Climate Campo Fontenelle 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Campo Fontenelle (SBYS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.0	82	66	78	92	83
February	85.5	86	90	82	89	74
March	89.1	72	94	94	93	93
April	86.6		77	93	97	94
May	84.9		82	84	90	90
June	82.3		75	82	78	87
July	91.0		90	94	88	96
August	87.9		87	92	92	92
September	87.4		93	89	85	84
October	86.6		80	90	81	91
November	88.8		89	95	87	95
December	87.7		92	84	87	88
Average	86.0	80.2	84.5	88.1	88.0	88.4

28th 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	94.0	96	92	93	96	95
February	95.6	95	96	93	96	94
March	95.6	88	98	98	97	98
April	93.9		90	97	98	98
May	91.3		88	91	95	97
June	90.6		81	89	91	93
July	95.4		94	97	93	98
August	95.9		98	98	98	96
September	95.5		99	96	98	93
October	96.3		94	97	97	98
November	97.3		98	98	96	98
December	96.7		98	92	98	96
Average	94.8	92.8	93.9	95.0	96.0	95.9

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	30.2	31	29	30	32	29
February	30.0	31	31	31	30	28
March	30.4	31	31	31	31	29
April	28.5		28	30	29	28
May	26.1		27	26	27	25
June	25.6		25	26	26	26
July	26.4		27	29	26	28
August	27.5		29	27	29	28
September	31.0		33	28	34	34
October	30.3		31	30	29	32
November	30.1		33	29	31	32
December	30.3		33	29	30	31
Average	29.1	30.9	29.6	28.6	29.4	28.8

59th 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	19.2	20	19	19	20	18
February	19.1	20	20	19	18	19
March	18.5	20	20	19	18	17
April	15.6		17	16	15	13
May	11.6		11	11	12	9
June	10.7		10	11	11	12
July	8.2		10	9	6	10
August	11.3		13	12	12	11
September	14.7		17	15	16	15
October	17.7		19	18	18	18
November	17.9		20	17	18	17
December	19.3		20	20	19	20
Average	15.8	19.9	16.1	15.2	15.1	14.7

13th 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	6.5	5	9	13	2	3
February	4.8	6	5	9	2	9
March	2.8	12	2	1	2	2
April	2.1		7	1	0	0
May	1.3		3	2	1	0
June	1.9		7	1	2	2
July	0.6		0	0	2	0
August	2.0		2	2	1	2
September	2.8		2	8	1	1
October	4.3		4	6	5	4
November	4.3		3	4	7	2
December	4.1		2	7	5	4
Average	3.6	7.2	3.7	4.4	2.6	2.5

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	5.5	6	6	6	5	6
February	5.4	5	6	5	5	6
March	5.1	5	5	5	5	5
April	4.8		4	5	6	5
May	4.6		4	5	5	5
June	4.6		4	5	5	5
July	4.9		5	5	4	5
August	6.1		6	7	6	6
September	6.1		7	7	6	5
October	6.3		6	6	7	7
November	6.5		7	7	6	6
December	5.7		6	6	6	5
Average	5.4	5.1	5.4	5.7	5.4	5.4

59th 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	240°	320°	323°	005°	257°
February	005°	317°	325°	338°	253°
March	195°	010°	350°	347°	157°
April		197°	161°	163°	197°
May		102°	331°	273°	011°
June		046°	255°	114°	002°
July		086°	024°	087°	017°
August		001°	161°	150°	161°
September		355°	178°	223°	059°
October		257°	316°	193°	168°
November		301°	170°	185°	180°
December		308°	315°	160°	356°

Prevailing wind direction

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