Carriel Sur Airport

SCIE · Biobío, Chile

Climate Carriel Sur Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Carriel Sur Airport (SCIE) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 84.4 88 85 85 67 85
February 77.9 89 80 80 81 66
March 78.8 82 86 76 80 68
April 69.8 74 62 62 75
May 68.7 71 78 73 64 70
June 59.7 76 54 64 42 66
July 69.2 79 69 55 71
August 71.1 79 71 60 56
September 72.3 63 69 72 73
October 77.6 65 86 60
November 77.8 78 80 68 0
December 83.5 80 81 87 0
Average 75.1 81.7 75.4 75.4 66.1 70.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.9 92 92 96 84 89
February 89.5 94 93 91 95 82
March 87.6 94 90 84 88 81
April 85.1 95 77 78 89
May 85.2 90 95 89 78 85
June 83.0 96 81 77 77 82
July 86.4 92 89 75 86
August 89.4 94 85 86 85
September 92.1 95 89 92 92
October 91.7 87 97 81
November 92.4 92 95 91 0
December 94.4 92 95 93 0
Average 89.3 93.0 91.4 89.2 84.7 85.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 22.2 22.5 22.6 21.8 20.8 21.1
February 22.1 22.6 22.3 22.8 21.8 20.5
March 20.6 21.3 20.8 21.1 20.1 20.0
April 17.6 17.0 18.1 16.1 18.1
May 15.2 15.0 13.5 15.6 14.3 15.9
June 13.3 12.9 13.4 14.6 12.5 14.3
July 13.1 12.5 13.5 12.1 13.8
August 13.6 13.1 14.0 13.5 13.5
September 14.5 14.0 14.1 14.5 14.1
October 16.1 16.6 16.3 15.6
November 18.5 18.1 16.8 19.3 12.0
December 20.7 20.3 19.8 21.8 14.0
Average 17.4 18.8 17.0 17.3 16.7 16.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.3 12.5 12.9 12.5 12.9 11.3
February 12.5 12.5 13.5 12.4 12.5 12.4
March 11.0 11.9 10.9 12.3 11.0 11.3
April 9.4 9.5 10.5 8.6 9.5
May 7.6 7.0 5.5 8.0 6.9 8.4
June 7.2 5.4 8.6 8.0 8.0 7.4
July 5.9 3.7 7.2 6.2 5.4
August 6.4 5.4 7.5 6.4 7.0
September 6.9 7.4 7.9 6.7 7.7
October 8.0 9.3 7.4 8.6
November 10.0 9.9 9.0 12.0 12.0
December 11.2 11.5 11.4 12.5 14.0
Average 9.1 9.8 9.0 9.5 9.2 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.7 1 0 0 6 3
February 0.8 1 1 0 0 1
March 2.3 1 6 3 2 2
April 7.2 5 6 17 5
May 8.5 11 8 3 9 9
June 18.1 6 26 17 27 10
July 11.3 4 10 27 4
August 10.5 10 14 14 6
September 8.7 7 19 4 10
October 6.4 5 4 11
November 3.5 4 3 2 0
December 1.1 1 1 1 0
Average 6.0 3.4 5.8 6.1 9.6 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.8 9 10 10 9 10
February 9.4 10 10 11 10 8
March 8.7 9 9 8 10 8
April 7.6 8 7 9 8
May 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
June 7.9 7 10 9 7 8
July 7.8 8 7 9 8
August 8.2 9 8 9 8
September 8.6 9 9 8 9
October 9.1 9 9 10
November 9.4 9 10 10 6
December 9.9 10 10 10 15
Average 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 238° 231° 232° 255° 238°
February 234° 231° 228° 254° 260°
March 246° 223° 240° 227° 256°
April 265° 250° 256° 235°
May 209° 276° 227° 210° 206°
June 195° 006° 329° 038° 247°
July 189° 325° 352° 197°
August 279° 244° 237° 333°
September 264° 285° 229° 332°
October 243° 236° 235°
November 247° 242° 264° 210°
December 239° 242° 229° 019°

Prevailing wind direction

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