Roseau

TDPR · Saint George, Dominica

Climate Roseau 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Canefield Airport (TDCF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.7 66 71 72 75 78
February 66.5 85 59 79 57 62
March 71.7 75 76 53 68 70
April 78.6 82 83 83 83
May 77.7 84 69 80 85
June 69.5 72 72 67 66
July 62.9 70 60 61 64
August 70.7 70 64 79 77
September 80.0 79 82 81 79
October 79.0 71 80 80 78
November 78.7 77 75 75 83
December 74.6 78 93 64 75
Average 73.5 75.2 74.2 72.7 72.5 74.8

1st 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 99.1 99 100 100 99 98
February 99.5 99 100 100 99 99
March 99.7 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 99.5 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 100 100 99 99
July 99.2 99 99 100 99
August 98.8 99 100 98 100
September 98.9 100 100 100 99
October 99.1 100 100 98 99
November 99.2 100 98 98 100
December 99.6 100 100 100 100
Average 99.3 99.2 99.6 99.5 99.3 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 29.6 31 29 30 30 30
February 29.4 31 29 30 29 29
March 30.0 32 30 29 30 30
April 30.6 31 31 31 31
May 31.6 33 32 32 32
June 31.8 33 32 31 32
July 31.7 32 32 32 32
August 32.2 33 32 32 32
September 32.4 33 33 33 33
October 31.7 33 32 32 31
November 31.1 32 31 31 31
December 30.1 31 30 30 30
Average 31.0 31.4 31.5 31.0 30.8 31.0

1st 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 23.6 26 24 24 24 24
February 23.6 26 24 25 23 24
March 24.4 27 25 25 24 24
April 24.9 27 26 24 27
May 26.2 28 28 26 27
June 26.5 29 28 26 27
July 26.4 28 28 27 27
August 26.1 29 27 27 26
September 26.7 29 28 29 27
October 26.3 28 27 28 27
November 25.9 28 26 27 26
December 24.4 26 25 25 24
Average 25.4 26.2 27.0 26.4 25.8 25.7

2nd 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 15.8 21 14 10 16 12
February 16.8 5 21 12 27 21
March 12.6 8 10 28 16 12
April 11.2 10 13 7 6
May 7.7 3 10 4 3
June 15.0 12 18 18 9
July 18.5 21 23 22 17
August 16.9 16 14 11 14
September 10.3 6 13 7 7
October 11.6 11 11 13 18
November 13.7 10 18 15 12
December 17.0 12 2 23 12
Average 13.7 11.5 12.1 14.8 14.5 11.7

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 4.5 5 4 4 5 5
February 4.9 3 5 4 6 5
March 4.9 4 4 5 4 5
April 5.0 5 5 5 6
May 5.1 5 5 5 6
June 4.9 5 5 5 5
July 4.7 5 5 5 5
August 3.9 3 3 4 4
September 3.5 3 3 3 3
October 3.6 2 3 4 4
November 3.7 3 4 3 4
December 4.2 3 4 4 4
Average 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.6

1st 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 102° 104° 100° 102° 107°
February 105° 094° 109° 112° 115°
March 094° 103° 109° 113° 126°
April 114° 117° 113° 084°
May 113° 126° 121° 126°
June 123° 117° 120° 113°
July 111° 109° 116° 113°
August 120° 097° 097° 105°
September 130° 124° 351° 343°
October 325° 127° 112° 107°
November 115° 118° 103° 122°
December 156° 079° 110° 133°

Prevailing wind direction

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