Climate Governador José Richa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Governador José Richa Airport (SBLO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.0	81	65	77	68	81
February	80.0	81	61	90	89	73
March	84.3	84	79	77	85	95
April	90.7		81	90	100	98
May	88.9		95	84	86	92
June	84.7		81	81	82	81
July	96.2		93	100	95	97
August	86.9		91	86	88	85
September	88.9		93	74	92	96
October	82.2		72	86	79	91
November	86.5		83	85	92	93
December	81.1		88	74	90	77
Average	84.7	82.0	81.3	83.6	86.9	87.7

45th 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	92.4	95	91	95	91	94
February	93.2	95	82	96	97	92
March	95.6	97	93	93	94	98
April	96.7		95	97	100	100
May	94.8		99	95	94	99
June	92.9		91	90	92	90
July	98.3		98	100	97	99
August	94.7		99	93	99	91
September	96.6		99	91	100	100
October	92.6		92	95	89	100
November	95.2		94	95	98	98
December	93.9		98	93	98	94
Average	94.7	95.6	94.1	94.4	95.5	96.2

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	30.6	32	30	31	30	31
February	31.1	33	29	33	31	30
March	31.3	33	32	32	32	31
April	28.8		28	29	29	29
May	26.0		27	24	27	26
June	24.4		24	24	23	26
July	25.7		25	28	25	26
August	26.8		28	26	29	26
September	30.5		32	25	32	33
October	30.2		31	29	27	33
November	30.8		31	29	32	33
December	31.1		33	30	32	31
Average	29.3	32.5	29.0	28.0	28.9	29.5

68th 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	20.7	21	20	20	21	22
February	20.7	22	21	19	20	21
March	20.9	22	21	21	21	20
April	18.5		18	19	18	19
May	15.8		16	14	15	16
June	14.7		14	14	14	17
July	13.6		14	15	10	16
August	14.7		16	14	16	16
September	17.9		19	15	19	20
October	18.2		20	18	17	20
November	18.7		20	17	18	19
December	20.6		22	21	20	21
Average	18.3	21.8	18.4	17.0	17.3	18.7

31st 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	4.6	4	4	3	6	4
February	4.6	4	8	3	2	7
March	3.6	3	4	7	2	3
April	2.0		4	2	0	0
May	1.7		1	2	2	0
June	3.6		9	3	2	4
July	1.2		2	0	2	1
August	3.7		1	5	2	8
September	3.0		1	9	1	1
October	4.1		3	4	7	1
November	2.9		3	5	1	2
December	4.6		1	7	2	4
Average	3.4	3.5	3.3	4.2	2.2	2.9

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	5.3	6	6	5	6	5
February	5.4	5	6	6	5	6
March	5.2	6	6	6	5	5
April	5.0		6	6	5	5
May	4.9		5	6	5	5
June	4.7		5	5	5	5
July	5.1		5	6	5	5
August	5.8		6	7	6	6
September	6.1		7	7	6	6
October	6.2		7	6	6	7
November	6.5		7	7	6	6
December	5.8		6	8	6	6
Average	5.5	5.5	5.8	6.1	5.5	5.7

68th 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	092°	097°	095°	080°	097°
February	089°	068°	097°	150°	109°
March	118°	086°	072°	068°	121°
April		110°	110°	129°	120°
May		101°	114°	129°	053°
June		081°	108°	119°	048°
July		116°	063°	136°	067°
August		110°	109°	093°	097°
September		074°	113°	090°	061°
October		106°	099°	116°	107°
November		064°	123°	121°	118°
December		130°	081°	114°	109°

Prevailing wind direction

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