Suboficial Ay Santiago Germano Airport

SAMR · Mendoza, Argentina

Climate Suboficial Ay Santiago Germano Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Plumerillo Airport (SAME) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.0 99 99 99 100 100
February 97.6 97 97 96 96 98
March 96.8 99 90 100 96 98
April 94.2 93 97 92 98
May 94.3 88 98 93 97
June 87.2 74 84 83 92
July 86.7 76 78 96 90
August 95.3 88 91 99 94
September 96.0 94 93 98 99
October 98.2 98 98 99 100
November 97.9 96 98 98 100
December 97.5 95 99 93 99
Average 95.8 98.3 91.4 94.5 95.5 97.4

2nd best VFR conditions of Argentina

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 99.5 99 100 100 100 100
February 99.4 99 99 99 100 100
March 99.1 100 97 100 99 99
April 98.5 99 99 100 100
May 98.9 98 99 99 100
June 96.1 94 93 96 96
July 94.8 96 88 100 97
August 99.2 98 99 99 100
September 98.7 99 98 99 100
October 99.1 99 99 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 99 100
December 98.9 97 99 98 100
Average 98.7 99.2 98.0 97.8 99.1 99.2

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 32.8 34 33 33 31 34
February 31.0 33 32 30 29 30
March 28.3 30 29 28 26 30
April 23.9 25 25 25 24
May 18.8 21 18 19 20
June 15.4 16 14 15 16
July 15.3 17 16 17 14
August 18.7 19 19 20 18
September 22.1 21 22 23 23
October 25.3 26 26 26 26
November 29.4 29 31 29 29
December 31.8 31 34 31 32
Average 25.3 32.2 24.8 24.1 24.1 24.5

12th highest temperature of Argentina

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 18.7 21 21 22 6 21
February 17.3 22 19 18 5 17
March 14.6 18 19 15 4 18
April 11.7 13 10 9 12
May 7.5 8 7 7 7
June 3.2 5 2 4 3
July 2.8 5 3 2 3
August 5.1 7 5 6 4
September 8.7 10 7 10 9
October 11.8 13 12 13 10
November 15.1 16 18 15 8
December 17.2 19 21 18 8
Average 12.1 20.2 12.7 11.2 8.1 9.9

13th lowest temperature of Argentina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.8 1 1 1 2 0
February 1.4 0 2 3 3 2
March 1.1 0 2 0 1 2
April 1.3 0 1 2 1
May 1.4 0 0 0 1
June 1.3 1 2 2 4
July 2.0 0 7 0 5
August 0.2 1 0 0 0
September 1.3 3 1 1 1
October 1.1 0 2 1 0
November 1.0 0 1 1 1
December 1.2 1 0 5 0
Average 1.1 0.3 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.2

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 6.7 7 7 7 7 7
February 6.3 7 7 6 5 7
March 5.8 6 7 6 5 6
April 5.1 5 5 5 5
May 4.4 4 4 4 5
June 4.8 5 4 4 5
July 5.1 5 8 5 4
August 5.4 6 5 6 5
September 6.5 7 7 6 6
October 7.1 7 7 7 7
November 7.2 8 8 7 7
December 7.3 7 8 7 7
Average 6.1 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.8 6.0

12th highest wind speed of Argentina

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 109° 094° 125° 124° 112°
February 119° 099° 125° 113° 116°
March 117° 112° 116° 102° 112°
April 107° 106° 113° 117°
May 086° 093° 083° 087°
June 098° 104° 110° 124°
July 103° 062° 061° 112°
August 137° 078° 082° 114°
September 136° 085° 125° 128°
October 141° 114° 123° 126°
November 121° 115° 115° 113°
December 121° 103° 133° 104°

Prevailing wind direction

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