Climate Canoas Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Canoas Air Force Base (SBCO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.5	74	84	88	87	89
February	85.9	75	78	87	89	94
March	80.7	79	80	66	80	91
April	78.2		81	76	88	85
May	67.5		69	50	80	84
June	63.1		67	53	59	69
July	62.9		61	59	72	63
August	68.7		80	62	62	72
September	65.2		51	78	61	62
October	70.6		64	68	79	78
November	78.2		63	80	76	79
December	84.9		76	81	81	90
Average	75.4	75.9	71.3	71.5	76.5	80.7

92nd 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	95.6	93	94	93	97	99
February	95.7	93	91	97	99	99
March	93.6	93	97	86	94	96
April	90.7		97	88	96	94
May	81.6		78	72	88	90
June	81.4		84	70	81	87
July	78.5		79	73	83	79
August	84.4		91	80	78	84
September	82.6		71	93	83	74
October	86.8		88	84	90	93
November	91.1		80	94	91	97
December	95.9		95	95	93	98
Average	89.3	92.9	87.2	85.7	89.6	91.7

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	2021	2020
January	31.3	30	33	33	31	32
February	30.8	32	31	31	30	31
March	29.2	30	31	28	29	31
April	26.3		26	25	27	26
May	22.1		23	20	21	23
June	20.4		22	18	19	21
July	20.2		20	22	20	19
August	21.8		23	21	22	22
September	23.0		23	22	23	22
October	24.7		23	24	25	25
November	27.1		26	27	28	27
December	30.1		30	30	29	30
Average	26.2	30.5	25.9	24.7	25.1	25.6

98th highest temperature of Brazil

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	20.4	20	21	21	20	19
February	19.8	22	19	20	19	19
March	18.5	20	21	18	20	18
April	15.6		15	15	16	15
May	12.5		13	12	10	11
June	10.6		11	9	10	12
July	9.5		11	12	7	8
August	10.4		11	10	12	10
September	13.9		15	12	15	13
October	15.2		16	15	15	15
November	16.6		18	16	17	17
December	19.1		21	20	19	19
Average	15.8	20.4	15.8	14.6	14.7	14.6

9th 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	3.7	4	2	5	3	5
February	4.2	6	7	3	2	2
March	4.8	5	4	11	5	3
April	5.0		4	7	2	3
May	10.5		13	17	3	5
June	8.7		13	10	11	8
July	7.5		10	10	1	10
August	5.4		4	8	6	4
September	9.0		12	6	6	14
October	8.2		10	9	7	4
November	6.9		12	7	7	3
December	2.6		3	2	4	2
Average	6.0	4.8	7.5	7.7	4.7	4.7

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	8.0	9	8	8	9	8
February	7.3	8	7	7	8	8
March	6.5	6	7	7	7	7
April	6.3		7	6	7	8
May	5.6		5	6	6	6
June	5.7		6	6	7	6
July	5.9		6	6	7	6
August	6.2		6	7	7	6
September	7.6		7	8	8	8
October	7.7		8	8	8	8
November	8.2		8	9	8	9
December	8.3		8	8	10	9
Average	7.1	7.7	7.0	7.1	7.6	7.5

98th highest wind speed of Brazil

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	119°	122°	118°	121°	128°
February	116°	174°	143°	180°	128°
March	154°	133°	164°	180°	125°
April		162°	126°	117°	254°
May		237°	252°	278°	277°
June		265°	254°	285°	340°
July		148°	155°	283°	273°
August		187°	131°	115°	131°
September		129°	149°	136°	126°
October		139°	168°	125°	142°
November		121°	114°	139°	125°
December		134°	127°	118°	129°

Prevailing wind direction

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