Tanquin Heliport

PE-0018 · Peru

Climate Tanquin Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Air Force Colonel Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport (SPHO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.7 89 96 96 89 92
February 93.0 88 91 95 95 94
March 94.2 90 99 94 91 92
April 98.3 99 98 94 100
May 99.5 99 100 99 100
June 99.7 99 100 100 100
July 99.4 99 100 100 100
August 99.2 99 100 99 100
September 99.0 98 99 99 100
October 98.7 97 100 99 98
November 97.7 95 100 95 98
December 95.5 92 100 99 89
Average 96.2 88.8 96.8 98.2 96.9 96.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Peru

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 2021 2020
January 98.1 96 100 99 96 99
February 98.2 96 97 100 98 98
March 98.2 97 100 97 96 97
April 99.4 99 100 98 100
May 99.8 100 100 99 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 99.6 99 100 99 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.3 98 100 99 99
December 98.7 97 100 100 96
Average 98.9 96.2 99.0 99.6 98.8 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 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 2021 2020
January 22.6 24 23 23 20 23
February 22.2 23 22 22 21 23
March 21.9 23 22 22 20 22
April 22.8 24 23 21 22
May 22.9 23 24 22 22
June 22.7 23 22 23 22
July 22.8 24 23 23 22
August 23.9 25 24 24 23
September 24.2 25 25 24 23
October 24.7 25 26 26 23
November 25.4 26 26 24 25
December 24.0 24 24 25 22
Average 23.3 23.0 23.8 23.5 22.6 22.5

12th highest temperature of Peru

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.4 13 12 12 13 13
February 12.2 13 12 12 13 13
March 12.4 13 12 12 12 13
April 11.8 12 11 12 13
May 10.6 11 10 11 11
June 9.4 8 9 9 10
July 8.7 9 9 8 10
August 10.0 10 10 10 11
September 11.6 11 11 12 13
October 12.3 13 12 12 13
November 13.0 14 12 12 15
December 12.6 13 12 13 14
Average 11.6 12.9 11.3 10.9 11.4 12.2

6th lowest temperature of Peru

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 6 5 8 7 8
February 7.4 10 11 7 2 6
March 6.3 6 5 7 9 6
April 2.4 1 2 7 1
May 1.0 1 1 2 1
June 0.4 0 0 0 0
July 0.7 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 1 1 0 0
September 1.4 2 0 1 1
October 3.6 4 1 3 4
November 4.0 7 1 6 2
December 3.6 6 3 3 4
Average 3.8 6.9 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.1

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 2021 2020
January 4.0 4 4 4 3 4
February 3.8 4 4 4 3 4
March 3.8 4 4 4 4 4
April 3.4 4 4 2 3
May 3.1 3 4 1 3
June 3.2 3 3 3 3
July 3.2 3 3 3 3
August 3.8 4 4 4 4
September 4.1 5 4 4 4
October 4.2 4 4 4 4
November 4.3 4 5 4 4
December 4.2 4 5 4 4
Average 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.5

12th highest wind speed of Peru

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 011° 145° 148° 038° 030°
February 051° 146° 144° 040° 056°
March 061° 155° 143° 039° 045°
April 161° 131° 039° 045°
May 148° 125° 144° 026°
June 134° 134° 135° 035°
July 133° 136° 140° 038°
August 140° 132° 148° 053°
September 153° 141° 134° 047°
October 136° 147° 142° 053°
November 155° 128° 165° 030°
December 052° 163° 150° 039°

Prevailing wind direction

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