Tenente Jorge Henrique Möller Airport

SBES · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Climate Tenente Jorge Henrique Möller Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (SBME) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.1 78 86 87 97 86
February 89.2 89 97 86 88 79
March 88.8 72 99 95 92 84
April 90.0 94 83 91 91 86
May 88.3 86 82 96 87 95
June 91.4 95 93 81 92 92
July 89.4 82 76 97 99 87
August 83.9 86 68 86 86 95
September 79.4 80 76 72 77
October 74.8 65 84 62 74
November 75.7 89 68 81 75
December 83.4 90 68 87 82
Average 85.5 84.9 84.2 84.6 85.7 83.8

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 95.5 93 96 91 99 95
February 97.3 97 99 99 96 95
March 96.0 88 100 97 96 94
April 97.4 98 96 98 98 95
May 95.4 96 96 98 97 98
June 97.6 97 99 96 96 98
July 97.5 96 94 99 100 94
August 94.0 96 84 98 93 97
September 95.1 97 91 96 94
October 92.9 91 97 85 92
November 92.0 99 89 92 95
December 95.8 98 91 96 97
Average 95.5 94.9 95.8 95.4 95.2 95.3

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 33.6 32 32 32 33 33
February 32.9 32 33 31 31 32
March 32.9 31 32 34 32 30
April 30.9 31 30 31 29 29
May 29.4 32 28 29 28 28
June 28.7 30 29 27 27 29
July 28.0 28 27 30 26 28
August 26.6 28 17 28 28 27
September 29.7 29 28 29 30
October 28.1 18 31 26 28
November 29.4 28 29 28 29
December 31.6 32 30 30 31
Average 30.1 30.4 27.9 29.8 28.9 29.4

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 22.9 24 23 23 23 23
February 22.7 23 23 23 21 24
March 22.3 24 23 23 22 20
April 20.3 23 21 20 19 18
May 18.4 22 17 18 18 17
June 17.1 19 16 17 17 18
July 15.6 17 15 17 14 17
August 15.7 17 10 17 17 16
September 18.9 20 18 20 20
October 19.5 13 21 20 21
November 19.8 18 20 20 20
December 21.9 23 22 21 23
Average 19.6 21.0 18.3 19.7 19.3 19.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 8 6 11 1 8
February 4.4 3 0 4 6 11
March 4.1 9 1 2 2 8
April 3.9 2 7 3 2 7
May 4.5 2 3 2 3 3
June 2.6 4 2 3 4 3
July 2.6 2 10 1 0 5
August 5.5 4 13 3 7 2
September 4.3 1 8 1 5
October 7.6 8 3 19 6
November 8.7 1 11 10 6
December 7.3 3 9 8 8
Average 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.4 6.2

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 7.3 6 7 7 9 6
February 6.4 7 6 6 7 6
March 6.4 7 7 7 6 6
April 5.9 7 6 6 6 5
May 5.8 7 6 6 5 6
June 5.8 7 5 5 6 6
July 6.1 6 6 7 6 6
August 7.4 8 7 7 8 7
September 8.2 10 7 8 7
October 7.5 7 7 7 7
November 6.9 8 7 7 6
December 6.5 7 7 6 6
Average 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2

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 127° 073° 083° 091° 138°
February 103° 078° 116° 105° 082°
March 145° 097° 089° 101° 156°
April 120° 150° 156° 182° 167°
May 097° 129° 140° 157° 091°
June 058° 090° 131° 102° 088°
July 185° 064° 071° 167° 077°
August 092° 099° 104° 094° 108°
September 078° 137° 108° 086°
October 098° 098° 110° 112°
November 126° 137° 136° 118°
December 117° 098° 131° 097°

Prevailing wind direction

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