Santa Rosa Airport

SAZR · La Pampa, Argentina

Climate Santa Rosa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Presidente Peron Airport (SAZN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.9 100 98 95 100 99
February 97.3 96 99 92 100 97
March 98.7 98 99 98 97 100
April 96.4 97 96 99 98
May 92.8 95 95 94 95
June 88.0 80 90 85 83
July 89.1 88 85 94 87
August 93.6 84 89 98 98
September 96.7 97 97 97 98
October 96.0 95 96 99 98
November 96.9 94 98 98 96
December 98.1 100 98 97 98
Average 95.9 98.1 94.3 94.3 96.8 95.9

3rd 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 99.5 100 99 98 100 99
February 99.5 99 99 100 100 100
March 99.5 99 100 100 100 100
April 98.3 99 97 99 99
May 97.2 98 98 99 99
June 94.3 90 96 94 91
July 96.0 95 95 96 95
August 98.0 94 98 100 100
September 98.9 99 99 98 99
October 98.6 97 99 100 99
November 99.4 99 100 99 99
December 99.3 100 99 100 99
Average 98.5 99.2 97.4 98.1 98.8 98.4

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 32.3 35 34 32 31 33
February 31.2 32 32 29 31 30
March 27.5 28 29 26 28 30
April 23.0 24 21 25 24
May 17.4 19 16 17 19
June 13.2 14 12 13 12
July 12.9 13 12 15 11
August 15.8 15 15 17 16
September 19.7 18 21 21 20
October 22.5 22 23 25 23
November 27.3 25 30 28 29
December 30.3 30 31 31 31
Average 23.7 31.3 22.8 22.0 23.4 23.0

16th 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 16.8 19 18 17 16 17
February 15.8 18 15 16 15 15
March 12.0 12 13 11 13 15
April 8.7 9 8 10 9
May 4.0 4 1 5 4
June 2.1 3 1 2 2
July 1.4 2 2 0 1
August 2.4 3 3 2 3
September 5.5 5 4 7 6
October 8.5 8 8 10 9
November 12.6 11 15 12 13
December 15.7 15 17 17 16
Average 9.6 16.0 8.8 8.1 9.0 9.0

5th 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 0.9 0 0 3 2 0
February 0.5 0 0 2 1 1
March 0.4 0 1 0 0 0
April 1.1 2 2 0 1
May 3.5 1 2 4 5
June 5.6 6 10 4 5
July 5.5 4 7 0 12
August 3.3 8 9 0 1
September 2.5 3 1 2 1
October 2.7 3 2 0 4
November 1.8 4 2 1 1
December 0.7 0 0 2 1
Average 2.0 0.0 2.3 3.1 1.2 2.4

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 7.1 7 7 7 6 8
February 6.4 6 6 7 6 7
March 6.0 6 5 6 6 5
April 5.6 6 7 4 5
May 4.7 4 4 5 5
June 5.3 6 4 5 6
July 5.4 4 6 5 6
August 6.3 6 5 6 7
September 7.1 8 6 7 7
October 7.7 8 8 7 7
November 7.4 8 7 7 7
December 7.4 8 7 6 8
Average 6.5 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.6

16th 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 279° 248° 257° 248° 256°
February 052° 241° 241° 101° 248°
March 247° 204° 258° 113° 325°
April 268° 268° 296° 275°
May 267° 272° 259° 269°
June 279° 251° 266° 285°
July 300° 274° 267° 258°
August 256° 266° 265° 253°
September 264° 252° 267° 261°
October 265° 250° 255° 252°
November 259° 355° 252° 248°
December 239° 246° 223° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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