Climate Norsup Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santo Pekoa International Airport (NVSS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.1	78	79	74	87	80
February	78.3	76	81	75	87	75
March	80.7	70	79	85	80	84
April	85.3		89	82	84	83
May	81.0		79	78	80	86
June	78.5		79	79	83	77
July	79.5		76	82	88	75
August	71.9		74	61	76	76
September	80.4		81	81	77	82
October	74.8		76	81	63	82
November	80.7		82	84	74	82
December	84.5		79	89	84	85
Average	80.2	74.5	79.3	78.5	80.0	80.4

1st best VFR conditions of Vanuatu

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	97.5	99	94	98	100	97
February	95.8	94	96	95	100	95
March	96.8	94	99	99	100	99
April	98.4		100	100	100	96
May	98.5		99	99	100	99
June	98.4		99	99	100	99
July	99.2		99	98	100	100
August	98.3		98	98	99	100
September	99.2		100	99	99	100
October	97.7		99	99	93	98
November	97.6		100	99	97	97
December	98.3		99	99	100	100
Average	97.5	95.4	98.5	98.4	98.9	98.2

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	29.4	31	30	30	30	30
February	29.7	32	30	30	31	30
March	29.1	30	30	30	29	30
April	29.3		30	30	30	29
May	28.2		29	29	28	28
June	27.6		27	29	28	28
July	27.4		27	29	29	27
August	27.0		26	28	27	28
September	27.5		28	29	28	28
October	28.5		29	29	29	29
November	28.9		29	30	29	29
December	29.5		30	31	30	30
Average	28.4	30.8	28.7	29.3	28.9	28.8

3rd highest temperature of Vanuatu

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	22.4	25	24	24	23	12
February	22.3	25	24	21	24	15
March	20.3	25	24	24	24	20
April	19.3		24	24	23	19
May	19.0		23	24	23	21
June	19.6		23	24	23	24
July	20.6		23	22	23	20
August	19.7		23	23	22	24
September	18.7		23	23	22	18
October	19.8		24	23	23	17
November	20.4		24	23	21	22
December	20.2		23	23	21	23
Average	21.2	24.8	23.4	23.0	22.6	19.5

6th lowest temperature of Vanuatu

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.1	8	15	14	10	5
February	11.3	6	16	17	8	9
March	10.4	15	13	16	16	5
April	7.2		7	9	4	13
May	5.3		9	3	7	3
June	4.2		6	5	1	5
July	5.1		10	8	2	5
August	7.3		16	10	2	6
September	2.8		4	0	4	3
October	7.3		6	10	8	11
November	6.0		1	9	5	11
December	5.1		7	2	5	10
Average	6.4	9.9	9.0	8.5	5.9	6.9

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	5.5	6	5	6	4	7
February	5.7	6	6	6	4	7
March	5.5	6	6	5	5	6
April	5.3		6	6	5	6
May	6.6		7	7	5	6
June	6.7		7	7	7	6
July	7.3		9	7	8	6
August	7.9		7	8	10	6
September	8.2		8	8	9	7
October	7.1		9	6	7	5
November	7.2		9	6	7	5
December	6.2		8	7	6	4
Average	6.6	5.7	7.2	6.6	6.3	5.9

3rd highest wind speed of Vanuatu

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	092°	055°	240°	033°	119°
February	179°	063°	033°	095°	108°
March	076°	081°	043°	093°	110°
April		072°	067°	116°	103°
May		129°	110°	125°	120°
June		135°	107°	127°	127°
July		130°	084°	122°	133°
August		137°	113°	126°	123°
September		133°	099°	128°	126°
October		121°	096°	099°	116°
November		127°	039°	107°	118°
December		125°	059°	066°	124°

Prevailing wind direction

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