Formosa Airport

SARF · Formosa, Argentina

Climate Formosa Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aeropuerto Nacional Carlos Miguel Gimenez (SGPI) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 90.1 85 97 100
February 83.3 79 95 100
March 83.1 81 90
April 87.3 87
May 65.2 65
June 70.4 78 55
July 78.5 71 87
August 83.6 82 85
September 77.3 65 88
October 78.0 74 85
November 84.8 77 93
December 79.3 75 91
Average 81.4 81.7 77.6 85.0

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 99.2 99 100 100
February 100.0 100 100 100
March 100.0 100 100
April 98.7 99
May 92.7 93
June 97.5 98 98
July 98.1 97 100
August 99.3 99 100
September 94.6 93 96
October 97.8 98 98
November 99.3 100 99
December 100.0 100 100
Average 98.6 99.5 97.7 98.7

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 31.9 31 33 40
February 30.2 31 28 31
March 29.5 31 27
April 25.3 25
May 21.3 21
June 20.5 22 18
July 21.8 20 23
August 23.4 24 23
September 23.7 24 24
October 24.8 27 23
November 27.1 28 26
December 30.8 31 31
Average 27.0 31.1 25.6 24.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 22.8 23 22 40
February 24.9 25 24 31
March 23.9 24 23
April 17.8 18
May 16.2 16
June 14.4 16 12
July 15.4 14 17
August 14.7 16 14
September 15.2 18 12
October 17.3 18 16
November 20.2 23 17
December 23.9 24 23
Average 19.7 24.0 19.0 16.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 1.2 2 0 0
March 1.9 3 0
April 0.0 0
May 10.1 10
June 0.8 1 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0
September 1.3 3 0
October 0.7 1 0
November 1.8 4 0
December 0.6 1 0
Average 1.0 1.4 1.7

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 2024 2023 2022
January 4.4 5 4 2
February 5.2 5 6 4
March 4.6 5 3
April 4.4 4
May 3.4 3
June 5.1 5 5
July 5.6 6 6
August 6.8 8 6
September 7.6 8 7
October 8.7 10 7
November 5.4 7 4
December 5.7 6 4
Average 5.6 5.0 6.1 5.6

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 138° 035° 270°
February 103° 110° 052°
March 087° 043°
April 132°
May 109°
June 112° 179°
July 116° 063°
August 123° 092°
September 141° 129°
October 118° 162°
November 121° 116°
December 106° 152°

Prevailing wind direction

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