Santa Bárbara Airport

CL-0025 · Maule Region, Chile

Climate Santa Bárbara Airport 2022-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santo Domingo Airport (SCSN) between 2022 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 53.9 59 42 51 65
February 57.2 62 54 48 67
March 59.2 63 62 51 61
April 58.6 80 48 46
May 51.8 65 70 46 32
June 47.9 52 41 50
July 50.0 56 39 55
August 60.1 73 56 51
September 65.7 69 71 57
October 58.9 60 57 60
November 62.1 75 62 49
December 59.9 64 58 57
Average 58.9 61.9 62.8 52.9 54.3

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
January 72.0 76 57 72 85
February 73.9 73 78 65 82
March 72.9 80 70 66 77
April 71.9 89 63 63
May 69.9 75 85 72 50
June 69.2 77 65 66
July 75.7 79 70 78
August 79.4 88 75 76
September 81.4 86 86 72
October 72.8 69 76 75
November 76.3 85 78 66
December 76.4 77 79 72
Average 74.5 75.8 77.6 72.4 71.9

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
January 19.2 19.6 19.3 19.0 18.8
February 19.6 19.1 20.6 19.1 19.8
March 19.1 20.1 19.1 19.1 18.6
April 16.9 17.6 17.3 15.9
May 15.5 15.8 14.6 16.8 14.6
June 15.4 15.4 16.1 14.6
July 14.3 14.0 15.5 13.5
August 14.9 14.4 16.5 14.5
September 14.9 15.4 15.6 14.0
October 15.8 16.3 15.5 15.5
November 17.3 18.1 16.8 17.0
December 18.5 18.3 18.3 19.1
Average 16.7 18.7 16.9 17.2 16.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 12.1 12.0 12.5 12.5 11.0
February 11.7 10.3 12.8 11.3 11.5
March 10.2 9.9 9.5 11.1 9.5
April 8.6 7.9 9.5 8.0
May 6.6 7.5 4.7 7.7 6.5
June 7.4 8.0 7.5 6.5
July 5.3 3.1 7.5 5.0
August 6.3 5.7 7.7 5.7
September 6.5 5.2 7.7 6.7
October 7.9 8.9 7.7 7.2
November 8.9 7.9 8.5 10.4
December 10.3 10.3 10.0 10.5
Average 9.9 9.9 8.0 9.1 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 0.4 0 1 1 0
February 0.6 0 2 0 0
March 1.2 1 1 2 0
April 1.8 2 1 3
May 3.8 8 6 1 2
June 8.1 8 9 8
July 5.0 0 4 10
August 5.9 4 9 5
September 3.3 2 4 4
October 3.4 5 4 2
November 2.9 0 5 3
December 0.8 1 1 0
Average 2.0 1.4 2.5 3.1 3.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 7.9 8 8 8 9
February 7.3 7 7 7 8
March 7.0 7 7 7 7
April 6.2 6 6 7
May 5.2 5 5 5 5
June 4.8 5 4 5
July 5.1 5 5 5
August 6.0 6 6 6
September 6.8 7 6 7
October 7.5 7 7 8
November 8.0 9 8 8
December 8.1 8 8 8
Average 6.7 7.1 6.8 6.6 6.8

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 270° 270° 271° 256°
February 281° 273° 280° 267°
March 257° 262° 270° 258°
April 261° 269° 263°
May 219° 243° 256° 254°
June 351° 255° 294°
July 224° 248° 307°
August 253° 260° 240°
September 251° 247° 251°
October 264° 256° 249°
November 248° 251° 275°
December 261° 263° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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