General Lucio Blanco International Airport

MMRX · Tamaulipas, Mexico

Climate General Lucio Blanco International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Lucio Blanco International Airport (MMRX) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 57.3 48 59 59
February 67.4 54 76 69
March 62.3 43 69 66
April 49.6 38 58
May 47.5 47 48
June 67.2 68 67
July 78.1 72 83
August 87.6 90 87
September 83.7 90 80
October 84.6 77 89
November 42.9 42 44
December 51.3 47 55
Average 58.5 48.5 61.6 65.5

46th 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 77.3 69 84 76
February 83.7 74 96 81
March 83.3 74 88 84
April 80.0 78 81
May 78.3 82 75
June 83.6 83 84
July 94.1 94 94
August 96.9 95 98
September 94.1 100 91
October 92.3 80 98
November 53.2 49 56
December 68.9 50 82
Average 78.9 72.8 81.8 82.3

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 19.0 15 24 18
February 19.4 20 22 17
March 23.5 22 25 23
April 26.1 25 28
May 28.4 29 28
June 30.1 30 31
July 31.1 30 32
August 31.5 30 34
September 31.3 33 30
October 26.3 24 29
November 21.0 21 21
December 20.2 19 23
Average 23.5 19.0 25.6 25.9

49th 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 12.1 11 16 9
February 13.1 15 15 10
March 17.5 19 20 14
April 20.4 20 21
May 23.0 23 23
June 24.6 26 23
July 25.8 26 26
August 27.3 27 29
September 26.8 28 26
October 22.2 21 23
November 15.8 16 16
December 15.1 14 17
Average 18.3 14.6 20.8 19.4

3rd 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 6.6 7 8 6
February 2.8 5 0 3
March 4.3 3 5 4
April 4.4 6 4
May 5.5 8 3
June 0.9 0 2
July 2.5 4 1
August 4.6 5 4
September 6.9 0 11
October 4.3 10 2
November 32.7 33 33
December 9.4 17 5
Average 6.2 4.8 7.7 6.1

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 7.3 7 9 7
February 9.1 9 11 8
March 9.1 7 10 9
April 8.5 9 8
May 8.4 8 9
June 7.2 8 7
July 8.4 8 9
August 8.5 7 9
September 7.5 8 7
October 8.0 9 8
November 7.6 7 8
December 6.3 5 7
Average 8.0 7.8 8.3 8.0

49th 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 090° 133° 326°
February 177° 167° 029°
March 141° 136° 079°
April 130° 094°
May 132° 117°
June 169° 107°
July 159° 118°
August 177° 106°
September 142° 082°
October 083° 102°
November 321° 006°
December 146° 165°

Prevailing wind direction

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