Statistics Comodoro D.R. Salomón Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Freire Airport (SCIC) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	88.8	79	86	92	99	97
February	75.6	46	81	74	85	83
March	80.4	69	88	80	80	83
April	56.6	55	56	57	76	49
May	31.8		14	31	46	33
June	38.2		35	26	48	56
July	38.9		28	41	57	37
August	51.8		39	0	66	59
September	61.8		43		69	64
October	76.7		66		89	85
November	81.4		58		82	97
December	88.4		84		92	95
Average	67.8	63.3	56.6	62.9	76.4	71.7

35th best VFR conditions of Chile

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	95.5	86	95	97	99	98
February	90.6	68	94	91	100	95
March	91.1	83	95	91	93	92
April	77.9	71	84	80	93	72
May	55.7		30	58	65	62
June	61.6		55	49	79	78
July	63.4		58	50	77	64
August	69.7		54	0	83	81
September	82.0		75		82	83
October	89.4		76		95	96
November	89.6		72		91	98
December	95.1		85		97	98
Average	82.7	77.3	72.8	79.6	88.9	85.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	30.1	31	29	29	31	31
February	30.0	32	30	27	31	31
March	27.2	30	26	26	29	27
April	21.6	23	20	21	23	22
May	15.8		13	16	18	16
June	12.9		14	14	13	13
July	12.7		12	13	13	13
August	14.7		14	11	14	16
September	17.8		18		19	18
October	21.2		22		23	21
November	26.2		27		26	28
December	29.5		31		29	30
Average	22.8	28.7	20.9	21.9	22.3	22.1

6th highest temperature of Chile

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	14.0	14	14	14	15	14
February	13.8	14	13	14	13	14
March	11.5	12	11	12	12	10
April	8.8	10	8	9	9	8
May	6.5		6	7	7	7
June	5.0		5	6	6	5
July	4.4		4	3	6	4
August	4.6		5	11	4	5
September	6.4		7		6	6
October	8.0		8		8	8
November	11.4		12		11	12
December	13.0		14		13	13
Average	9.7	12.4	8.6	10.1	9.1	8.8

24th lowest temperature of Chile

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.5	0	0	3	0	0
February	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
March	0.7	0	0	1	0	0
April	2.4	1	7	3	2	2
May	5.8		4	9	3	10
June	11.1		9	7	24	10
July	7.3		12	6	9	2
August	3.6		5	0	4	2
September	5.1		1		2	8
October	1.9		0		0	1
November	1.2		1		1	0
December	0.2		0		0	1
Average	2.6	0.1	3.1	3.6	3.0	2.7

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.3	6	6	6	7	7
February	6.1	7	6	5	6	6
March	6.0	6	6	5	6	6
April	5.4	5	6	6	6	5
May	4.6		4	4	5	5
June	4.5		4	5	5	4
July	4.5		4	4	5	4
August	5.4		5	0	6	5
September	5.6		5		6	5
October	6.2		6		6	6
November	6.7		6		6	7
December	7.0		7		7	8
Average	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.2	5.9	5.8

6th highest wind speed of Chile

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	213°	228°	217°	211°	208°
February	203°	229°	230°	216°	208°
March	205°	203°	222°	201°	195°
April	205°	202°	194°	203°	195°
May		189°	192°	193°	169°
June		067°	172°	039°	065°
July		038°	189°	056°	185°
August		187°	000°	203°	198°
September		200°		198°	205°
October		209°		206°	207°
November		218°		212°	204°
December		206°		210°	201°

Prevailing wind direction

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