Climate Yaupi Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mariscal Lamar Airport (SECU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.8	83	86	95	91	99
February	90.6	76	82	95	91	95
March	88.9	88	78	90	84	92
April	88.7		72	93	91	89
May	87.9		83	90	87	94
June	87.8		78	88	94	74
July	86.7		69	87	93	71
August	89.1		81	89	92	80
September	92.9		94	90	95	80
October	88.1		83	88	86	79
November	89.0		89	88	89	79
December	91.1		86	87	91	93
Average	88.8	82.3	81.6	89.8	90.2	85.5

2nd 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	98.9	99	100	99	98	100
February	98.6	99	99	99	96	97
March	98.6	100	100	99	96	99
April	98.6		99	99	97	99
May	96.9		99	97	97	96
June	96.6		99	99	99	84
July	96.0		100	98	99	80
August	95.9		97	99	98	83
September	96.9		100	99	98	86
October	94.2		98	97	92	80
November	94.4		99	95	92	80
December	97.6		99	98	96	96
Average	97.2	99.2	99.0	98.0	96.3	90.0

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	21.9	23	21	22	21	22
February	22.0	22	22	22	22	22
March	21.6	23	22	21	21	22
April	20.9		21	20	22	21
May	20.9		22	20	21	22
June	20.5		20	20	21	21
July	19.5		20	20	20	19
August	20.2		21	20	20	22
September	21.5		23	21	20	20
October	22.2		23	21	22	21
November	22.8		24	22	22	22
December	22.4		23	22	22	22
Average	21.5	22.8	21.7	20.9	21.0	21.2

16th 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	11.4	13	11	11	12	12
February	11.9	13	12	11	12	13
March	11.6	13	12	12	11	11
April	11.5		12	11	12	12
May	11.3		12	11	11	12
June	10.6		11	10	11	10
July	9.6		11	10	10	10
August	9.5		10	10	9	9
September	9.4		10	9	10	10
October	10.5		12	11	10	10
November	10.9		12	10	11	10
December	11.0		12	10	11	12
Average	11.0	12.7	11.3	10.4	10.8	10.6

4th 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	4.1	2	4	3	3	3
February	4.7	7	4	3	6	2
March	7.7	4	11	10	12	5
April	8.2		10	11	6	9
May	8.3		6	10	10	6
June	5.6		3	9	7	4
July	4.9		4	8	6	7
August	3.8		5	6	3	2
September	3.0		1	2	5	5
October	4.4		4	4	6	4
November	3.7		3	4	5	3
December	5.0		10	3	6	3
Average	5.2	4.5	5.2	6.1	6.1	4.2

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	5.7	6	5	6	5	6
February	5.7	6	6	6	5	6
March	5.1	6	6	5	4	5
April	4.8		4	5	5	4
May	4.8		5	5	5	5
June	5.5		6	5	5	5
July	5.9		6	6	6	5
August	6.0		6	6	6	6
September	6.1		7	6	5	5
October	5.3		6	5	5	5
November	5.1		6	5	5	5
December	5.7		6	6	5	5
Average	5.5	6.1	5.8	5.4	5.1	5.2

16th 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	070°	121°	114°	072°	083°
February	077°	074°	129°	082°	080°
March	083°	148°	172°	108°	106°
April		108°	077°	065°	073°
May		067°	064°	063°	061°
June		061°	069°	062°	059°
July		057°	059°	055°	059°
August		062°	059°	058°	059°
September		060°	070°	062°	060°
October		082°	103°	086°	070°
November		078°	154°	169°	153°
December		074°	111°	130°	115°

Prevailing wind direction

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