Climate Ragoebarsing Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (SMJP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.5	77	70	79	73	83
February	77.8	87	73	63	75	81
March	80.7	86	83	73	73	81
April	75.3		80	71	64	77
May	72.0		77	73	63	71
June	76.8		78	77	71	74
July	83.0		90	79	76	82
August	88.8		80	88	84	90
September	90.5		87	96	88	87
October	83.8		84	79	77	92
November	76.5		75	78	78	77
December	77.1		74	85	69	79
Average	80.2	83.2	78.9	78.2	74.1	80.9

2nd best VFR conditions of Suriname

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	94.1	94	90	96	98	96
February	96.0	98	92	94	99	98
March	96.5	97	96	94	96	99
April	94.7		94	91	92	97
May	92.4		91	90	91	94
June	94.6		95	95	94	93
July	95.0		96	92	94	97
August	96.6		94	97	97	97
September	97.0		97	99	98	95
October	93.9		96	92	92	99
November	90.8		89	94	93	92
December	92.0		90	94	89	90
Average	94.6	96.0	93.1	93.9	94.2	95.3

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	30.3	32	29	30	30	31
February	30.3	33	29	30	30	31
March	31.4	33	31	30	31	32
April	30.8		32	30	30	31
May	30.6		31	31	30	31
June	31.3		32	31	31	31
July	31.7		32	32	32	32
August	32.9		34	33	33	33
September	33.8		34	34	33	34
October	33.7		34	33	34	33
November	32.4		33	32	32	32
December	30.7		32	30	31	31
Average	31.7	32.7	31.9	31.4	31.3	31.8

1st highest temperature of Suriname

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	21.6	22	19	23	23	22
February	21.8	22	21	22	23	22
March	22.1	23	21	23	23	22
April	22.7		22	23	23	23
May	23.0		22	24	22	23
June	22.8		22	23	23	24
July	22.9		24	23	23	23
August	22.9		25	23	23	23
September	23.1		24	24	22	23
October	23.2		25	23	24	22
November	22.7		25	21	22	22
December	22.7		24	21	24	23
Average	22.6	22.0	22.8	22.6	22.7	22.5

1st lowest temperature of Suriname

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.1	14	22	17	19	12
February	17.3	4	31	24	14	10
March	13.5	8	14	24	18	10
April	21.4		13	31	27	15
May	23.1		18	25	23	23
June	11.8		6	10	13	13
July	7.7		10	8	7	6
August	3.3		1	5	4	3
September	1.6		1	1	2	1
October	2.4		1	4	2	2
November	7.6		4	7	10	9
December	18.0		12	12	16	14
Average	11.9	8.7	11.8	13.8	12.8	10.0

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	6.6	7	6	6	7	7
February	7.2	7	7	6	8	8
March	7.5	7	7	7	9	8
April	6.7		6	6	6	7
May	6.2		5	6	6	7
June	5.2		5	4	5	5
July	4.8		5	5	4	5
August	5.2		5	5	5	5
September	5.6		5	6	5	6
October	6.1		6	6	5	6
November	6.1		6	5	5	6
December	6.2		6	5	6	6
Average	6.2	6.9	5.6	5.6	6.0	6.4

1st highest wind speed of Suriname

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	060°	047°	045°	068°	066°
February	059°	039°	045°	063°	059°
March	053°	044°	051°	069°	057°
April		055°	051°	072°	058°
May		065°	062°	087°	075°
June		101°	079°	097°	089°
July		106°	078°	101°	126°
August		085°	107°	112°	120°
September		087°	102°	077°	116°
October		081°	084°	080°	104°
November		075°	079°	058°	103°
December		070°	069°	065°	084°

Prevailing wind direction

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