Arelauquen Heliport

AR-0045 · Rio Negro, Argentina

Climate Arelauquen Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Carlos De Bariloche Airport (SAZS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.3 100 99 95 100 98
February 96.5 100 96 92 98 97
March 94.7 96 91 96 94 98
April 89.5 87 85 91 96
May 81.2 82 80 89 78
June 69.4 59 65 82 63
July 68.4 65 55 84 61
August 80.4 80 67 79 90
September 87.8 78 87 90 93
October 89.4 86 91 98 94
November 95.3 87 99 99 98
December 98.0 99 99 96 97
Average 89.9 98.3 85.4 85.5 92.4 90.2

12th best VFR conditions of Argentina

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 99.5 100 100 100 100 99
February 99.4 100 98 99 100 100
March 99.1 100 99 99 99 100
April 98.1 98 95 97 100
May 93.7 94 92 98 94
June 91.5 88 86 99 92
July 87.7 87 86 95 83
August 94.1 94 83 95 99
September 97.4 96 97 96 99
October 97.1 92 96 99 99
November 99.0 98 99 100 100
December 99.6 100 100 99 100
Average 97.2 99.7 95.7 94.6 98.2 97.5

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 23.0 25 24 22 23 24
February 23.7 25 24 22 26 22
March 19.5 18 20 18 23 22
April 15.3 16 13 17 16
May 10.7 11 10 12 11
June 6.8 7 5 8 6
July 6.0 6 5 9 4
August 8.3 8 8 9 8
September 11.1 9 12 13 12
October 13.9 14 15 16 15
November 18.3 15 22 19 20
December 21.3 22 20 24 20
Average 15.7 22.5 14.5 14.0 16.4 15.0

20th highest temperature of Argentina

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 7.9 8 8 9 7 9
February 8.2 10 8 9 9 8
March 5.9 6 7 5 7 7
April 3.9 4 3 5 3
May 1.5 2 0 2 1
June 0.1 0 -1 0 0
July -2.8 0 -1 -1 -1
August -1.6 0 -1 -1 0
September 0.4 1 0 1 1
October 2.2 2 3 2 2
November 5.1 4 7 5 6
December 6.7 6 8 7 6
Average 3.9 7.8 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.3

3rd lowest temperature of Argentina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.4 1 0 6 2 4
February 2.5 1 1 7 1 2
March 5.2 7 6 7 3 2
April 7.7 8 13 3 4
May 11.7 12 9 9 17
June 21.8 30 18 14 25
July 23.2 27 33 11 26
August 17.5 16 27 16 10
September 10.2 22 9 4 7
October 9.7 14 5 3 5
November 6.4 18 3 2 3
December 3.0 1 3 2 5
Average 8.5 2.8 11.7 10.8 5.3 8.2

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 14.6 13 14 16 14 15
February 12.6 12 14 13 11 14
March 12.2 15 13 14 10 11
April 11.1 10 14 10 9
May 10.0 10 10 11 11
June 11.5 9 10 11 12
July 10.0 10 12 11 9
August 12.1 13 11 11 14
September 12.9 13 12 12 14
October 14.8 14 15 15 15
November 15.2 17 13 15 14
December 15.2 13 17 13 17
Average 13.0 13.2 12.7 12.9 12.0 13.1

20th highest wind speed of Argentina

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 297° 297° 294° 297° 293°
February 299° 295° 291° 302° 296°
March 295° 298° 293° 295° 295°
April 295° 295° 295° 296°
May 300° 292° 291° 292°
June 298° 291° 297° 295°
July 298° 295° 294° 283°
August 298° 298° 294° 291°
September 300° 296° 297° 294°
October 300° 296° 293° 295°
November 298° 300° 295° 294°
December 300° 298° 296° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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