Climate Santa Maria Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santa Maria Airport (LPAZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.4	76	80	89	64	80
February	77.2	62	80	86	87	82
March	81.4	81	68	86	78	93
April	79.1		79	81	78	76
May	77.9		77	80	84	74
June	82.3		78	73	87	79
July	85.6		87	83	74	82
August	90.0		93	93	90	93
September	90.4		90	85	94	90
October	87.6		78	94	83	92
November	83.6		76	74	86	92
December	77.9		82	77	72	73
Average	81.7	73.5	80.7	83.4	81.6	83.5

11th best VFR conditions of Portugal

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	94.4	92	99	97	85	91
February	93.4	83	95	99	95	96
March	93.0	95	84	95	89	98
April	92.3		90	95	93	90
May	93.1		97	96	94	90
June	93.5		88	94	96	92
July	95.9		94	96	91	98
August	97.5		97	97	99	98
September	97.7		98	92	98	100
October	97.3		92	99	97	99
November	95.9		89	93	99	100
December	94.9		93	95	94	95
Average	94.4	90.1	93.0	95.6	94.1	95.4

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	17.4	18	17	17	17	18
February	17.3	19	17	17	17	18
March	17.5	18	18	18	17	18
April	18.2		19	18	19	19
May	19.9		21	19	20	20
June	22.0		22	21	22	21
July	24.2		25	24	24	24
August	25.6		26	25	26	26
September	24.8		25	25	24	24
October	22.7		23	22	23	22
November	20.2		21	20	21	19
December	18.5		19	18	18	17
Average	20.4	18.1	21.0	20.4	20.6	20.5

12th highest temperature of Portugal

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	14.0	15	13	14	15	15
February	13.0	15	12	13	12	13
March	13.3	14	15	13	13	13
April	14.0		15	14	15	14
May	15.2		16	15	15	15
June	17.1		18	17	17	17
July	18.9		19	19	20	18
August	20.4		21	20	21	21
September	19.8		20	20	19	19
October	18.1		19	17	19	18
November	16.3		17	17	17	15
December	14.8		15	15	14	14
Average	16.0	14.5	16.6	16.1	16.4	15.9

12th lowest temperature of Portugal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.7	11	2	9	12	3
February	5.8	3	7	4	6	3
March	3.8	5	4	4	4	2
April	6.0		5	6	6	8
May	4.1		6	8	2	4
June	3.4		7	2	4	6
July	2.1		2	2	4	2
August	2.6		2	3	2	3
September	3.3		1	3	3	6
October	5.4		11	4	7	3
November	6.6		8	7	11	4
December	6.2		7	7	10	6
Average	4.7	6.0	5.1	4.6	5.5	4.0

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	12.6	13	12	13	15	12
February	12.7	14	11	11	17	10
March	12.7	16	15	13	11	11
April	13.1		12	14	14	13
May	11.0		11	11	10	13
June	10.1		11	10	10	11
July	9.2		9	10	11	8
August	9.0		10	8	11	9
September	10.0		11	10	10	11
October	11.7		14	12	10	11
November	12.7		13	12	13	15
December	13.6		11	19	15	14
Average	11.7	14.2	11.3	11.6	11.9	11.2

12th highest wind speed of Portugal

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	211°	107°	081°	182°	208°
February	210°	128°	049°	257°	218°
March	295°	221°	288°	092°	331°
April		224°	233°	266°	288°
May		322°	266°	276°	268°
June		281°	346°	296°	347°
July		294°	003°	330°	047°
August		046°	009°	282°	266°
September		294°	296°	344°	045°
October		257°	275°	221°	351°
November		209°	245°	117°	358°
December		160°	264°	252°	340°

Prevailing wind direction

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