Climate Santa Cruz Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SBSC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.8	79	79	84	94	87
February	88.2	87	92	88	90	72
March	88.6	76	97	95	93	91
April	88.1		88	85	90	93
May	87.2		85	96	85	92
June	82.7		92	69	86	86
July	86.0		86	93	89	82
August	78.9		77	82	81	90
September	77.2		86	72	75	80
October	72.7		62	79	62	74
November	77.2		85	74	80	78
December	82.7		88	90	80	76
Average	82.9	80.8	84.6	83.8	83.3	82.9

44th 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	95.3	93	92	94	98	95
February	96.1	97	99	98	98	85
March	97.6	95	100	100	99	96
April	96.5		97	94	98	98
May	96.5		96	100	97	98
June	95.1		100	92	97	96
July	95.6		98	98	96	93
August	92.9		92	93	96	98
September	92.7		99	90	95	95
October	93.1		92	96	90	96
November	91.6		96	92	90	92
December	95.0		97	96	95	93
Average	94.8	94.8	96.3	95.1	95.5	94.2

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	32.3	31	31	31	34	31
February	31.6	32	33	31	31	31
March	31.2	31	32	33	32	29
April	28.9		28	29	28	28
May	27.4		27	27	27	27
June	25.2		27	25	26	29
July	27.1		27	29	25	28
August	26.8		28	27	27	27
September	28.5		31	25	28	30
October	28.4		29	28	26	29
November	28.6		32	27	27	28
December	30.2		31	29	29	30
Average	29.1	31.0	29.6	28.4	28.3	28.8

62nd 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	23.0	23	22	22	24	23
February	22.9	24	23	23	22	22
March	22.6	23	22	23	23	21
April	20.3		20	21	19	20
May	18.2		19	18	18	17
June	15.9		17	17	18	19
July	16.4		17	18	15	18
August	17.1		19	17	17	16
September	18.9		20	16	20	20
October	20.1		21	20	18	20
November	20.4		22	19	19	21
December	21.9		23	22	21	23
Average	20.2	23.2	20.3	19.4	19.3	19.8

52nd 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	6.9	10	12	12	3	9
February	5.7	4	2	5	5	17
March	3.9	6	2	1	3	7
April	5.4		8	8	4	3
May	3.6		7	2	2	3
June	4.0		0	9	6	4
July	3.1		2	1	3	7
August	6.4		7	7	4	3
September	5.3		1	13	1	5
October	7.5		9	5	11	5
November	8.5		4	9	12	6
December	6.6		4	6	7	12
Average	5.8	6.7	4.8	6.5	5.2	7.0

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	7.8	7	7	7	8	8
February	7.4	7	7	6	7	7
March	7.3	7	7	8	7	7
April	6.8		6	7	7	7
May	6.6		6	7	6	7
June	6.9		6	7	7	7
July	7.6		7	8	7	8
August	8.1		8	8	8	8
September	8.5		9	8	8	9
October	8.0		8	8	7	8
November	7.9		8	8	7	8
December	8.0		8	8	8	7
Average	7.6	7.1	7.2	7.4	7.3	7.5

62nd 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	161°	176°	277°	041°	182°
February	137°	273°	168°	172°	214°
March	159°	133°	338°	158°	160°
April		154°	206°	199°	185°
May		350°	316°	173°	312°
June		312°	280°	353°	354°
July		323°	331°	256°	007°
August		333°	324°	360°	201°
September		354°	191°	179°	156°
October		119°	138°	138°	163°
November		147°	148°	176°	176°
December		149°	103°	175°	182°

Prevailing wind direction

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