Santa Maria Airport

SBSM · Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Climate Santa Maria Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santa Maria Airport (SBSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.6 72 89 91 84 83
February 81.9 66 84 88 83 91
March 76.4 73 84 77 70 86
April 75.7 74 68 85 83
May 65.3 65 53 79 79
June 62.6 72 58 52 64
July 68.0 58 66 76 76
August 72.2 75 67 66 80
September 64.6 53 75 58 62
October 69.9 55 72 75 81
November 79.7 60 91 80 81
December 85.3 74 87 84 83
Average 74.2 70.2 70.4 75.1 74.6 79.6

80th 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 94.3 92 96 97 96 94
February 92.0 82 95 93 93 97
March 89.3 86 94 90 87 93
April 88.0 93 80 92 94
May 78.1 72 75 85 85
June 77.9 85 71 75 77
July 79.8 76 75 81 85
August 84.3 86 79 76 87
September 82.3 70 91 80 83
October 85.7 84 87 88 89
November 93.1 83 97 94 96
December 94.2 90 95 93 95
Average 87.4 86.8 85.6 86.5 87.0 90.3

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 31.0 30 33 34 31 31
February 30.3 31 32 31 29 31
March 29.1 29 32 28 28 32
April 26.0 26 24 27 27
May 21.4 23 19 20 22
June 19.8 21 17 18 21
July 19.8 19 21 20 19
August 21.4 23 20 22 23
September 22.8 23 21 22 22
October 25.0 23 24 25 26
November 27.9 27 28 28 28
December 30.5 29 31 31 30
Average 25.9 29.7 25.8 24.5 25.1 25.8

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 20.2 20 20 21 20 20
February 19.0 20 18 19 19 19
March 18.0 19 21 17 18 19
April 15.3 14 15 15 14
May 12.4 13 11 9 11
June 10.8 12 8 10 12
July 10.0 11 12 8 9
August 10.4 11 10 11 11
September 13.4 15 11 14 13
October 14.5 14 13 14 15
November 16.2 17 15 17 17
December 18.3 19 19 18 19
Average 15.4 19.4 15.3 13.9 14.2 14.7

5th 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 3.7 2 2 4 4 4
February 3.4 6 2 5 2 2
March 4.4 5 3 8 6 1
April 5.8 5 10 5 2
May 10.2 12 11 6 10
June 8.0 10 10 4 9
July 6.2 8 5 1 11
August 5.6 5 7 1 5
September 8.3 12 6 6 10
October 7.5 9 7 6 5
November 4.1 7 5 4 2
December 3.2 6 1 4 3
Average 5.5 4.1 6.6 6.5 3.9 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 6.6 7 6 7 7 7
February 5.8 6 5 5 6 7
March 5.7 5 5 6 5 6
April 5.7 5 6 6 6
May 5.3 5 5 5 5
June 6.0 5 5 6 8
July 6.5 7 7 6 7
August 6.7 6 6 7 7
September 7.2 7 7 8 7
October 7.2 7 7 6 8
November 7.4 7 8 7 8
December 6.6 7 6 7 7
Average 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.9

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 100° 104° 104° 094° 109°
February 100° 112° 105° 121° 105°
March 103° 106° 110° 120° 108°
April 105° 096° 093° 233°
May 098° 141° 165° 282°
June 070° 119° 082° 039°
July 092° 065° 126° 058°
August 091° 099° 092° 095°
September 089° 107° 103° 105°
October 101° 111° 106° 113°
November 095° 100° 111° 103°
December 103° 113° 109° 112°

Prevailing wind direction

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