Mountain Point Airport

SYMP · Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana

Climate Mountain Point Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lethem Airport (SYLT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.1 80 83 91 86 91
February 79.7 87 76 80 83 87
March 86.4 87 90 82 84 89
April 81.8 80 81 79 91
May 73.0 76 71 70 71
June 73.4 71 69 77 73
July 72.4 76 80 72 69
August 81.2 90 62 85 89
September 81.0 92 85 73 82
October 88.4 91 84 79 100
November 87.3 85 77 93 93
December 82.0 82 79 77 97
Average 81.4 84.8 82.7 78.4 80.0 86.0

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 99.4 100 100 99 99 100
February 99.4 100 100 100 100 100
March 98.9 97 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 99 100
May 99.7 100 98 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 98.9 100 100 100 100
August 98.9 100 97 100 100
September 99.1 100 100 100 96
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 97 100 100 100
December 100.0 100 100 100 100
Average 99.3 98.9 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.6

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 31.5 34 30 32 31 32
February 31.7 35 30 31 31 32
March 32.4 35 32 30 32 34
April 31.5 32 28 31 33
May 30.3 32 29 30 31
June 29.4 29 29 30 30
July 29.5 30 30 29 29
August 31.2 33 31 31 31
September 32.8 35 32 34 31
October 33.1 35 32 33 33
November 32.3 35 31 32 32
December 31.1 34 28 31 32
Average 31.6 34.2 32.1 30.3 31.3 31.7

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 26.9 28 28 28 27 27
February 26.6 29 26 27 27 28
March 27.2 29 28 25 27 28
April 26.7 28 25 25 28
May 26.3 27 26 26 27
June 26.1 26 26 25 27
July 25.0 26 27 26 27
August 27.1 28 27 27 28
September 27.7 30 28 28 27
October 29.0 30 29 28 30
November 28.3 31 26 29 29
December 26.9 27 24 28 29
Average 27.0 28.6 27.7 26.5 26.8 27.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.2 0 2 0 0
May 1.5 0 4 5 1
June 0.6 0 2 0 2
July 0.7 0 0 0 0
August 0.7 4 0 0 0
September 0.5 0 0 1 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.6 0 0 0 0
December 0.3 0 0 0 0
Average 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3

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 11.6 11 12 12 12 12
February 11.6 11 12 12 12 12
March 11.4 11 12 11 12 12
April 11.1 12 12 11 11
May 10.5 11 11 11 10
June 10.6 11 11 11 12
July 10.2 11 11 10 10
August 10.1 10 10 10 10
September 10.8 12 11 11 10
October 10.7 11 11 10 11
November 11.3 11 11 12 11
December 11.3 11 12 12 11
Average 10.8 11.0 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.9

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 072° 075° 081° 084° 087°
February 077° 078° 082° 081° 081°
March 083° 079° 077° 084° 087°
April 077° 075° 081° 084°
May 076° 072° 074° 081°
June 078° 085° 087° 082°
July 083° 064° 081° 107°
August 081° 049° 084° 098°
September 083° 065° 084° 082°
October 082° 081° 087° 085°
November 087° 079° 080° 087°
December 083° 077° 078° 086°

Prevailing wind direction

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