Hill Heliport

PR-0069 · Culebra, Puerto Rico

Climate Hill Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cyril E King Airport (TIST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.6 99 99 99 97 97
February 97.4 94 99 97 99 98
March 96.9 99 97 95 100 95
April 97.5 98 99 99 96
May 95.1 98 94 94 98
June 97.0 98 99 98 94
July 97.3 99 99 95 95
August 97.6 99 98 96 97
September 92.4 98 94 100 97
October 94.7 97 97 98 98
November 84.2 98 95 98 97
December 92.3 96 100 99 97
Average 95.4 97.5 98.0 96.9 97.6 96.4

94th 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 99.6 100 100 100 99 100
February 98.8 99 99 99 99 100
March 98.8 100 99 97 100 97
April 98.8 100 99 100 97
May 98.3 100 99 99 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 99 100
August 98.5 99 98 96 99
September 94.4 99 98 100 99
October 96.3 99 99 100 99
November 85.6 100 98 99 98
December 94.2 99 100 99 99
Average 97.3 99.7 99.4 98.8 99.3 99.0

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 28.3 29 28 28 29 28
February 28.2 28 28 28 29 29
March 27.4 24 29 28 29 28
April 29.0 29 28 29 30
May 29.1 30 29 30 31
June 31.1 31 31 31 32
July 31.6 32 31 32 32
August 31.6 32 32 32 32
September 31.2 32 31 30 32
October 30.5 31 31 30 31
November 26.1 30 30 30 30
December 27.6 29 29 29 29
Average 29.0 26.8 30.1 29.6 29.8 30.2

50th 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 23.4 24 24 23 24 24
February 22.8 24 23 23 24 24
March 22.5 18 24 24 24 23
April 23.8 24 24 25 24
May 24.4 27 25 26 26
June 26.5 27 26 26 27
July 26.5 28 26 26 27
August 26.6 28 27 30 27
September 26.7 28 27 27 27
October 25.5 27 26 26 26
November 21.5 26 25 25 25
December 22.9 24 24 24 24
Average 24.1 21.8 25.7 25.0 25.3 25.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 5 5 2 3 6
February 5.1 7 3 9 3 4
March 3.6 2 4 3 1 8
April 4.1 5 4 5 3
May 3.6 1 3 3 2
June 3.2 3 1 8 4
July 3.7 3 4 1 8
August 5.2 5 4 0 5
September 6.0 4 9 1 11
October 5.2 8 6 2 6
November 3.4 4 5 2 6
December 4.0 7 1 3 3
Average 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.0 5.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 11 11 10 10 10
February 10.9 9 11 10 13 11
March 10.6 10 10 12 12 10
April 10.7 10 12 11 10
May 11.1 11 11 11 11
June 11.0 11 11 11 10
July 11.6 12 12 13 12
August 10.9 11 10 12 11
September 9.3 10 11 7 9
October 8.6 9 9 9 9
November 8.1 10 10 9 10
December 9.4 9 8 11 9
Average 10.3 9.9 10.4 10.6 10.7 10.2

50th 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 097° 080° 102° 085° 082°
February 100° 077° 079° 094° 094°
March 093° 090° 094° 090° 081°
April 114° 101° 104° 118°
May 133° 111° 107° 120°
June 120° 111° 092° 108°
July 100° 092° 093° 094°
August 108° 098° 097° 096°
September 108° 109° 125° 100°
October 122° 109° 118° 101°
November 103° 100° 093° 099°
December 074° 036° 085° 080°

Prevailing wind direction

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