General José María Yáñez International Airport

MMGM · Sonora, Mexico

Climate General José María Yáñez International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General José María Yáñez International Airport (MMGM) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 97.3 100 97 98
February 96.5 91 98 97
March 98.7 97 98 100
April 96.6 99 94
May 96.9 97 98
June 98.1 99 95
July 98.6 99 99
August 82.8 95 78
September 91.8 88 93
October 96.9 92 99
November 100.0 100 100
December 100.0 100 100
Average 95.9 94.7 97.4 95.6

10th best VFR conditions of Mexico

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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
January 97.3 100 97 98
February 98.2 94 99 99
March 99.3 100 99 100
April 99.6 99 100
May 99.6 99 100
June 99.0 100 97
July 100.0 100 100
August 96.2 100 95
September 98.1 97 98
October 100.0 100 100
November 100.0 100 100
December 100.0 100 100
Average 98.4 97.3 99.0 98.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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
January 20.2 15 22 23
February 20.7 18 22 23
March 22.1 17 25 25
April 27.4 28 27
May 30.1 30 30
June 33.2 34 32
July 33.4 34 33
August 31.9 32 32
September 30.5 28 33
October 27.7 26 29
November 22.8 23 23
December 18.4 17 22
Average 23.5 16.2 26.7 27.7

22nd highest temperature of Mexico

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 13.8 13 14 14
February 14.0 15 15 13
March 16.0 16 18 15
April 19.3 18 20
May 22.9 23 23
June 28.2 28 29
July 30.7 31 30
August 29.8 31 29
September 27.3 28 27
October 23.7 24 23
November 17.0 20 15
December 14.4 14 15
Average 19.2 14.6 21.9 21.1

31st lowest temperature of Mexico

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 5.2 0 7
September 3.7 0 5
October 0.0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0
December 1.5 0 2
Average 0.4 1.2

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
January 6.0 7 6 6
February 5.8 3 6 7
March 7.2 2 7 9
April 8.3 8 9
May 7.4 8 6
June 8.1 8 8
July 5.7 7 5
August 3.9 4 4
September 4.4 2 5
October 3.9 3 4
November 3.5 4 3
December 5.5 5 6
Average 5.3 3.0 6.5 6.3

22nd highest wind speed of Mexico

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 145° 270° 298°
February 239° 238° 249°
March 293° 236° 261°
April 209° 237°
May 220° 234°
June 222° 229°
July 209° 184°
August 166° 220°
September 250° 211°
October 191° 249°
November 195° 253°
December 037° 358°

Prevailing wind direction

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