Climate Piloto Civil N. Fernández Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Piloto Civil N. Fernández Airport (SAWG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.4	93	96	90	99	97
February	95.8	92	92	96	97	100
March	94.9	90	96	97	99	96
April	95.0		97	90	99	98
May	91.4		98	85	87	90
June	91.1		81	95	98	84
July	88.1		84	90	95	75
August	92.7		86	89	92	96
September	92.7		79	98	94	96
October	95.8		91	96	99	96
November	96.4		93	97	97	97
December	96.9		93	94	95	98
Average	94.2	91.7	91.0	93.3	96.0	94.6

4th 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	99.4	98	99	99	100	99
February	98.8	98	98	100	99	100
March	98.7	98	99	100	100	99
April	97.3		98	94	99	99
May	95.9		99	92	94	93
June	96.2		90	97	100	93
July	91.6		88	92	99	80
August	96.8		96	93	95	99
September	97.2		91	99	98	99
October	98.9		98	99	100	99
November	98.7		100	98	99	99
December	99.8		100	100	99	100
Average	97.9	98.1	96.9	97.1	98.7	97.3

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	19.3	20	22	18	20	18
February	19.9	20	19	19	22	20
March	16.3	15	16	15	18	18
April	13.3		13	12	15	15
May	9.0		11	9	9	9
June	5.2		6	6	5	5
July	4.8		3	3	7	3
August	7.7		6	8	10	7
September	11.1		9	12	13	12
October	14.5		14	15	16	15
November	17.6		16	20	18	19
December	19.1		18	19	20	19
Average	13.7	18.2	12.7	12.9	14.3	13.2

21st 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	8.1	9	9	7	8	8
February	8.3	9	8	8	8	9
March	5.9	6	4	5	6	8
April	3.2		3	2	4	3
May	1.5		2	1	2	2
June	-2.6		0	-1	-2	-2
July	-3.7		-4	-5	1	-6
August	0.3		0	0	1	0
September	1.3		1	1	2	2
October	3.2		4	3	3	4
November	5.2		4	6	5	7
December	7.4		7	6	8	8
Average	3.9	8.0	3.0	2.7	3.8	3.4

2nd 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	7.4	9	2	8	4	14
February	6.1	12	7	5	4	4
March	7.8	8	5	12	5	9
April	6.9		6	7	4	2
May	7.2		4	2	9	11
June	5.4		10	4	2	8
July	7.1		7	7	8	9
August	4.9		9	5	3	3
September	6.2		11	4	5	3
October	4.3		5	2	2	5
November	5.4		8	2	3	6
December	5.7		6	3	3	6
Average	6.5	9.4	6.3	5.0	4.1	6.7

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	2021	2020
January	16.4	17	16	18	15	16
February	15.8	15	19	16	15	18
March	14.5	17	17	15	16	12
April	13.0		16	12	11	13
May	10.6		14	14	10	8
June	10.3		12	11	9	10
July	10.4		11	11	13	8
August	13.2		15	11	13	15
September	13.5		13	14	12	15
October	16.5		19	17	19	16
November	16.5		16	15	18	17
December	16.8		18	15	18	18
Average	14.7	16.2	15.9	14.5	14.6	14.5

21st 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	255°	256°	243°	255°	252°
February	257°	257°	255°	247°	257°
March	257°	266°	251°	259°	273°
April		261°	251°	295°	269°
May		288°	258°	265°	275°
June		269°	260°	282°	268°
July		280°	275°	280°	259°
August		270°	277°	278°	260°
September		250°	283°	274°	259°
October		253°	256°	263°	253°
November		252°	268°	251°	259°
December		240°	254°	247°	250°

Prevailing wind direction

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