Alumine Airport

AR-0037 · Neuquen, Argentina

Climate Alumine Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Araucanía Airport (SCQP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.5 81 80 77 78 87
February 81.0 82 87 84 78 89
March 77.2 82 74 78 71 87
April 64.6 57 60 67 88
May 58.2 66 57 53 58
June 58.2 63 57 60 61
July 62.1 63 61 57 60
August 62.8 66 58 65 60
September 68.1 70 65 58 61
October 74.8 77 64 100 75
November 73.4 72 73 67
December 77.7 78 85 73
Average 71.7 81.5 71.9 68.1 66.5 71.9

24th best VFR conditions of Chile

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 88.9 87 86 91 88 92
February 88.4 89 90 90 86 94
March 86.4 86 82 90 85 93
April 82.6 76 85 82 96
May 73.8 75 67 75 71
June 81.8 85 80 81 89
July 82.4 88 88 73 82
August 85.5 87 82 88 86
September 89.3 91 89 83 87
October 90.8 95 82 100 89
November 89.8 92 88 87
December 87.9 88 90 87
Average 86.0 87.2 86.6 85.3 82.8 87.6

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 23.9 25 25 23 24 24
February 25.3 26 26 25 25 25
March 21.7 21 22 20 24 24
April 17.8 18 15 19 20
May 14.1 15 14 15 15
June 11.5 12 11 13 11
July 11.2 12 11 11 11
August 12.3 12 12 13 12
September 14.4 14 15 14 15
October 16.4 16 17 11 17
November 19.0 17 21 19
December 21.6 22 22 21
Average 18.2 24.1 17.4 17.0 17.5 17.8

15th highest temperature of Chile

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 8.6 9 8 9 8 10
February 9.7 10 9 10 10 9
March 7.8 8 8 8 8 8
April 6.6 8 6 7 6
May 4.9 4 3 6 5
June 4.2 4 5 4 4
July 3.4 4 4 3 4
August 3.6 4 3 4 4
September 4.1 5 3 6 4
October 5.3 4 6 11 4
November 6.7 6 9 6
December 8.0 8 9 7
Average 6.4 8.6 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.8

16th lowest temperature of Chile

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.5 0 0 5 4 2
February 2.8 0 1 1 2 3
March 5.7 5 7 9 3 3
April 9.1 10 13 5 6
May 12.7 9 8 15 16
June 22.4 17 31 18 23
July 18.5 22 19 15 25
August 17.0 17 19 19 17
September 14.2 21 10 19 12
October 11.5 8 14 0 5
November 8.4 15 7 4
December 4.2 4 4 6
Average 9.2 1.7 10.1 11.3 9.7 9.5

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 7.1 7 7 7 7 8
February 7.1 7 8 8 6 8
March 6.1 6 6 7 6 7
April 5.2 5 6 5 6
May 4.8 5 4 5 5
June 5.8 6 5 5 7
July 5.9 6 6 4 6
August 6.0 5 6 7 6
September 6.4 7 5 6 6
October 6.9 7 7 0 6
November 6.6 7 6 6
December 7.0 7 6 7
Average 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.9 6.5

15th highest wind speed of Chile

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 271° 240° 253° 241° 235°
February 265° 227° 234° 234° 223°
March 270° 242° 223° 232° 244°
April 258° 275° 269° 217°
May 310° 268° 332° 310°
June 347° 014° 334° 360°
July 006° 355° 293° 354°
August 325° 285° 337° 328°
September 329° 242° 345° 276°
October 275° 250° 360° 248°
November 296° 245° 241°
December 276° 248° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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