Climate New Bight Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Salvador International Airport (MYSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.6	75	84	89	89
February	74.8	85	83	67	66
March	78.0	82	87	62	84	62
April	80.1		75	73	91	82
May	70.0		69	68	80	62
June	73.2		81	75	68	72
July	77.1		85	69	68	84
August	80.0		85	78	75	84
September	84.5		77	81	90	83
October	86.1		85	90	88	84
November	79.5		72	86	81	77
December	88.1		84	98	80	89
Average	79.7	82.1	80.2	76.6	79.9	79.8

4th best VFR conditions of Bahamas

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	97.4	97	97	97	98
February	98.8	99	100	97	99
March	97.9	97	97	98	99	100
April	98.5		99	96	99	100
May	98.1		97	97	99	100
June	97.6		93	97	100	99
July	99.4		99	99	100	100
August	99.4		99	99	99	100
September	97.6		90	100	99	99
October	98.0		96	99	98	99
November	96.5		89	99	99	98
December	99.2		100	99	99	99
Average	98.0	97.6	96.4	97.9	99.0	99.3

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	25.9	25	27	26	26
February	26.2	25	27	26	27
March	26.9	27	27	27	27	27
April	27.7		28	27	27	28
May	28.5		28	28	29	29
June	30.0		30	30	30	30
July	31.1		32	31	31	31
August	31.2		32	31	31	32
September	30.7		31	30	31	31
October	29.7		30	29	30	30
November	28.4		28	29	28	28
December	26.8		27	27	28	26
Average	28.1	25.8	28.5	28.3	28.7	29.4

3rd highest temperature of Bahamas

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	20.7	22	21	20	20
February	21.7	20	22	22	23
March	21.4	20	21	23	22	23
April	22.7		23	23	22	23
May	24.1		24	24	24	25
June	25.6		26	26	26	26
July	26.5		27	27	26	27
August	27.1		27	28	27	27
September	25.9		27	27	25	26
October	25.1		25	25	25	26
November	23.9		24	24	24	24
December	22.3		23	22	23	22
Average	23.3	20.4	23.8	23.8	23.8	24.8

5th lowest temperature of Bahamas

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	4	4	9	2
February	2.3	2	1	4	2
March	3.3	3	5	3	2	0
April	4.8		5	11	1	3
May	7.2		8	10	3	7
June	7.3		18	8	2	6
July	4.2		3	3	3	7
August	3.5		5	6	3	2
September	4.5		10	2	3	5
October	7.9		10	7	8	7
November	11.2		25	4	6	12
December	4.5		6	6	3	4
Average	5.3	2.8	8.0	6.7	3.0	5.8

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	9.0	10	9	9	8
February	11.3	11	10	11	12
March	10.6	10	10	12	11	11
April	9.8		9	11	10	9
May	9.7		8	10	10	10
June	9.6		9	8	12	9
July	10.2		9	12	11	10
August	9.7		10	9	11	9
September	7.8		9	10	7	8
October	8.7		9	7	9	9
November	9.4		9	8	9	11
December	9.8		11	9	10	10
Average	9.8	10.3	9.2	9.8	9.9	9.6

3rd highest wind speed of Bahamas

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	076°	086°	092°	079°
February	087°	097°	078°	122°
March	111°	094°	088°	098°	098°
April		093°	088°	100°	136°
May		070°	109°	095°	098°
June		167°	133°	106°	101°
July		133°	099°	108°	103°
August		116°	101°	100°	106°
September		050°	129°	102°	102°
October		071°	125°	082°	099°
November		087°	083°	077°	078°
December		094°	048°	096°	067°

Prevailing wind direction

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