Statistics Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Faa'a International Airport (NTAA) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	95.8	95	93	99	99	95
February	95.3	100	100	98	96	91
March	98.3	98	99	98	99	97
April	98.6	99	99	100	98	100
May	98.4	100	99	98	99	97
June	99.2	100	100	100	99	99
July	98.5	92	99	100	100	100
August	98.3	97	99	98	98	100
September	99.7		100	99	100	99
October	98.0		100	95	94	100
November	97.7		97	100	96	99
December	95.7		95	99	94	96
Average	97.7	97.4	98.2	98.5	97.4	97.6

1st best VFR conditions of French Polynesia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 8 km or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	98.4	98	98	100	100	98
February	98.4	100	100	99	97	100
March	99.4	100	99	100	99	100
April	99.5	100	99	100	100	100
May	99.3	100	100	99	100	98
June	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
July	99.3	96	100	100	100	100
August	99.7	100	100	100	99	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	99.2		100	97	99	100
November	99.3		99	100	98	100
December	98.7		99	99	99	98
Average	99.2	99.1	99.4	99.3	99.2	99.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 km or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	30.6	30	30	31	31	31
February	30.8	31	31	30	31	31
March	31.3	31	31	32	32	32
April	31.0	31	31	31	32	32
May	30.4	30	30	31	31	31
June	29.5	30	29	30	29	29
July	29.0	29	29	29	29	29
August	28.7	29	28	29	29	30
September	29.0		29	29	30	29
October	29.3		29	29	30	29
November	29.8		29	30	30	30
December	30.5		30	31	30	30
Average	30.0	30.0	29.5	30.0	30.1	30.2

1st highest temperature of French Polynesia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	24.6	24	24	24	25	25
February	24.7	25	25	24	25	25
March	24.9	25	24	25	26	26
April	24.8	25	24	24	26	26
May	24.1	25	24	24	25	24
June	23.3	23	23	24	23	23
July	22.6	23	22	23	23	22
August	22.2	22	22	22	22	23
September	22.5		23	23	23	23
October	23.3		23	23	23	23
November	24.2		23	24	24	25
December	24.6		24	24	24	25
Average	23.8	23.8	23.2	23.7	24.0	24.1

1st lowest temperature of French Polynesia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	15.1	28	23	2	4	23
February	15.6	7	9	8	13	19
March	6.5	18	1	2	6	8
April	9.5	14	10	3	16	6
May	6.9	4	10	1	11	8
June	2.4	1	1	4	3	3
July	4.7	12	7	7	1	1
August	5.0	2	12	7	2	2
September	1.8		5	3	0	1
October	5.1		8	9	12	1
November	11.0		19	9	13	8
December	9.8		6	2	15	16
Average	8.1	11.0	9.6	4.7	8.2	8.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.8	8	10	6	7	10
February	7.2	6	6	7	7	9
March	6.2	7	6	6	6	5
April	6.5	6	7	6	7	6
May	6.3	6	7	7	6	7
June	6.7	7	6	7	7	7
July	6.8	8	6	7	7	6
August	7.5	7	7	8	7	7
September	6.5		6	6	8	7
October	6.9		6	8	8	6
November	7.3		7	7	8	8
December	7.8		9	8	7	7
Average	7.0	7.0	6.7	6.9	7.2	7.1

1st highest wind speed of French Polynesia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	055°	063°	070°	058°	063°
February	036°	096°	058°	064°	037°
March	055°	058°	342°	046°	035°
April	016°	069°	047°	050°	050°
May	104°	056°	059°	260°	060°
June	074°	077°	066°	154°	157°
July	071°	024°	073°	069°	032°
August	070°	063°	052°	060°	053°
September		031°	011°	060°	145°
October		020°	055°	059°	315°
November		350°	044°	053°	043°
December		065°	060°	066°	054°

Prevailing wind direction

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