Lagoa Santa Air Base

SBLS · Minas Gerais, Brazil

Climate Lagoa Santa Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lagoa Santa Air Base (SBLS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.7 77 66 74 94 75
February 79.3 72 94 74 71 83
March 90.1 87 92 97 93 77
April 93.9 87 97 98 93
May 94.7 95 91 98 95
June 97.7 99 100 100 91
July 98.1 94 100 100 98
August 96.8 94 100 99 97
September 95.3 94 92 98 98
October 90.6 91 94 88 81
November 84.6 93 86 74 87
December 78.1 89 63 70 87
Average 88.5 78.8 90.2 89.2 89.5 87.8

24th 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 92.3 91 85 85 100 87
February 91.8 91 100 86 89 93
March 97.1 99 100 100 97 92
April 98.9 98 99 100 98
May 98.7 100 95 100 98
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 99.2 99 100 100 97
September 99.3 100 99 100 100
October 97.4 98 99 97 93
November 94.6 98 94 87 97
December 92.2 98 87 89 96
Average 96.2 93.6 97.7 95.3 96.4 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 29.1 30 27 28 29 29
February 28.2 29 30 27 27 28
March 28.8 30 29 30 29 27
April 27.3 27 29 27 27
May 25.4 26 25 27 24
June 25.0 25 25 25 25
July 24.5 25 25 24 25
August 26.0 28 26 26 25
September 29.0 30 28 31 30
October 29.4 31 29 28 28
November 28.2 33 27 27 28
December 28.2 31 26 27 28
Average 27.6 29.5 28.5 27.1 27.2 27.0

79th 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 19.9 20 19 20 20 21
February 19.1 20 20 19 19 18
March 19.1 20 19 19 19 19
April 18.1 19 19 17 18
May 15.5 16 15 16 15
June 14.5 14 14 15 15
July 13.6 15 14 13 15
August 14.8 16 15 15 15
September 17.1 19 17 19 18
October 19.0 20 19 19 19
November 18.8 22 18 19 19
December 19.1 21 20 19 20
Average 17.7 19.8 18.1 17.1 17.4 17.5

32nd 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 8.9 12 21 15 1 11
February 9.6 11 4 14 10 10
March 3.6 5 2 1 2 9
April 1.8 4 1 1 2
May 0.6 0 2 0 1
June 0.1 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.7 1 0 0 2
September 1.5 1 2 0 2
October 3.2 2 2 6 8
November 7.5 2 8 9 2
December 9.8 5 19 14 5
Average 4.7 9.3 3.6 5.1 3.8 4.8

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 5.1 5 4 5 5 5
February 5.1 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.4 5 5 5 5 6
April 6.1 6 6 6 6
May 5.8 6 6 5 6
June 5.8 5 5 6 6
July 6.4 6 6 6 6
August 6.9 6 7 7 7
September 6.8 6 7 7 7
October 6.4 6 5 7 7
November 6.0 6 6 6 6
December 5.3 6 5 5 5
Average 5.8 4.7 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.8

79th 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 139° 077° 089° 127° 063°
February 105° 125° 136° 103° 132°
March 141° 136° 132° 127° 141°
April 139° 147° 144° 139°
May 148° 155° 142° 141°
June 151° 157° 149° 141°
July 144° 132° 147° 135°
August 143° 138° 135° 140°
September 136° 139° 138° 138°
October 136° 134° 134° 136°
November 144° 147° 130° 119°
December 126° 130° 135° 125°

Prevailing wind direction

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