Climate Senador Petrônio Portela Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Senador Petrônio Portela Airport (SBTE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.8	78	66	76	84	71
February	69.9	64	57	80	80	66
March	62.7	48	50	67	71	63
April	70.8		48	75	85	78
May	85.2		73	89	91	87
June	92.5		88	94	82	95
July	96.1		92	99	94	97
August	96.6		90	99	98	97
September	95.8		94	96	93	97
October	94.4		91	96	87	97
November	90.4		87	81	87	90
December	89.0		81	95	94	93
Average	82.4	63.2	76.1	86.5	87.0	85.5

36th 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	96.8	99	95	94	98	96
February	94.3	96	96	97	95	92
March	92.3	98	93	88	94	91
April	93.1		95	93	97	95
May	96.7		100	96	98	98
June	98.5		100	98	96	99
July	99.4		99	100	100	99
August	99.7		100	100	100	100
September	99.7		100	100	100	99
October	99.9		100	99	100	100
November	99.4		100	98	99	99
December	99.3		100	100	99	100
Average	97.3	97.6	97.9	96.7	97.8	97.2

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	32.8	34	31	32	33	33
February	32.2	33	32	33	32	32
March	31.2	27	31	32	32	32
April	32.1		32	32	33	32
May	32.6		33	32	33	33
June	32.8		33	32	34	33
July	33.7		34	33	34	34
August	35.5		36	35	36	35
September	37.1		38	36	37	37
October	37.4		38	37	36	38
November	35.6		37	33	34	34
December	34.6		36	34	34	34
Average	33.6	31.1	34.2	33.2	33.8	33.9

3rd 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	23.8	24	23	24	24	24
February	23.4	24	23	22	23	24
March	22.7	19	24	23	24	24
April	24.0		24	24	24	25
May	24.2		25	24	24	25
June	23.6		24	23	23	24
July	23.2		24	24	24	23
August	23.2		24	23	23	23
September	24.2		23	24	25	24
October	24.9		25	25	25	25
November	25.1		26	24	25	25
December	24.8		26	25	25	25
Average	23.8	22.5	24.1	23.6	23.9	24.0

98th 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	2.2	3	3	4	2	2
February	3.7	5	3	1	3	3
March	3.6	3	4	3	3	6
April	1.8		3	1	1	1
May	1.3		1	4	0	1
June	0.3		1	1	0	0
July	0.3		0	1	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.3		0	0	1	0
October	0.1		0	0	1	0
November	0.9		0	2	1	2
December	1.5		1	2	4	1
Average	1.6	3.6	1.3	1.6	1.4	1.3

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	4.0	4	3	4	4	4
February	3.8	4	4	4	4	4
March	3.7	4	4	3	4	4
April	4.0		4	4	4	4
May	4.8		5	5	5	5
June	5.6		6	5	5	6
July	6.5		6	7	6	7
August	5.8		5	6	6	6
September	5.3		5	5	5	6
October	5.0		5	5	4	5
November	4.7		5	4	4	5
December	4.6		5	4	4	5
Average	4.7	4.2	4.7	4.7	4.6	5.0

3rd 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	096°	135°	104°	140°	025°
February	147°	127°	084°	076°	069°
March	072°	058°	142°	095°	273°
April		121°	124°	126°	142°
May		126°	136°	136°	137°
June		141°	131°	134°	142°
July		137°	143°	141°	145°
August		130°	142°	142°	142°
September		121°	128°	129°	131°
October		113°	115°	145°	102°
November		081°	150°	117°	117°
December		127°	110°	143°	113°

Prevailing wind direction

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