Climate Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (SBCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.5	81	82	87	63	82
February	82.3	80	67	91	93	88
March	85.0	83	82	80	86	98
April	85.8		85	81	94	96
May	80.9		89	73	90	80
June	76.7		77	76	74	78
July	90.0		78	96	93	86
August	83.7		83	79	85	76
September	81.6		83	61	97	83
October	76.1		69	70	72	96
November	83.5		57	92	94	84
December	85.8		88	90	96	82
Average	82.8	81.2	78.3	80.7	86.6	86.1

56th best VFR conditions of Brazil

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	91.7	99	96	93	73	93
February	93.4	98	87	97	97	96
March	92.8	95	97	88	90	99
April	91.8		92	89	97	96
May	87.1		94	83	91	82
June	83.4		83	81	85	92
July	92.7		89	97	93	92
August	89.0		92	82	93	82
September	89.5		88	76	98	96
October	84.8		84	84	80	99
November	92.9		85	97	96	91
December	93.1		93	99	100	90
Average	91.1	97.3	90.1	88.3	91.1	93.2

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	28.1	29	28	29	26	29
February	28.4	30	26	30	27	29
March	28.1	29	28	27	29	29
April	25.3		25	24	25	25
May	22.1		23	20	22	21
June	20.4		20	20	19	21
July	22.0		22	24	21	21
August	23.1		24	22	25	22
September	26.8		28	21	28	29
October	26.2		27	25	24	29
November	27.2		27	26	28	28
December	28.4		29	28	30	28
Average	25.9	29.3	25.3	24.3	25.3	26.0

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	20.9	21	21	21	20	22
February	20.2	22	19	21	20	20
March	20.4	21	21	19	21	22
April	18.3		17	17	17	24
May	17.1		17	13	15	20
June	15.6		15	13	15	19
July	16.2		15	16	11	18
August	16.2		17	14	16	19
September	18.1		19	13	18	23
October	18.1		20	16	18	20
November	19.0		20	16	20	21
December	20.9		21	22	22	21
Average	18.7	21.0	18.5	16.6	17.8	20.7

26th lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.5	4	6	2	16	4
February	4.2	3	12	2	0	2
March	3.1	1	3	4	4	1
April	3.5		5	2	0	2
May	5.7		4	8	4	20
June	6.6		7	10	10	2
July	0.9		2	0	1	0
August	3.2		2	3	4	11
September	4.5		3	10	3	3
October	6.0		7	11	7	2
November	4.2		10	0	0	7
December	3.9		1	1	0	6
Average	4.1	2.5	5.0	4.5	3.8	3.9

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	10.6	9	9	10	11	10
February	10.6	9	8	10	10	11
March	10.1	9	9	9	9	11
April	10.4		9	10	10	11
May	11.2		9	10	9	11
June	12.0		10	10	9	16
July	13.2		9	13	11	13
August	12.7		10	11	12	15
September	12.6		12	10	11	13
October	12.0		11	9	9	12
November	12.1		11	9	9	12
December	10.6		9	9	9	10
Average	11.4	9.1	9.7	10.0	9.9	11.4

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	027°	033°	036°	028°	015°
February	025°	015°	033°	053°	055°
March	033°	032°	042°	006°	054°
April		030°	034°	063°	055°
May		042°	014°	034°	360°
June		027°	035°	034°	017°
July		033°	031°	054°	054°
August		037°	065°	039°	043°
September		024°	073°	039°	026°
October		059°	015°	057°	057°
November		037°	112°	045°	043°
December		033°	012°	047°	019°

Prevailing wind direction

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