Climate Cerro Colorado 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (SULS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.7	92	93	82	90	86
February	78.8	81	89	71	66	81
March	80.4	84	81	83	72	89
April	76.4		74	86	83	66
May	72.6		69	77	82	77
June	64.2		70	69	65	51
July	64.9		71	54	76	71
August	70.8		74	75	66	82
September	67.7		65	85	49	75
October	73.4		71	68	81	68
November	82.4		88	82	72	92
December	83.0		71	89	92	89
Average	76.8	86.1	76.8	76.7	75.0	78.2

4th best VFR conditions of Uruguay

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	98	100	90	99	97
February	95.8	95	95	95	93	99
March	96.2	95	97	97	96	98
April	94.3		92	97	95	94
May	93.9		92	93	98	96
June	83.9		84	90	86	69
July	84.9		94	72	95	92
August	84.3		88	87	75	90
September	84.9		84	97	75	89
October	89.0		88	88	94	83
November	94.0		96	96	86	99
December	96.3		92	99	99	97
Average	92.0	96.2	92.1	91.7	91.1	92.2

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	28.0	28	30	29	27	27
February	27.4	29	30	27	25	28
March	25.7	26	29	25	25	27
April	22.6		22	23	24	21
May	18.9		20	18	18	19
June	16.1		17	14	16	16
July	15.5		17	16	16	14
August	16.7		18	17	16	17
September	18.2		18	19	18	17
October	20.3		21	20	21	20
November	24.1		24	27	23	23
December	26.1		25	28	27	26
Average	22.3	27.5	22.5	21.5	21.3	21.3

2nd highest temperature of Uruguay

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	18.3	18	19	20	18	18
February	18.4	20	18	18	18	18
March	17.0	17	20	15	18	18
April	14.2		13	13	16	13
May	11.1		12	9	10	11
June	8.6		9	6	9	9
July	7.9		9	7	7	7
August	8.0		8	7	8	8
September	9.9		10	8	12	8
October	11.5		11	11	12	11
November	14.3		14	15	15	14
December	16.5		17	17	17	16
Average	13.6	18.1	13.1	12.0	13.1	12.5

3rd lowest temperature of Uruguay

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.1	4	1	10	2	2
February	6.1	4	7	9	17	2
March	5.5	5	7	7	6	5
April	6.3		6	4	7	9
May	6.8		5	8	6	7
June	9.2		5	2	14	16
July	9.4		9	11	9	6
August	7.8		5	2	7	6
September	8.4		10	1	14	8
October	7.9		8	10	4	12
November	5.2		5	5	8	2
December	3.8		6	4	2	4
Average	6.3	4.6	6.1	6.1	7.7	6.2

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	9.6	9	10	10	10	10
February	9.5	9	10	10	9	11
March	9.2	8	9	10	9	9
April	8.7		7	7	8	11
May	8.8		8	10	10	10
June	9.1		8	8	10	9
July	9.2		9	9	9	9
August	8.9		9	8	7	8
September	9.4		11	8	10	10
October	9.9		10	11	9	10
November	9.9		11	9	10	10
December	10.0		9	10	9	11
Average	9.3	8.6	9.3	9.1	9.2	9.8

2nd highest wind speed of Uruguay

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	119°	141°	134°	112°	124°
February	133°	170°	198°	144°	146°
March	147°	139°	241°	125°	092°
April		188°	245°	061°	168°
May		259°	219°	251°	243°
June		268°	243°	254°	235°
July		193°	266°	281°	260°
August		279°	211°	166°	259°
September		157°	180°	140°	146°
October		171°	168°	172°	146°
November		167°	095°	156°	101°
December		160°	150°	124°	127°

Prevailing wind direction

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