Climate Matthew Town Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Providenciales International Airport (MBPV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.8	94	98	96	97	93
February	95.9	94	91	95	99	98
March	96.0	97	92	97	95	97
April	95.7		93	89	97	99
May	93.8		91	92	97	95
June	96.5		94	98	98	89
July	97.3		95	100	97	97
August	97.5		94	98	96	99
September	96.6		98	96	98	96
October	97.6		98	95	100	98
November	94.9		97	98	90	89
December	95.2		91	96	93	98
Average	95.9	95.1	94.3	95.9	96.3	95.3

2nd best VFR conditions of Turks and Caicos 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	99.6	99	100	100	100	100
February	99.8	100	99	100	100	100
March	99.5	100	99	99	99	100
April	99.4		100	100	99	100
May	99.5		100	100	100	100
June	99.8		99	100	100	100
July	99.4		98	100	100	100
August	99.5		99	100	99	99
September	99.6		99	100	100	100
October	99.8		100	100	100	100
November	99.4		100	99	100	99
December	99.6		99	99	100	100
Average	99.6	99.4	99.3	99.6	99.6	99.7

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	27.2	27	27	27	27	27
February	27.6	26	28	28	28	28
March	27.8	28	28	29	28	27
April	28.8		29	28	28	29
May	29.7		30	29	30	30
June	31.0		31	31	30	31
July	31.9		32	33	31	31
August	31.7		32	31	31	32
September	31.4		32	31	32	31
October	30.4		31	30	30	31
November	29.1		29	29	29	29
December	27.9		28	27	28	28
Average	29.3	27.2	29.7	29.5	29.3	29.4

1st highest temperature of Turks and Caicos 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	22.7	24	23	23	23	22
February	22.9	22	23	23	24	24
March	23.0	23	23	24	23	23
April	24.2		24	24	24	25
May	25.4		25	26	25	26
June	26.8		27	27	26	27
July	27.1		28	27	27	27
August	27.3		28	27	27	28
September	26.4		27	27	27	27
October	26.2		27	26	27	27
November	24.8		25	25	25	24
December	23.9		24	23	24	24
Average	24.8	22.9	25.2	25.0	25.1	25.1

1st lowest temperature of Turks and Caicos Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.5	1	2	2	1	3
February	1.2	0	1	4	1	1
March	0.8	0	0	1	2	1
April	0.7		0	2	1	0
May	1.6		4	0	0	2
June	0.8		0	0	1	3
July	1.2		1	1	1	1
August	0.9		1	1	1	0
September	1.1		1	0	0	1
October	1.6		2	1	3	2
November	2.6		2	2	2	6
December	2.3		3	1	3	3
Average	1.3	0.5	1.5	1.1	1.2	1.8

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	7.3	6	6	6	6	7
February	8.2	6	8	8	7	7
March	7.8	7	6	7	8	8
April	7.8		6	8	7	6
May	7.9		5	7	8	7
June	8.1		6	7	8	7
July	8.4		7	8	9	7
August	7.9		7	7	8	7
September	6.1		5	7	5	6
October	5.9		5	5	5	6
November	6.3		6	5	5	7
December	7.1		7	6	7	6
Average	7.4	6.5	6.1	6.8	6.9	6.7

1st highest wind speed of Turks and Caicos 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	108°	109°	084°	081°	062°
February	092°	104°	077°	100°	085°
March	110°	125°	087°	086°	068°
April		125°	083°	089°	114°
May		125°	103°	087°	102°
June		155°	112°	098°	100°
July		132°	096°	102°	101°
August		115°	091°	094°	104°
September		104°	090°	093°	086°
October		100°	125°	093°	096°
November		118°	116°	084°	077°
December		095°	084°	075°	068°

Prevailing wind direction

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