Virgin Gorda Airport

TUPW · British Virgin Islands

Climate Virgin Gorda Airport 2021-2025

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 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 88.3 68 77 95 91 93
February 86.9 72 81 93 88 95
March 81.0 81 95 85 93
April 87.9 75 94 91 93
May 92.2 86 92 91 94
June 88.7 82 90 87 92
July 90.9 87 91 89 94
August 90.3 78 88 93 94
September 91.3 82 96 91 91
October 90.4 82 84 91 92
November 90.9 80 87 90 90
December 90.0 82 92 94 84
Average 87.4 70.1 81.0 91.4 89.9 92.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.2 99 100 100 96 99
February 96.3 99 99 99 90 98
March 87.4 99 100 89 99
April 96.3 100 99 96 96
May 98.0 99 99 93 97
June 97.0 98 99 91 99
July 98.2 99 99 96 97
August 98.9 99 99 99 97
September 98.2 100 100 98 96
October 98.9 100 100 99 97
November 98.5 99 99 98 94
December 98.2 100 100 98 91
Average 97.3 99.1 99.3 99.4 95.0 96.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 28.7 28.5 28.8 28.1 28.6 28.5
February 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.3 27.8 28.5
March 28.6 28.8 28.1 28.5 28.5
April 29.3 29.3 28.8 28.6 29.0
May 30.0 30.3 30.5 29.6 29.6
June 30.8 31.1 31.1 30.6 29.8
July 31.2 31.1 31.3 30.6 30.6
August 31.5 31.1 31.8 31.1 30.8
September 31.4 31.5 32.5 30.3 31.6
October 30.8 31.8 30.8 30.5 30.8
November 29.8 29.6 29.6 29.3 30.1
December 29.2 29.1 28.6 29.1 28.8
Average 29.8 28.5 30.1 30.0 29.6 29.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 23.7 23.8 25.0 23.5 24.5 23.8
February 23.7 24.3 24.1 23.3 23.6 24.3
March 24.2 25.1 24.3 24.6 24.6
April 25.4 25.6 24.3 25.0 25.1
May 26.0 26.6 23.6 26.3 26.3
June 27.1 27.8 26.8 27.6 26.3
July 27.1 27.8 28.1 27.0 27.5
August 26.9 27.3 27.5 26.8 28.3
September 26.8 25.6 27.8 26.0 27.3
October 26.4 28.0 27.6 26.8 27.3
November 25.5 25.8 26.6 25.6 26.3
December 24.8 24.5 25.1 24.6 25.5
Average 25.5 24.1 26.1 25.7 25.7 26.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.5 4 3 3 3 5
February 4.3 5 5 3 8 5
March 2.9 4 1 3 3
April 2.3 4 1 2 2
May 2.3 4 1 1 4
June 3.0 2 2 1 9
July 3.3 2 3 5 3
August 3.2 2 3 2 3
September 3.4 4 1 5 3
October 4.8 4 5 4 3
November 5.0 11 2 5 1
December 3.5 3 2 2 6
Average 3.5 4.2 3.9 2.1 3.2 3.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.3 8 9 8 8 8
February 9.2 10 7 9 9 11
March 8.6 8 8 11 10
April 8.9 8 9 10 8
May 8.9 7 9 10 9
June 9.0 8 9 9 11
July 9.6 9 10 11 11
August 8.8 9 9 8 10
September 7.2 7 8 8 7
October 7.2 7 7 7 8
November 7.5 7 8 8 8
December 8.2 8 8 7 9
Average 8.5 8.9 7.8 8.5 9.0 9.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 072° 087° 082° 094° 080°
February 084° 096° 076° 079° 095°
March 084° 084° 090° 087°
April 081° 097° 096° 096°
May 109° 136° 098° 100°
June 108° 118° 101° 088°
July 092° 094° 090° 094°
August 088° 099° 089° 084°
September 097° 103° 110° 103°
October 111° 118° 106° 114°
November 091° 097° 099° 084°
December 086° 071° 035° 082°

Prevailing wind direction

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