99	100
December	99.8		100	100	100	100
Average	99.7	100.0	99.5	99.6	99.8	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	28.2	29	29	28	28	29
February	28.7	28	29	28	29	29
March	29.0	30	29	29	29	29
April	29.8		30	30	30	30
May	30.3		31	30	31	30
June	31.1		32	30	31	31
July	31.9		33	31	32	32
August	31.9		33	32	31	32
September	31.8		32	32	32	32
October	30.9		31	31	32	31
November	29.8		31	30	29	29
December	28.9		29	29	29	29
Average	30.0	28.9	30.7	30.0	30.2	30.2

2nd highest temperature of Cayman 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	24.4	25	24	24	25	25
February	24.6	24	25	25	25	25
March	24.8	26	25	26	24	25
April	25.9		26	26	26	27
May	27.0		28	27	27	28
June	27.7		28	27	27	29
July	28.3		30	28	28	29
August	28.2		30	27	28	29
September	27.9		29	28	28	28
October	27.1		28	27	27	27
November	25.9		27	26	25	26
December	25.3		26	25	26	25
Average	26.3	25.2	26.9	26.3	26.2	26.7

2nd lowest temperature of Cayman Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.9	2	1	2	1	1
February	2.3	3	2	6	1	3
March	1.2	1	3	1	2	0
April	1.4		1	2	1	0
May	4.9		4	4	3	1
June	3.3		6	5	4	4
July	1.3		0	2	3	1
August	2.7		2	3	7	4
September	2.4		1	2	1	5
October	6.5		6	2	3	14
November	4.4		1	1	9	13
December	2.2		6	0	2	2
Average	2.8	2.0	2.7	2.5	2.8	4.2

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	8.5	8	9	8	8	8
February	8.5	9	9	8	9	9
March	8.2	8	9	9	8	9
April	7.7		7	9	8	6
May	8.0		7	9	7	7
June	8.3		8	8	8	8
July	7.5		8	8	8	8
August	7.4		7	8	8	7
September	6.5		6	8	6	6
October	7.7		7	8	7	9
November	7.4		8	9	7	9
December	8.4		10	10	8	8
Average	7.9	8.3	8.0	8.4	7.5	7.9

2nd highest wind speed of Cayman 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	069°	066°	068°	085°	080°
February	058°	072°	080°	107°	090°
March	097°	091°	083°	090°	088°
April		093°	087°	100°	114°
May		105°	100°	104°	130°
June		113°	102°	116°	114°
July		088°	089°	104°	106°
August		099°	091°	104°	119°
September		072°	096°	106°	117°
October		069°	053°	109°	122°
November		056°	062°	066°	093°
December		052°	060°	082°	072°

Prevailing wind direction

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