Grand Case Airport

TFFG · Saint Martin

Climate Grand Case Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.2 90 90 95 89 92
February 89.7 87 87 90 95 88
March 92.5 95 92 90 92 93
April 93.5 94 96 96 93
May 93.0 95 93 95 96
June 89.7 94 92 88 90
July 87.6 89 88 92 84
August 89.8 91 90 92 88
September 94.1 94 91 97 94
October 91.5 92 96 86 91
November 92.2 84 91 91 93
December 92.8 91 98 94 97
Average 91.3 90.6 91.1 92.0 92.2 91.4

1st best VFR conditions of Sint Maarten

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 99.2 99 99 100 100 98
February 99.3 99 100 99 99 99
March 99.5 100 100 99 100 99
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 99 100 100
June 99.2 100 99 99 100
July 99.4 100 100 100 99
August 98.8 98 99 99 99
September 98.8 99 97 100 99
October 98.6 99 99 96 100
November 99.2 100 99 98 99
December 99.3 100 100 100 100
Average 99.2 99.4 99.4 99.1 99.0 99.2

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 28.6 30 28 29 29 29
February 28.5 29 28 29 29 29
March 28.7 30 29 29 29 29
April 29.3 29 29 30 31
May 30.1 31 30 31 31
June 30.9 32 31 31 32
July 31.3 32 31 31 32
August 31.6 32 32 32 32
September 31.8 33 31 32 32
October 31.1 32 31 32 31
November 30.5 31 30 31 30
December 29.4 30 29 30 30
Average 30.0 29.4 30.5 30.0 30.4 30.6

1st highest temperature of Sint Maarten

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 23.8 25 22 24 24 24
February 23.2 24 24 23 24 23
March 23.5 24 24 24 23 23
April 24.0 24 25 25 26
May 25.2 26 26 25 26
June 26.1 27 26 24 27
July 26.7 28 26 27 26
August 26.0 27 26 26 26
September 25.9 28 24 27 28
October 25.8 27 26 27 26
November 24.6 27 25 26 23
December 24.0 24 25 25 23
Average 24.8 24.4 25.6 24.9 25.2 25.0

1st lowest temperature of Sint Maarten

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.9 10 6 3 5 10
February 6.6 8 7 12 5 8
March 3.7 4 1 8 4 5
April 3.5 4 4 4 2
May 4.0 4 5 3 2
June 4.5 3 3 10 3
July 5.7 4 6 5 9
August 6.2 7 6 7 6
September 5.2 5 9 5 5
October 7.6 13 6 5 9
November 6.8 6 11 8 9
December 5.2 6 3 6 3
Average 5.5 6.9 5.3 6.2 5.3 5.9

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 9.7 10 10 9 9 9
February 10.6 8 11 10 12 10
March 10.1 9 9 12 11 9
April 9.7 9 10 9 8
May 10.0 9 10 10 10
June 10.2 10 10 11 10
July 11.1 11 12 12 11
August 9.9 9 9 10 10
September 7.7 8 9 7 8
October 7.9 9 8 9 8
November 8.6 9 10 8 10
December 9.6 9 7 11 8
Average 9.5 8.7 9.3 9.8 9.8 9.2

1st highest wind speed of Sint Maarten

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 070° 068° 076° 066° 067°
February 086° 063° 063° 075° 074°
March 075° 065° 070° 072° 070°
April 087° 076° 078° 089°
May 103° 078° 081° 098°
June 095° 083° 074° 081°
July 073° 070° 082° 075°
August 079° 071° 072° 072°
September 084° 089° 089° 077°
October 102° 087° 092° 084°
November 080° 081° 071° 078°
December 057° 027° 064° 066°

Prevailing wind direction

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