Boqueron Airport

PR-0065 · Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Climate Boqueron Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rafael Hernandez Airport (TJBQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.5 92 91 96 97 88
February 91.1 90 89 91 96 88
March 89.6 88 94 94 87 78
April 91.2 96 93 92 84
May 91.7 95 94 86 96
June 89.0 93 92 85 87
July 85.3 88 81 84 87
August 86.0 85 85 86 92
September 92.0 92 86 93 95
October 93.3 90 89 95 98
November 92.4 88 91 94 93
December 92.1 84 98 93 96
Average 90.4 90.0 90.3 90.3 90.1 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.2 98 99 100 100 99
February 99.3 99 99 99 100 99
March 99.5 100 100 100 100 99
April 99.7 100 100 100 99
May 99.3 99 100 100 100
June 99.4 99 100 100 98
July 98.5 99 99 94 99
August 99.0 99 99 100 100
September 99.3 99 98 99 100
October 99.0 98 98 99 100
November 99.1 98 99 100 98
December 99.3 97 100 100 100
Average 99.2 98.9 98.8 99.2 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.0 29 28 28 28 28
February 27.8 28 28 28 28 28
March 27.9 29 28 28 28 27
April 26.0 29 29 28 12
May 25.2 30 30 29 0
June 26.1 31 31 31 0
July 26.6 32 31 31 0
August 26.6 32 31 31 0
September 29.1 32 30 31 20
October 30.4 31 30 31 31
November 29.5 30 29 30 29
December 28.5 28 28 29 28
Average 27.7 28.5 29.8 29.4 29.6 16.9

62nd 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 20.7 22 21 20 21 20
February 20.8 21 21 21 21 21
March 21.0 22 21 21 21 22
April 19.5 22 22 22 8
May 19.9 24 24 23 0
June 20.5 25 24 24 0
July 20.8 25 25 25 0
August 20.8 25 24 25 0
September 22.4 25 24 23 14
October 23.4 25 23 24 24
November 22.6 24 23 23 22
December 21.6 22 21 22 22
Average 21.2 21.5 23.2 22.6 22.6 12.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.6 5 4 0 2 4
February 3.2 4 1 7 3 3
March 2.5 2 0 1 2 5
April 2.3 4 3 2 2
May 3.2 3 1 4 3
June 2.1 3 1 2 2
July 2.4 2 2 3 4
August 2.7 4 1 3 3
September 2.6 1 7 1 1
October 2.9 4 6 1 1
November 3.7 3 4 3 8
December 3.0 6 2 3 2
Average 2.8 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.3 3.0

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 10.4 11 11 9 11 11
February 11.7 8 13 12 13 12
March 10.5 10 11 12 12 11
April 9.9 9 11 9 9
May 8.7 6 10 10 7
June 10.0 8 11 11 10
July 11.6 12 13 13 11
August 10.3 9 10 12 11
September 7.8 8 8 8 7
October 7.1 6 7 7 8
November 8.0 8 8 9 8
December 10.0 10 9 11 10
Average 9.7 9.5 9.2 10.2 10.3 9.5

62nd 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 081° 080° 083° 084° 087°
February 070° 083° 087° 089° 088°
March 065° 072° 086° 081° 077°
April 068° 084° 075° 077°
May 052° 081° 083° 070°
June 073° 079° 089° 084°
July 078° 088° 088° 087°
August 082° 085° 084° 086°
September 072° 082° 078° 080°
October 060° 087° 078° 088°
November 083° 090° 082° 087°
December 077° 068° 089° 083°

Prevailing wind direction

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