Climate Santa Lucía Air Force Base / General Felipe Ángeles International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santa Lucía Air Force Base / General Felipe Ángeles International Airport (MMSM) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	79.1	90	79	40
February	85.4	93	86	52
March	89.1	97	91	59
April	76.0		79	66
May	77.4		74	82
June	68.8		81	56
July	57.1		63	51
August	51.0		50	52
September	60.6		68	54
October	54.5		58	51
November	68.4		65	71
December	72.6		65	82
Average	75.1	93.2	71.9	60.3

45th 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	90.1	96	92	62
February	91.7	98	92	69
March	96.0	98	99	81
April	95.7		98	89
May	98.3		98	99
June	97.5		100	95
July	94.3		99	90
August	92.9		91	94
September	96.3		94	98
October	87.2		92	82
November	88.0		89	87
December	88.2		88	88
Average	93.8	97.2	94.5	89.8

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	21.0	23	23	18
February	21.9	25	25	16
March	24.9	28	26	21
April	25.0		26	24
May	26.5		26	27
June	26.8		29	25
July	24.3		24	25
August	23.5		23	24
September	23.9		26	22
October	23.3		24	23
November	23.4		23	24
December	20.8		20	23
Average	24.0	25.0	24.4	22.6

43rd 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	5.1	5	2	8
February	5.5	5	5	8
March	7.8	8	7	9
April	11.6		10	13
May	12.1		12	13
June	12.5		13	12
July	12.4		13	12
August	12.1		13	12
September	11.0		10	12
October	10.2		11	10
November	6.8		7	7
December	4.7		6	3
Average	8.2	5.8	9.0	9.9

6th 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	1.7	2	2	1
February	0.4	1	0	0
March	0.7	1	1	1
April	2.5		2	4
May	1.4		3	0
June	6.3		3	11
July	9.2		10	8
August	7.5		8	7
September	5.9		5	7
October	5.2		5	6
November	2.4		3	2
December	1.2		2	0
Average	3.2	1.2	3.6	4.9

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	5	3	3
February	4.6	6	4	2
March	4.8	5	5	3
April	5.1		5	5
May	5.6		6	5
June	6.9		7	7
July	5.9		7	5
August	6.1		7	5
September	6.2		5	7
October	5.2		6	5
November	4.3		5	4
December	3.8		5	3
Average	5.3	5.5	5.5	4.9

43rd 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	226°	231°	050°
February	214°	335°	342°
March	224°	071°	191°
April		180°	279°
May		355°	350°
June		030°	356°
July		038°	357°
August		026°	357°
September		024°	359°
October		017°	323°
November		348°	342°
December		342°	350°

Prevailing wind direction

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