Baxter-San German Heliport

PR08 · San Germán, Puerto Rico

Climate Baxter-San German Heliport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rafael Hernandez Airport (TJBQ) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.7 86 92 91 96 97
February 91.1 90 89 91 96
March 89.6 88 94 94 87
April 88.9 73 96 93 92
May 90.7 84 95 94 86
June 89.1 90 93 92 85
July 85.4 86 88 81 84
August 85.8 84 85 85 86
September 92.0 92 92 86 93
October 93.4 94 90 89 95
November 91.5 86 88 91 94
December 92.1 93 84 98 93
Average 89.5 85.5 87.6 90.3 90.3 90.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.9 97 98 99 100 100
February 99.3 99 99 99 100
March 99.5 100 100 100 100
April 99.4 97 100 100 100
May 99.2 99 99 100 100
June 99.3 99 99 100 100
July 98.6 100 99 99 94
August 98.6 96 99 99 100
September 99.4 100 99 98 99
October 99.0 98 98 98 99
November 98.9 98 98 99 100
December 99.3 99 97 100 100
Average 98.9 96.7 98.4 98.8 99.2 99.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 28.0 28.1 28.6 27.6 28.1 27.6
February 27.8 28.1 27.6 27.6 28.0
March 27.9 28.6 28.3 28.3 28.0
April 26.4 29.1 28.5 28.6 28.3
May 25.8 30.3 30.1 30.1 29.1
June 26.8 31.3 31.3 31.0 30.6
July 27.2 31.8 31.6 30.6 31.3
August 27.2 31.0 31.6 30.6 31.1
September 29.4 31.6 31.6 30.3 31.1
October 30.5 31.3 31.1 29.6 31.1
November 29.5 29.6 29.6 29.0 30.1
December 28.6 29.1 28.3 27.8 28.5
Average 27.9 28.1 30.0 29.8 29.4 29.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 20.8 21.5 21.8 20.6 20.3 20.6
February 20.8 21.1 21.0 21.0 20.6
March 21.0 21.5 20.6 21.1 21.3
April 20.0 23.3 21.6 21.8 21.5
May 20.3 23.1 23.8 23.6 22.8
June 21.1 25.1 24.8 24.0 23.8
July 21.4 25.6 25.3 24.5 24.6
August 21.3 24.8 25.1 24.0 24.6
September 22.7 24.8 25.1 24.0 23.1
October 23.5 24.1 24.5 23.0 23.5
November 22.7 23.3 23.5 22.6 22.6
December 21.6 21.8 22.0 21.0 22.1
Average 21.4 21.4 23.4 23.2 22.6 22.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.9 5 5 4 0 2
February 3.2 4 1 7 3
March 2.5 2 0 1 2
April 2.7 5 4 3 2
May 3.4 5 3 1 4
June 2.1 2 3 1 2
July 2.4 2 2 2 3
August 2.7 3 4 1 3
September 2.4 1 1 7 1
October 2.9 3 4 6 1
November 4.1 7 3 4 3
December 2.9 2 6 2 3
Average 3.1 5.3 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.4 10 11 11 9 11
February 11.7 8 13 12 13
March 10.5 10 11 12 12
April 10.0 11 9 11 9
May 8.5 7 6 10 10
June 9.7 8 8 11 11
July 11.7 12 12 13 13
August 10.3 10 9 10 12
September 7.7 8 8 8 8
October 6.9 6 6 7 7
November 7.8 6 8 8 9
December 9.8 9 10 9 11
Average 9.7 10.2 8.7 9.2 10.2 10.3

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 073° 081° 080° 083° 084°
February 070° 083° 087° 089°
March 065° 072° 086° 081°
April 071° 068° 084° 075°
May 069° 052° 081° 083°
June 076° 073° 079° 089°
July 080° 078° 088° 088°
August 083° 082° 085° 084°
September 076° 072° 082° 078°
October 068° 060° 087° 078°
November 075° 083° 090° 082°
December 076° 077° 068° 089°

Prevailing wind direction

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