Santa Adriana Airport

SCAD · Coquimbo Region, Chile

Climate Santa Adriana Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Florida Airport (SCSE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.2 53 72 77 58 59
February 63.4 45 59 78 64 65
March 55.9 46 57 66 62 40
April 55.6 49 49 61 55
May 68.9 66 60 80 62
June 76.1 82 79 71 79
July 72.0 75 63 66 86
August 69.2 76 57 74 71
September 65.7 81 66 71 61
October 64.3 68 49 56
November 57.9 65 47 50
December 57.3 56 52 55
Average 62.6 48.1 66.7 61.5 66.6 60.6

31st best VFR conditions of Chile

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 97.6 96 98 95 98 98
February 96.8 93 91 99 98 97
March 93.3 83 94 91 99 95
April 89.6 84 81 96 92
May 91.1 87 90 94 91
June 94.3 94 97 93 95
July 93.1 91 95 92 95
August 94.6 97 90 98 91
September 94.3 96 96 99 90
October 92.1 93 88 89
November 93.6 98 90 94
December 94.9 91 89 94
Average 93.7 90.9 92.8 91.6 96.1 93.3

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 20.8 20 21 20 20 21
February 21.2 21 21 21 21 20
March 19.6 20 21 19 20 20
April 17.8 18 16 18 19
May 16.6 17 15 17 17
June 15.6 17 15 15 16
July 14.9 16 14 14 16
August 15.5 18 14 16 15
September 15.9 18 15 15 16
October 16.7 17 16 16
November 18.0 18 18 17
December 19.1 19 20 18
Average 17.9 20.3 18.3 16.7 17.3 17.5

16th highest temperature of Chile

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 14.7 15 15 14 14 15
February 15.4 17 16 15 15 15
March 13.6 15 15 13 14 14
April 11.9 12 10 12 13
May 9.9 10 9 10 11
June 8.5 10 9 8 9
July 8.0 9 9 7 8
August 8.7 11 9 9 8
September 9.1 10 9 9 9
October 10.0 11 10 10
November 11.7 12 12 12
December 13.2 13 14 13
Average 11.7 15.2 11.9 10.9 10.9 11.3

30th lowest temperature of Chile

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.9 2 0 0 1 2
February 1.4 5 0 1 0 2
March 1.1 4 2 0 1 1
April 1.0 1 1 0 2
May 1.5 1 0 0 3
June 2.2 0 1 3 5
July 1.0 0 6 1 0
August 0.6 1 0 0 1
September 1.2 0 1 0 3
October 1.2 2 3 3
November 1.1 1 4 1
December 1.1 2 1 2
Average 1.3 3.2 0.8 1.6 0.5 1.8

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 8.5 9 9 10 9 9
February 8.1 8 8 9 9 9
March 7.5 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.0 7 8 8 7
May 6.7 7 7 7 7
June 6.5 7 7 7 7
July 6.5 7 6 7 7
August 7.1 8 7 8 8
September 7.7 8 8 9 8
October 8.4 8 8 9
November 8.3 9 8 8
December 8.3 9 9 9
Average 7.7 8.1 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.8

16th highest wind speed of Chile

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 278° 278° 279° 277° 278°
February 277° 275° 278° 278° 277°
March 280° 275° 275° 277° 278°
April 281° 280° 279° 274°
May 283° 282° 278° 277°
June 287° 284° 281° 288°
July 285° 289° 279° 283°
August 283° 285° 282° 283°
September 286° 285° 290° 280°
October 280° 282° 282°
November 283° 278° 279°
December 280° 278° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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