Leaf Cay Airport

MYXD · Black Point, Bahamas

Climate Leaf Cay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of New Bight Airport (MYCB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.0 79 89
February 49.4 22 81
March 49.3 1 84
April 51.1 2 82 79
May 68.1 87 41 76 68
June 73.8 85 77 76 43
July 65.0 87 79 58 0
August 55.2 86 70 42 2
September 45.3 84 0 16 0
October 37.8 85 0 22
November 0.7 0 1
December 86.0 89 83
Average 65.0 85.2 42.0 55.2 59.4 83.3

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 87.8 83 99
February 57.5 24 96
March 56.8 1 96
April 58.2 2 96 87
May 83.0 100 53 96 76
June 87.1 99 93 90 51
July 78.3 100 96 73 0
August 65.1 98 87 52 2
September 52.6 99 0 17 0
October 44.3 100 0 26
November 0.7 0 1
December 96.2 95 98
Average 75.7 98.7 49.1 65.8 67.5 97.5

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 25.9 26 25
February 26.6 27 27
March 27.4 28 27
April 19.8 7 27 28
May 25.6 30 14 28 29
June 30.0 31 30 29 30
July 31.6 32 32 31 31
August 30.3 30 32 30 31
September 29.8 29 30 30 31
October 21.7 29 2 30
November 25.2 0 29
December 26.3 27 26
Average 27.1 30.1 21.7 29.2 28.3 26.0

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 20.2 20 21
February 21.6 21 23
March 20.7 21 21
April 15.3 4 22 22
May 20.6 25 12 23 22
June 24.5 24 25 24 26
July 26.1 27 26 26 26
August 24.8 22 27 26 26
September 24.4 23 27 26 26
October 18.2 25 2 24
November 20.8 0 24
December 21.0 21 21
Average 21.8 24.0 17.3 24.2 23.0 20.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.7 2 2
February 0.0 0 0
March 0.4 0 1
April 1.6 0 5 0
May 6.5 2 8 10 2
June 3.3 3 2 9 0
July 2.4 2 5 1 0
August 2.0 2 8 1 0
September 0.9 2 0 0 0
October 1.0 2 0 2
November 0.0 0 0
December 7.2 11 4
Average 2.5 2.1 2.1 4.3 0.4 3.7

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 8.1 8 9
February 8.3 8 9
March 8.9 8 10
April 6.6 2 11 8
May 7.2 7 3 8 9
June 7.3 9 6 4 9
July 8.5 10 8 9 5
August 8.4 9 9 8 8
September 7.6 8 8 8 3
October 6.7 8 5 7
November 5.3 6 5
December 8.9 10 8
Average 7.9 8.8 6.1 8.1 8.2 8.3

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 072° 055°
February 097° 117°
March 117° 082°
April 080° 073° 110°
May 075° 147° 095° 083°
June 104° 135° 109° 108°
July 102° 115° 098° 120°
August 102° 106° 093° 088°
September 113° 086° 099° 188°
October 066° 059° 092°
November 308° 076°
December 045° 070°

Prevailing wind direction

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