Climate Terrance B Lettsome International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Terrance B Lettsome International Airport (TUPJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.8	77	95	91	93	93
February	88.8	81	93	88	95	91
March	81.0	81	95	85	93	95
April	90.0		94	91	93	97
May	93.1		92	91	94	98
June	89.8		90	87	92	89
July	91.4		91	89	94	96
August	92.0		88	93	94	97
September	93.0		96	91	91	94
October	91.6		84	91	92	95
November	92.6		87	90	90	95
December	91.3		92	94	84	96
Average	89.4	79.7	91.4	89.9	92.1	94.5

1st best VFR conditions of British Virgin Islands

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	100	100	96	99	99
February	96.0	99	99	90	98	99
March	87.4	99	100	89	99	99
April	95.7		99	96	96	99
May	97.8		99	93	97	100
June	96.9		99	91	99	93
July	98.1		99	96	97	100
August	98.9		99	99	97	100
September	98.0		100	98	96	99
October	98.8		100	99	97	99
November	98.4		99	98	94	99
December	98.0		100	98	91	100
Average	97.1	99.5	99.4	95.0	96.7	98.7

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	28.7	29	28	29	29	28
February	28.6	29	28	28	29	29
March	28.6	29	28	29	29	28
April	29.3		29	29	29	29
May	30.0		31	30	30	30
June	30.8		31	31	30	31
July	31.2		31	31	31	32
August	31.5		32	31	31	32
September	31.4		33	30	32	31
October	30.7		31	31	31	30
November	29.8		30	29	30	29
December	29.2		29	29	29	29
Average	29.8	28.7	30.0	29.6	29.7	29.9

1st highest temperature of British Virgin Islands

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	23.7	25	24	25	24	23
February	23.6	24	23	24	24	24
March	24.2	25	24	25	25	24
April	25.3		24	25	25	28
May	25.9		24	26	26	27
June	27.0		27	28	26	28
July	27.0		28	27	28	28
August	26.9		28	27	28	26
September	27.0		28	26	27	27
October	26.2		28	27	27	26
November	25.5		27	26	26	25
December	24.8		25	25	26	25
Average	25.4	24.7	25.7	25.7	26.1	25.8

1st lowest temperature of British Virgin Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.5	3	3	3	5	7
February	4.2	5	3	8	5	4
March	2.9	4	1	3	3	5
April	2.0		1	2	2	1
May	2.1		1	1	4	1
June	3.2		2	1	9	3
July	3.4		3	5	3	2
August	3.4		3	2	3	4
September	3.4		1	5	3	5
October	4.9		5	4	3	5
November	4.1		2	5	1	7
December	3.5		2	2	6	4
Average	3.4	3.8	2.1	3.2	3.8	4.2

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	8.3	9	8	8	8	8
February	9.1	7	9	9	11	9
March	8.6	8	8	11	10	9
April	9.0		9	10	8	8
May	9.1		9	10	9	9
June	9.2		9	9	11	9
July	9.6		10	11	11	10
August	8.8		9	8	10	9
September	7.4		8	8	7	7
October	7.3		7	7	8	8
November	7.7		8	8	8	8
December	8.3		8	7	9	8
Average	8.5	8.2	8.5	9.0	9.2	8.4

1st highest wind speed of British Virgin Islands

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	087°	082°	094°	080°	084°
February	096°	076°	079°	095°	090°
March	084°	084°	090°	087°	077°
April		097°	096°	096°	116°
May		136°	098°	100°	120°
June		118°	101°	088°	100°
July		094°	090°	094°	091°
August		099°	089°	084°	088°
September		103°	110°	103°	093°
October		118°	106°	114°	099°
November		097°	099°	084°	099°
December		071°	035°	082°	080°

Prevailing wind direction

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