General Freire Airport

SCIC · Maule Region, Chile

Climate General Freire Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Freire Airport (SCIC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.8 82 79 86 92 99
February 76.4 81 46 81 74 85
March 80.3 80 69 88 80 80
April 56.6 55 56 57 76
May 30.4 24 14 31 46
June 36.3 28 35 26 48
July 38.3 36 28 41 57
August 51.4 49 39 0 66
September 61.7 62 43 69
October 73.7 59 66 89
November 77.9 61 58 82
December 85.4 73 84 92
Average 68.4 80.9 55.4 56.6 62.9 76.4

35th 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 93.9 86 86 95 97 99
February 90.5 90 68 94 91 100
March 90.5 88 83 95 91 93
April 77.9 71 84 80 93
May 52.8 39 30 58 65
June 58.7 45 55 49 79
July 61.0 52 58 50 77
August 68.1 62 54 0 83
September 81.7 80 75 82
October 87.3 77 76 95
November 87.1 76 72 91
December 93.0 85 85 97
Average 82.4 87.5 70.3 72.8 79.6 88.9

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 31 29 29 31
February 30.1 31 32 30 27 31
March 27.2 27 30 26 26 29
April 21.6 23 20 21 23
May 15.7 16 13 16 18
June 13.1 14 14 14 13
July 12.9 14 12 13 13
August 14.8 15 14 11 14
September 17.5 17 18 19
October 21.0 20 22 23
November 25.6 23 27 26
December 29.2 28 31 29
Average 22.8 29.9 21.6 20.9 21.9 22.3

6th 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 14.1 15 14 14 14 15
February 14.0 15 14 13 14 13
March 11.6 12 12 11 12 12
April 8.8 10 8 9 9
May 6.5 7 6 7 7
June 5.3 7 5 6 6
July 4.8 7 4 3 6
August 4.9 6 5 11 4
September 6.6 8 7 6
October 8.1 8 8 8
November 11.1 10 12 11
December 12.9 12 14 13
Average 9.9 13.8 9.5 8.6 10.1 9.1

24th 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 0.4 0 0 0 3 0
February 0.2 1 0 1 0 0
March 0.6 0 0 0 1 0
April 2.4 1 7 3 2
May 5.4 3 4 9 3
June 10.3 7 9 7 24
July 7.3 8 12 6 9
August 5.4 13 5 0 4
September 5.8 10 1 2
October 2.3 4 0 0
November 1.8 4 1 1
December 0.1 0 0 0
Average 2.8 0.3 3.8 3.1 3.6 3.0

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 6.2 6 6 6 6 7
February 6.1 6 7 6 5 6
March 6.0 6 6 6 5 6
April 5.4 5 6 6 6
May 4.6 5 4 4 5
June 4.5 5 4 5 5
July 4.5 4 4 4 5
August 5.5 6 5 0 6
September 5.5 5 5 6
October 6.1 6 6 6
November 6.6 6 6 6
December 6.8 6 7 7
Average 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.9

6th 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 174° 213° 228° 217° 211°
February 173° 203° 229° 230° 216°
March 158° 205° 203° 222° 201°
April 205° 202° 194° 203°
May 175° 189° 192° 193°
June 117° 067° 172° 039°
July 075° 038° 189° 056°
August 161° 187° 360° 203°
September 156° 200° 198°
October 161° 209° 206°
November 166° 218° 212°
December 170° 206° 210°

Prevailing wind direction

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