Đảo Sơn Ca (Sand Cay) Helipad

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Climate Đảo Sơn Ca (Sand Cay) Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (RPVP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.9 100 96 100 99
February 99.7 100 100 99 100
March 99.5 100 100 99 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.2 100 99 99 100
June 99.2 97 100 99 100
July 98.3 97 99 98 100
August 99.0 99 99
September 96.2 99 99 97
October 98.0 98 100 98
November 98.1 99 99 98
December 98.4 98 99 99
Average 98.9 99.8 98.6 99.1 99.2 99.0

1st best VFR conditions of Philippines

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 99.3 100 98 100 99
February 99.9 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 99 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.5 100 99 99 100
June 99.5 99 100 99 100
July 99.0 99 100 98 100
August 99.4 99 99
September 98.9 100 99 97
October 98.6 98 100 98
November 98.9 100 100 98
December 99.0 98 99 100
Average 99.4 99.8 99.2 99.4 99.6 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 30.7 31 30 31 32
February 31.1 32 31 31 32
March 31.9 33 32 32 32
April 32.6 33 32 33 34
May 32.5 32 32 32 34
June 31.8 31 32 32 32
July 31.1 31 31 31 32
August 31.5 32 31
September 31.5 32 32 32
October 31.5 32 31 31
November 31.5 32 31 32
December 31.4 32 32 31
Average 31.6 31.8 31.7 31.5 31.5 32.1

6th highest temperature of Philippines

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 24.2 25 23 23 25
February 24.0 24 24 25 25
March 24.5 25 25 24 24
April 25.3 25 26 26 26
May 25.9 26 24 26 27
June 24.6 25 25 25 25
July 24.3 25 24 25 26
August 24.2 25 25
September 23.9 24 25 25
October 24.4 25 25 24
November 24.8 26 25 25
December 24.8 26 24 25
Average 24.6 25.0 24.9 24.5 24.6 25.3

7th lowest temperature of Philippines

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 1 13 5 1
February 2.2 1 1 4 1
March 0.9 0 0 4 0
April 1.2 1 2 4 0
May 5.3 10 7 7 3
June 5.0 9 2 3 8
July 10.5 18 6 24 6
August 8.9 8 9
September 10.5 7 11 12
October 8.1 5 10 17
November 5.9 4 8 2
December 4.8 1 4 8
Average 5.0 0.5 6.3 6.7 4.9 4.9

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 10.6 13 10 11 11
February 11.0 12 12 9 13
March 9.3 10 10 9 9
April 8.0 8 7 8 9
May 6.1 7 7 7 6
June 5.9 7 7 6 5
July 6.1 8 7 6 5
August 6.7 8 6
September 6.2 8 6 6
October 6.4 8 7 7
November 8.1 10 8 8
December 9.3 11 10 7
Average 8.2 11.8 8.6 6.9 8.1 8.0

6th highest wind speed of Philippines

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 071° 061° 079° 074°
February 078° 060° 058° 082°
March 084° 076° 083° 088°
April 092° 090° 067° 091°
May 166° 143° 102° 135°
June 178° 171° 185° 159°
July 196° 182° 187° 168°
August 207° 171°
September 188° 194° 163°
October 135° 170° 255°
November 067° 082° 092°
December 072° 050° 084°

Prevailing wind direction

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