3 Tentos CETEC Heliport

BR-1596 · Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Climate 3 Tentos CETEC Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lauro Kurtz Airport (SBPF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.6 76 86 95 85
February 84.1 78 73 91
March 82.7 72 82 97
April 80.5 73 68 86
May 73.0 79 66 85
June 70.0 68 59 65
July 79.5 64 88 93 84
August 81.8 84 82 89 78
September 74.4 68 70 80 72
October 73.5 62 68 83 92
November 81.8 63 90 100 94
December 88.0 79 94 87
Average 81.1 75.2 73.2 77.0 86.6 87.1

72nd best VFR conditions of Brazil

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 95.4 93 96 97 95
February 93.4 89 91 95
March 93.0 84 98 99
April 90.2 88 88 95
May 84.7 86 82 92
June 80.2 84 68 84
July 86.5 75 94 93 86
August 89.2 93 86 94 86
September 86.3 81 89 95 83
October 85.3 77 81 94 98
November 90.3 76 97 100 96
December 94.7 91 97 96
Average 90.4 88.6 86.0 87.4 94.8 93.5

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 27.5 27 29 28 27
February 27.2 28 27 27
March 26.6 27 28 29
April 23.5 23 22 23
May 20.1 21 17 20
June 18.2 18 16 20
July 18.7 19 21 16 17
August 19.5 21 18 20 20
September 22.0 23 19 21 23
October 23.3 22 22 24 26
November 25.4 25 25 28 26
December 27.7 28 29 28
Average 23.3 27.1 23.5 20.5 21.0 24.2

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 20.9 20 20 25 20
February 19.5 20 19 18
March 19.5 18 20 20
April 18.2 16 21 21
May 14.8 13 12 19
June 12.8 11 11 19
July 12.7 11 14 14 13
August 12.9 12 12 19 15
September 15.5 15 13 19 15
October 17.1 15 16 21 21
November 18.2 17 18 27 21
December 20.7 20 19 23
Average 17.2 19.1 15.7 14.6 19.2 18.8

8th lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.3 8 4 5 9
February 6.5 10 9 2
March 4.5 9 3 1
April 6.9 8 14 2
May 12.4 10 13 0
June 7.5 11 9 16
July 5.9 10 3 0 11
August 4.5 4 3 0 3
September 9.3 13 6 3 6
October 8.2 11 11 3 3
November 7.9 17 5 0 4
December 2.2 3 2 6
Average 6.1 8.7 8.6 6.6 2.3 4.6

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 9.6 8 6 11 11
February 9.0 8 6 11
March 8.6 7 4 11
April 8.3 5 7 12
May 8.7 5 7 11
June 9.1 7 6 12
July 9.6 7 8 6 12
August 10.1 7 7 6 13
September 10.5 7 9 10 12
October 10.0 7 7 6 12
November 10.3 8 8 6 13
December 9.9 7 7 11
Average 9.4 7.8 6.3 7.5 7.7 11.5

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 104° 079° 284° 078°
February 060° 059° 091°
March 089° 065° 075°
April 079° 048° 253°
May 072° 047° 036°
June 060° 039° 025°
July 078° 031° 343° 052°
August 070° 077° 081° 092°
September 067° 073° 129° 082°
October 102° 065° 123° 203°
November 065° 126° 235° 149°
December 056° 124° 190°

Prevailing wind direction

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