Climate Teniente Benjamin Matienzo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Martin Miguel De Guemes International Airport (SASA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.7	79	88	92	73	85
February	76.4	80	88	84	69	69
March	71.2	80	86	76	62	81
April	69.2		62	87	69	66
May	70.8		78	81	69	81
June	77.1		83	80	73	82
July	80.7		73	93	93	86
August	91.2		91	88	99	90
September	86.2		81	91	94	96
October	85.0		87	95	97	90
November	74.6		77	59	84	78
December	78.2		74	94	84	82
Average	78.6	79.6	80.6	84.8	80.5	82.1

14th 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	95.8	92	95	98	96	99
February	96.4	96	98	93	94	96
March	93.6	96	98	89	88	97
April	96.5		89	98	98	96
May	95.3		93	96	93	96
June	96.7		94	98	97	97
July	98.2		97	98	100	100
August	98.8		99	97	100	97
September	98.6		96	98	99	100
October	98.5		98	99	100	100
November	93.1		92	77	95	97
December	95.4		92	98	94	98
Average	96.1	94.4	94.9	94.5	96.1	97.8

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	28.3	27	30	30	28	29
February	26.6	28	27	26	26	26
March	25.7	28	29	25	24	27
April	23.0		23	24	23	23
May	20.2		22	19	20	22
June	19.3		22	17	18	20
July	19.8		20	22	21	20
August	23.2		25	23	24	24
September	25.0		26	23	26	26
October	26.7		28	26	27	28
November	28.0		30	30	27	28
December	28.0		28	30	28	29
Average	24.8	27.7	25.7	24.3	24.0	25.0

10th 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	17.3	18	17	18	17	18
February	16.6	18	15	16	17	17
March	15.7	18	17	14	16	17
April	12.8		14	11	14	12
May	8.6		10	6	7	7
June	4.2		6	3	4	5
July	4.4		6	5	3	2
August	5.0		7	4	5	5
September	8.6		11	7	10	8
October	12.0		13	11	12	13
November	15.0		17	13	14	15
December	16.6		18	17	18	16
Average	12.1	18.0	12.3	10.1	11.2	11.1

9th 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	5.9	7	5	4	6	2
February	5.8	5	5	7	8	7
March	7.3	6	2	10	7	4
April	5.2		12	5	3	4
May	3.2		1	3	5	5
June	1.7		1	0	2	1
July	1.1		2	2	0	2
August	1.0		0	1	0	3
September	1.2		1	3	2	1
October	2.4		0	0	1	2
November	5.5		8	3	8	7
December	7.3		12	4	11	4
Average	4.3	6.2	4.4	3.5	4.6	3.4

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	4.9	5	6	5	5	5
February	4.8	5	5	5	5	5
March	4.6	5	5	6	5	4
April	4.4		5	5	5	4
May	4.2		5	5	4	4
June	4.3		5	5	5	4
July	4.7		5	6	4	4
August	5.5		6	6	5	6
September	6.2		7	7	6	6
October	6.6		7	8	6	6
November	6.9		8	7	6	6
December	5.6		6	6	5	6
Average	5.2	4.8	5.7	5.9	5.0	5.1

10th 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	050°	045°	040°	031°	037°
February	058°	041°	050°	032°	038°
March	057°	047°	049°	039°	030°
April		043°	046°	033°	037°
May		030°	038°	034°	035°
June		046°	052°	029°	029°
July		046°	049°	043°	027°
August		058°	058°	041°	041°
September		056°	067°	043°	051°
October		057°	069°	036°	043°
November		059°	063°	037°	036°
December		046°	055°	034°	031°

Prevailing wind direction

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