Climate Ayamu Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Francisco De Orellana Airport (SECO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.4	83	83	94	94	94
February	82.4	70	78	79	91	82
March	78.3	76	67	66	85	87
April	81.5		83	69	87	87
May	76.6		77	80	73	79
June	78.5		74	79	84	86
July	81.8		82	81	79	87
August	86.2		91	68	93	91
September	87.6		86	87	83	85
October	85.7		83	89	92	94
November	84.6		83	92	93	87
December	80.5		76	79	91	77
Average	82.0	76.6	80.2	80.4	87.1	85.8

7th best VFR conditions of Ecuador

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	94.9	94	93	97	97	99
February	92.4	87	88	92	98	97
March	92.2	91	85	90	96	99
April	94.7		92	90	95	97
May	92.6		89	92	92	96
June	93.3		88	94	95	98
July	95.0		96	95	98	96
August	96.4		97	95	97	99
September	96.4		97	93	97	98
October	96.0		94	98	98	99
November	96.3		96	99	98	99
December	95.4		90	95	97	96
Average	94.3	90.8	92.1	94.1	96.4	97.6

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	30.0	31	30	31	30	32
February	30.2	31	30	29	30	31
March	29.5	31	30	29	29	30
April	29.6		30	30	29	30
May	29.2		31	28	29	29
June	28.7		29	29	29	29
July	28.9		30	29	28	28
August	30.6		32	30	31	30
September	31.5		33	33	31	31
October	31.0		33	31	31	31
November	30.4		31	31	30	30
December	30.1		30	31	31	30
Average	30.0	31.0	30.5	30.0	29.7	30.0

1st highest temperature of Ecuador

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	22.3	24	22	23	22	22
February	22.5	24	23	23	23	23
March	22.0	23	23	22	22	22
April	22.2		23	23	22	22
May	22.2		23	22	23	23
June	22.2		22	22	22	23
July	21.9		22	22	22	23
August	22.1		23	22	23	23
September	22.4		24	22	22	24
October	22.9		24	24	23	24
November	23.0		24	23	23	24
December	22.4		23	23	23	22
Average	22.5	23.5	22.8	22.4	22.4	23.0

18th lowest temperature of Ecuador

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.2	6	11	6	12	2
February	11.4	12	17	15	11	10
March	13.5	12	19	23	14	6
April	12.7		10	20	16	11
May	16.2		16	20	14	15
June	14.2		18	12	16	12
July	11.0		7	15	11	19
August	5.1		4	8	3	3
September	5.0		3	4	7	8
October	8.1		5	9	8	7
November	9.3		12	6	12	10
December	7.9		12	8	7	8
Average	10.3	10.0	11.0	12.0	10.9	8.6

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	3.3	3	3	4	3	4
February	3.3	3	3	3	4	4
March	3.6	4	3	3	3	3
April	3.4		3	3	3	3
May	3.3		3	3	3	3
June	3.4		3	3	4	3
July	3.4		3	3	4	4
August	3.5		3	4	3	4
September	3.5		4	4	3	4
October	3.5		3	3	4	4
November	3.5		3	4	4	4
December	3.3		3	3	4	3
Average	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.5

1st highest wind speed of Ecuador

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	107°	116°	072°	107°	088°
February	101°	109°	036°	065°	093°
March	149°	025°	084°	037°	159°
April		135°	143°	126°	211°
May		137°	211°	180°	165°
June		202°	174°	133°	133°
July		125°	089°	238°	077°
August		126°	171°	177°	148°
September		104°	128°	149°	114°
October		120°	117°	112°	120°
November		115°	161°	086°	162°
December		115°	103°	083°	104°

Prevailing wind direction

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