Climate Coco Point Lodge Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of V.C. Bird International Airport (TAPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.9	80	89	93	85	89
February	88.3	88	89	91	89	85
March	88.0	91	90	86	85	92
April	87.4		84	89	89	92
May	87.4		88	84	89	91
June	85.7		81	86	89	85
July	85.8		87	80	87	85
August	86.6		87	86	89	87
September	85.7		91	80	87	91
October	85.6		76	83	88	88
November	85.8		85	78	91	82
December	87.1		87	88	82	86
Average	86.7	86.4	86.0	85.4	87.4	87.7

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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	99.3	99	99	100	100	99
February	99.6	99	100	100	100	99
March	99.6	99	100	100	100	100
April	99.6		100	100	100	100
May	99.6		100	100	100	100
June	99.5		100	100	100	100
July	99.4		100	99	100	99
August	99.0		99	100	98	100
September	99.4		100	99	100	100
October	99.1		98	100	100	99
November	99.4		100	99	100	98
December	99.9		100	100	100	100
Average	99.4	98.6	99.4	99.6	99.7	99.4

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	27.7	29	27	28	28	28
February	27.7	29	27	28	28	28
March	28.2	29	28	28	28	28
April	28.7		29	28	29	30
May	29.4		30	30	30	30
June	30.0		31	30	30	31
July	30.5		31	30	30	31
August	30.7		32	31	31	30
September	30.7		32	30	31	31
October	30.2		30	30	31	30
November	29.4		30	29	30	29
December	28.5		29	28	29	28
Average	29.2	28.8	29.7	29.2	29.4	29.3

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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	23.1	24	23	23	23	23
February	23.0	23	23	23	23	24
March	23.2	24	23	23	23	23
April	23.7		24	24	24	24
May	24.7		26	25	25	25
June	25.7		26	26	26	25
July	26.0		27	26	26	26
August	26.2		26	26	26	27
September	25.3		26	26	25	26
October	24.8		26	26	25	24
November	24.6		25	25	25	25
December	23.5		24	22	25	23
Average	24.4	23.7	24.7	24.4	24.7	24.4

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.5	9	9	4	6	9
February	5.3	7	10	4	3	8
March	4.5	6	2	8	5	5
April	4.0		4	5	2	2
May	4.6		1	4	4	3
June	3.8		5	4	4	3
July	6.3		7	11	5	7
August	6.0		8	6	6	2
September	6.3		2	9	5	6
October	7.3		17	6	4	7
November	6.4		3	6	3	12
December	4.2		3	3	5	6
Average	5.6	7.0	5.7	6.0	4.3	5.6

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	9.2	9	9	9	9	9
February	9.9	7	10	9	12	10
March	9.7	8	9	11	10	9
April	9.6		9	11	9	9
May	9.7		9	10	10	10
June	9.9		9	10	10	10
July	10.6		9	11	11	10
August	9.3		8	9	9	9
September	7.6		7	8	7	7
October	7.5		7	8	8	8
November	8.0		8	9	8	9
December	8.8		8	7	10	8
Average	9.1	8.2	8.3	9.5	9.5	9.0

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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	090°	088°	088°	087°	088°
February	095°	080°	082°	088°	089°
March	086°	081°	089°	086°	083°
April		091°	088°	088°	097°
May		102°	090°	094°	101°
June		097°	092°	090°	091°
July		088°	087°	088°	089°
August		087°	087°	086°	083°
September		091°	100°	092°	088°
October		107°	095°	099°	095°
November		098°	096°	088°	092°
December		080°	056°	084°	082°

Prevailing wind direction

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