Sampson Cay Airport

MYXH · Black Point, Bahamas

Climate Sampson Cay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.6 85 94 95 94 95
February 87.1 90 90 90 83 80
March 90.5 92 79 94 93
April 84.9 80 79 92 84
May 83.2 83 86 93 86
June 86.9 91 87 87 89
July 86.7 90 71 93 89
August 88.2 88 83 93 88
September 90.4 91 89 96 89
October 89.1 85 96 95 91
November 90.4 86 89 96 89
December 88.4 87 96 96 91
Average 87.9 87.5 88.1 85.8 92.7 88.6

1st 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 98.9 98 100 100 99 99
February 98.8 98 99 99 99 100
March 99.0 100 99 100 99
April 99.0 98 100 100 100
May 98.6 98 99 100 99
June 98.2 99 98 98 99
July 98.5 99 99 100 99
August 98.3 99 99 99 98
September 98.5 98 100 99 99
October 98.1 97 99 99 98
November 98.6 98 100 99 99
December 98.8 98 100 100 99
Average 98.5 98.0 98.5 99.0 99.3 98.7

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 25.7 26 26 25 25 26
February 26.9 25 27 26 27 26
March 27.2 27 27 27 27
April 28.6 28 28 28 29
May 29.3 29 29 29 29
June 30.9 31 30 31 31
July 31.9 33 31 32 32
August 32.1 33 32 32 32
September 31.3 31 31 31 31
October 30.0 30 30 30 30
November 28.3 28 29 27 28
December 26.5 26 27 27 25
Average 28.7 25.8 29.0 28.8 28.7 28.6

2nd 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 18.6 20 19 18 18 18
February 19.8 16 20 21 20 19
March 20.2 21 22 21 21
April 21.8 23 21 21 23
May 22.8 23 23 24 22
June 24.0 23 24 24 25
July 24.9 27 26 26 25
August 24.6 26 23 26 24
September 24.4 24 26 24 26
October 24.0 23 25 22 25
November 22.5 23 24 21 24
December 19.7 20 21 21 18
Average 21.8 17.8 22.6 22.7 22.3 22.4

4th 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 2.9 3 1 3 2 2
February 2.6 3 2 2 3 4
March 1.8 3 2 1 0
April 3.4 7 3 2 3
May 5.9 2 7 2 12
June 6.5 7 7 7 8
July 4.2 4 5 5 5
August 4.4 4 5 4 6
September 6.7 4 4 7 11
October 6.0 8 3 5 10
November 4.9 7 3 7 8
December 4.3 10 2 3 3
Average 4.3 2.7 4.6 3.8 3.9 6.1

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 8.8 9 8 9 9 10
February 9.8 9 9 10 12 14
March 9.8 9 12 11 11
April 9.4 10 11 10 10
May 9.3 8 9 11 10
June 8.1 8 8 10 9
July 8.3 7 11 10 8
August 8.2 8 8 10 10
September 7.8 7 8 6 8
October 8.7 9 8 9 9
November 8.8 10 8 9 11
December 8.8 9 9 8 9
Average 8.8 9.0 8.5 9.2 9.4 9.9

2nd 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 123° 105° 048° 096° 092°
February 105° 132° 100° 152° 128°
March 125° 120° 123° 104°
April 123° 114° 119° 158°
May 068° 125° 113° 112°
June 172° 135° 140° 126°
July 149° 134° 140° 128°
August 136° 128° 124° 134°
September 088° 125° 090° 122°
October 051° 069° 091° 123°
November 080° 080° 075° 100°
December 082° 077° 107° 080°

Prevailing wind direction

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