San Juan Steam Plant Heliport

PR-0058 · Cataño, Puerto Rico

Climate San Juan Steam Plant Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (TJIG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.5 99 99 100 99 100
February 97.5 96 99 94 99 98
March 99.1 99 100 99 100 99
April 99.2 98 100 100 100
May 99.3 100 100 97 100
June 99.1 100 100 99 96
July 98.3 100 96 100 98
August 99.0 98 99 100 99
September 98.5 99 96 100 100
October 97.8 98 98 97 99
November 98.5 98 99 100 99
December 99.1 98 100 100 100
Average 98.8 98.1 98.9 98.2 99.2 98.9

54th best VFR conditions of United States

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 99.6 99 99 100 100 100
February 98.5 98 100 96 99 98
March 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 97 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 98
July 98.9 100 97 100 99
August 99.4 99 99 100 100
September 99.0 99 97 100 100
October 98.7 98 98 100 99
November 99.0 98 99 100 99
December 99.3 99 100 100 100
Average 99.3 98.6 99.2 98.8 99.5 99.3

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 27.6 29 28 28 28 27
February 27.2 28 27 27 28 27
March 27.6 29 28 28 28 27
April 28.0 28 28 28 29
May 29.2 31 29 29 30
June 29.9 32 30 29 30
July 30.1 31 30 30 31
August 30.6 32 31 30 31
September 30.7 32 30 31 31
October 30.3 31 30 31 31
November 29.2 30 30 29 29
December 28.1 28 28 28 28
Average 28.9 28.5 29.8 29.1 29.0 29.2

75th highest temperature of United States

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 23.9 24 23 23 23 25
February 23.8 23 23 21 25 25
March 24.4 24 23 24 26 25
April 25.3 24 24 26 27
May 26.5 26 26 27 28
June 27.4 28 27 27 28
July 27.6 28 27 28 28
August 27.1 28 26 27 27
September 27.3 27 25 28 28
October 26.6 27 26 27 26
November 25.7 26 25 26 26
December 24.4 23 24 24 25
Average 25.6 23.9 25.4 24.8 26.0 26.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.5 4 5 3 5 12
February 7.4 10 5 13 4 11
March 4.2 5 2 6 2 6
April 5.0 6 5 5 4
May 4.7 5 4 4 2
June 4.2 5 2 9 1
July 7.0 5 11 7 6
August 5.8 7 7 6 4
September 7.9 5 18 6 3
October 9.1 11 11 5 8
November 6.8 7 6 5 5
December 6.8 9 4 13 4
Average 5.9 6.0 5.8 7.3 5.8 4.8

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 9.0 10 9 9 9 9
February 9.4 7 11 10 12 11
March 9.7 10 10 11 11 10
April 9.7 9 11 10 9
May 9.8 9 11 11 10
June 10.6 11 11 12 11
July 11.0 11 12 12 12
August 9.5 10 9 11 10
September 8.4 8 9 8 9
October 7.7 8 8 8 9
November 8.2 9 9 8 8
December 8.9 9 7 10 9
Average 9.2 8.8 9.4 9.8 10.0 9.7

75th highest wind speed of United States

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 100° 093° 102° 098° 091°
February 097° 095° 097° 104° 102°
March 092° 088° 102° 094° 088°
April 095° 099° 097° 097°
May 119° 105° 100° 110°
June 121° 103° 101° 099°
July 100° 102° 103° 098°
August 110° 099° 097° 098°
September 096° 094° 090° 091°
October 119° 101° 111° 101°
November 108° 107° 097° 111°
December 095° 059° 099° 100°

Prevailing wind direction

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