Los Comandos Airport

MSLD · Morazán, El Salvador

Climate Los Comandos Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palmerola International Airport / José Enrique Soto Cano Air Base (MHPR) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 98.4 97 99 98
February 98.3 98 99 97
March 95.0 86 95 100
April 65.7 35 97
May 65.1 44 87
June 90.9 92 90
July 96.3 96 97
August 92.6 94 91
September 88.4 92 85
October 90.6 89 92
November 95.3 95 96
December 99.2 100 99
Average 90.7 93.5 84.7 93.7

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
January 99.8 100 100 100
February 99.6 99 100 100
March 98.8 96 99 100
April 88.3 77 100
May 83.9 72 97
June 97.3 98 97
July 99.1 99 99
August 98.0 99 97
September 96.3 98 95
October 98.2 97 100
November 98.9 99 99
December 99.4 100 99
Average 97.0 98.4 94.3 98.3

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
January 29.6 30 30 29
February 30.4 31 31 29
March 33.1 35 33 32
April 33.7 34 33
May 33.0 34 32
June 30.6 33 29
July 31.1 32 30
August 31.2 32 31
September 30.9 32 30
October 29.5 30 29
November 29.0 29 30
December 28.2 28 29
Average 31.2 32.1 31.3 30.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 17.1 18 16 18
February 17.3 17 17 18
March 18.9 19 19 18
April 20.8 20 21
May 21.0 22 20
June 20.0 21 19
July 20.3 21 20
August 20.2 22 19
September 20.6 21 21
October 20.4 21 20
November 19.7 20 20
December 18.7 19 18
Average 19.0 17.9 19.8 19.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 1.2 0 1 2
February 1.5 0 1 3
March 0.8 0 1 1
April 1.3 0 2
May 2.8 1 4
June 3.9 2 6
July 2.3 2 3
August 2.9 3 3
September 4.5 3 6
October 6.2 6 7
November 4.6 5 4
December 0.3 0 1
Average 1.8 2.1 3.5

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 9.4 10 9 10
February 10.9 11 10 12
March 9.4 9 8 11
April 9.1 9 10
May 8.6 9 9
June 6.4 5 8
July 8.1 8 9
August 6.5 7 6
September 5.7 6 6
October 7.7 7 8
November 9.2 10 9
December 10.4 12 10
Average 8.9 10.1 8.0 8.7

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 350° 357° 352°
February 349° 357° 359°
March 337° 359° 356°
April 343° 360°
May 354° 001°
June 129° 006°
July 354° 354°
August 351° 357°
September 345° 075°
October 358° 355°
November 349° 356°
December 352° 358°

Prevailing wind direction

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