Climate Canefield Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Douglas-Charles Airport (TDPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.3	53	41	53	46	51
February	54.6	58	52	59	49	54
March	51.4	57	61	49	54	53
April	49.5		44	45	62	66
May	47.8		52	48	52	54
June	43.5		40	45	36	49
July	44.5		35	45	45	47
August	48.3		52	49	54	48
September	63.3		66	56	70	64
October	54.3		59	47	47	55
November	50.0		51	39	55	37
December	50.4		48	71	36	62
Average	50.7	56.3	50.0	49.6	50.5	53.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Dominica

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	98.7	99	100	99	100	99
February	98.8	99	99	99	98	98
March	98.6	100	100	99	99	100
April	97.8		100	99	100	100
May	98.6		100	100	100	100
June	98.2		99	100	99	98
July	98.9		98	99	99	100
August	98.6		99	99	100	100
September	98.5		100	97	100	100
October	97.2		95	98	98	98
November	98.3		99	98	99	99
December	98.4		98	100	98	100
Average	98.5	99.2	98.7	98.9	99.0	99.1

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	28.1	29	28	28	28	28
February	28.1	29	28	28	28	28
March	28.4	29	29	28	28	28
April	28.8		29	28	29	30
May	29.7		30	29	30	30
June	30.1		31	31	30	30
July	30.2		30	30	29	30
August	30.6		32	31	30	31
September	30.9		32	31	31	31
October	30.2		31	30	30	30
November	29.5		30	29	29	29
December	28.7		29	29	28	29
Average	29.4	28.9	29.8	29.2	29.2	29.6

2nd highest temperature of Dominica

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	22.7	24	23	22	23	22
February	22.6	23	23	21	24	23
March	22.9	23	22	23	23	23
April	23.4		23	23	23	24
May	24.9		24	25	25	26
June	25.4		26	25	25	26
July	25.8		26	26	26	26
August	25.4		26	25	25	26
September	24.5		25	25	24	24
October	24.2		25	24	25	24
November	23.8		24	24	23	24
December	22.9		23	22	24	21
Average	24.0	23.4	24.1	23.7	24.1	24.0

1st lowest temperature of Dominica

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.4	9	9	6	7	8
February	6.4	8	5	7	8	7
March	7.1	9	6	6	10	6
April	8.9		5	12	9	4
May	6.8		6	5	5	5
June	8.4		7	7	12	7
July	8.7		11	11	11	7
August	8.3		7	8	5	8
September	8.4		5	12	7	6
October	11.9		15	10	12	13
November	10.3		4	11	9	16
December	8.0		14	2	8	5
Average	8.4	8.4	7.7	8.2	8.5	7.3

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	8.4	9	9	8	8	8
February	9.1	7	10	8	11	9
March	8.7	7	8	11	8	8
April	8.2		8	8	7	8
May	9.0		8	9	10	9
June	9.2		9	9	9	9
July	8.9		9	9	9	8
August	7.4		7	7	8	7
September	6.0		5	6	6	5
October	6.6		5	7	8	6
November	7.2		8	8	7	7
December	7.7		7	6	9	7
Average	8.0	7.7	7.8	8.1	8.3	7.5

2nd highest wind speed of Dominica

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	110°	111°	113°	109°	115°
February	117°	108°	110°	110°	113°
March	114°	110°	110°	112°	113°
April		114°	113°	118°	118°
May		122°	114°	114°	119°
June		115°	111°	113°	115°
July		111°	110°	111°	113°
August		111°	110°	111°	111°
September		118°	117°	117°	115°
October		120°	115°	117°	120°
November		116°	115°	114°	118°
December		109°	106°	109°	112°

Prevailing wind direction

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