Climate Pohnpei International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pohnpei International Airport (PTPN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.6	59	57	55	78	59
February	48.1	40	47	50	68	52
March	46.3	46	55	28	70	56
April	44.3	53	35	49	63	67
May	43.7		45	52	37	47
June	44.1		32	54	38	56
July	46.0		52	33	30	44
August	59.0		61	70	66	58
September	51.5		47	53	82	39
October	60.1		54	63	76	70
November	63.8		59	85	54	46
December	54.9		77	63	32	58
Average	51.7	49.4	52.2	56.7	54.4	54.8

3rd best VFR conditions of Micronesia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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	99.4	100	98	100	100	100
February	98.2	100	95	97	100	100
March	95.5	98	99	83	96	100
April	98.7	99	99	96	100	100
May	98.2		98	100	83	100
June	98.2		99	96	97	100
July	96.8		97	88	100	100
August	99.0		99	100	100	100
September	97.5		99	99	100	96
October	98.0		99	96	100	100
November	98.4		100	99	98	92
December	98.0		100	100	98	90
Average	98.0	99.0	98.5	96.5	97.8	98.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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	30.2	31	31	31	29	31
February	30.2	31	30	30	29	30
March	30.1	31	31	30	29	31
April	30.2	31	31	30	29	30
May	30.2		31	30	29	30
June	30.6		31	31	30	30
July	30.3		31	30	30	31
August	30.7		31	31	31	31
September	30.6		31	31	30	30
October	30.6		31	31	30	30
November	30.3		31	31	30	29
December	30.2		31	30	30	29
Average	30.4	30.9	30.7	30.3	29.7	29.9

2nd highest temperature of Micronesia

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	27.6	28	27	28	29	28
February	27.8	28	27	28	29	28
March	27.4	28	27	28	28	29
April	27.8	28	27	27	28	29
May	27.8		28	27	28	29
June	27.8		28	28	28	29
July	27.7		28	28	28	29
August	27.9		28	28	29	29
September	27.7		28	28	28	28
October	27.9		28	28	29	29
November	27.6		27	28	28	29
December	27.8		28	28	28	29
Average	27.8	27.7	27.4	27.6	28.3	28.5

4th lowest temperature of Micronesia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.6	5	14	7	11	2
February	11.0	5	24	10	5	7
March	14.5	8	6	29	13	6
April	10.7	10	11	6	16	6
May	14.9		16	10	30	12
June	14.7		13	17	21	25
July	16.5		15	30	7	6
August	11.6		13	12	8	5
September	14.5		13	15	0	30
October	13.8		14	12	8	10
November	12.7		14	5	12	15
December	9.7		7	8	7	19
Average	11.9	6.9	13.3	12.7	10.8	9.2

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	11	8	8	11	9
February	10.6	11	10	10	10	11
March	8.8	10	8	9	6	9
April	8.5	9	8	7	6	8
May	7.3		7	6	6	10
June	6.9		7	6	6	7
July	6.2		7	6	4	7
August	6.0		7	6	4	6
September	6.1		6	5	5	5
October	5.7		6	6	4	5
November	6.3		7	6	4	6
December	8.2		10	10	6	8
Average	7.7	10.0	7.3	6.9	5.3	8.5

2nd highest wind speed of Micronesia

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	076°	082°	076°	076°	069°
February	064°	075°	077°	080°	068°
March	062°	082°	089°	092°	069°
April	067°	081°	091°	044°	070°
May		079°	090°	095°	076°
June		083°	088°	084°	087°
July		078°	089°	082°	080°
August		310°	090°	086°	038°
September		339°	081°	092°	106°
October		338°	085°	065°	052°
November		091°	082°	095°	073°
December		075°	081°	087°	075°

Prevailing wind direction

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