Climate Valle del Fuerte International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bachigualato Federal International Airport (MMCL) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	98.0	97	100	97
February	97.1	95	99	97
March	96.9	95	98	98
April	90.5		95	86
May	96.0		100	93
June	93.3		94	93
July	89.2		90	89
August	86.6		88	86
September	88.3		83	94
October	88.6		81	97
November	99.2		99	100
December	99.5		99	100
Average	94.0	95.6	93.0	93.2

16th 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	99.1	99	100	99
February	99.3	99	100	99
March	98.3	99	98	98
April	94.2		95	93
May	97.1		100	95
June	100.0		100	100
July	99.5		100	100
August	96.9		99	95
September	100.0		100	100
October	96.6		94	100
November	100.0		100	100
December	100.0		100	100
Average	98.5	98.8	98.6	98.1

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	26.7	27	27	26
February	26.9	27	27	27
March	28.6	29	28	29
April	30.4		31	30
May	31.8		32	32
June	34.0		34	34
July	35.3		36	35
August	34.0		35	33
September	34.9		36	34
October	32.9		32	34
November	30.8		32	30
December	28.1		28	28
Average	30.0	27.4	31.5	31.0

6th 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	13.5	14	13	14
February	13.0	14	13	12
March	13.6	15	14	12
April	17.1		17	18
May	20.5		20	21
June	25.0		25	25
July	26.8		28	26
August	26.0		27	25
September	26.0		27	26
October	23.4		24	23
November	18.3		21	16
December	15.8		16	15
Average	18.0	14.2	20.3	19.5

27th 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	1.6	5	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0
May	0.0		0	0
June	0.0		0	0
July	1.2		1	2
August	5.5		2	9
September	1.6		2	2
October	3.6		6	1
November	0.3		1	0
December	0.0		0	0
Average	1.3	1.5	1.1	1.4

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	4.2	4	5	4
February	4.0	4	4	4
March	4.8	5	4	5
April	5.2		5	6
May	5.3		5	6
June	5.9		5	6
July	5.1		5	5
August	4.0		5	4
September	4.3		5	4
October	4.7		5	4
November	4.0		4	4
December	3.7		4	3
Average	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.6

6th 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	297°	262°	253°
February	278°	281°	274°
March	262°	257°	248°
April		229°	218°
May		235°	206°
June		203°	211°
July		214°	219°
August		217°	241°
September		240°	243°
October		152°	310°
November		345°	302°
December		317°	270°

Prevailing wind direction

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