Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport

SBJU · Ceará, Brazil

Climate Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport (SBJU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.0 66 56 70 53 64
February 61.8 61 62 62 43 62
March 59.8 56 54 58 55 56
April 69.4 71 61 73 74
May 76.0 69 66 78 81
June 77.3 71 65 89 80
July 75.7 88 74 91 82
August 85.9 80 79 91 87
September 89.3 86 86 93 95
October 84.9 83 83 76 97
November 72.9 74 44 77 75
December 72.1 69 60 62 76
Average 72.5 60.8 71.7 67.5 69.6 75.0

100th 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 99.4 99 99 100 100 100
February 98.3 99 100 99 98 98
March 97.9 98 99 99 96 96
April 98.3 100 99 99 100
May 99.3 98 99 100 100
June 99.6 100 99 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 99 100 100
November 99.3 100 97 100 100
December 99.5 100 100 99 100
Average 99.1 98.4 99.5 99.2 99.0 99.3

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 32.5 33 32 31 32 32
February 31.8 33 32 31 31 32
March 31.2 31 32 31 30 31
April 31.0 31 31 31 32
May 30.8 31 31 30 31
June 30.8 30 30 31 31
July 31.0 32 30 31 31
August 32.9 34 31 32 33
September 34.8 35 34 35 35
October 36.0 37 35 36 36
November 35.1 36 32 35 34
December 34.2 36 33 33 34
Average 32.6 32.2 33.2 31.6 32.2 32.6

19th 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 23.2 24 21 23 24 24
February 23.2 23 23 22 23 24
March 22.5 21 22 23 22 23
April 23.3 23 23 23 27
May 23.0 23 22 21 27
June 21.9 21 21 21 25
July 21.3 21 21 21 24
August 21.7 22 21 21 25
September 23.2 23 22 23 26
October 23.9 24 24 25 24
November 24.4 25 24 25 24
December 23.9 24 23 23 24
Average 22.9 22.7 22.6 22.2 22.5 24.7

76th 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 1.7 2 1 2 1 3
February 2.3 2 0 2 6 3
March 2.3 1 3 1 4 6
April 1.8 1 0 1 1
May 0.6 1 0 1 1
June 0.6 0 1 2 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.1 0 1 0 0
November 1.1 0 5 0 0
December 1.1 1 1 2 1
Average 1.1 1.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 1.5

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 3.5 4 2 4 4 3
February 3.5 4 3 4 3 3
March 3.6 4 3 4 4 3
April 3.7 3 4 3 4
May 4.8 5 6 3 5
June 6.4 6 6 5 8
July 7.4 6 8 5 8
August 7.4 6 8 7 9
September 7.5 8 7 5 8
October 6.4 6 6 5 6
November 4.7 4 4 4 6
December 4.7 5 4 5 5
Average 5.1 3.9 4.8 5.5 4.3 5.5

19th 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 099° 115° 101° 129° 090°
February 124° 102° 090° 087° 094°
March 111° 126° 125° 110° 102°
April 123° 131° 106° 118°
May 141° 139° 152° 131°
June 155° 149° 170° 145°
July 156° 159° 163° 150°
August 152° 160° 164° 153°
September 141° 148° 156° 144°
October 129° 139° 126° 104°
November 104° 110° 081° 117°
December 139° 094° 113° 123°

Prevailing wind direction

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