El Tepual Airport

SCTE · Los Lagos Region, Chile

Climate El Tepual Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Tepual Airport (SCTE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.2 73 68 79 77 76
February 77.0 79 75 76 78 81
March 73.6 82 71 68 71 76
April 63.5 47 53 70 74
May 62.6 55 64 70 62
June 63.6 60 64 77 67
July 64.8 63 68 50 70
August 62.5 67 64 57 60
September 70.5 69 66 73 70
October 71.8 60 74 0 78
November 70.3 60 69 71
December 74.5 71 82 76
Average 70.6 77.7 64.1 69.0 69.4 72.1

23rd 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 91.9 90 90 92 92 92
February 90.9 91 93 91 92 95
March 89.6 95 93 88 89 87
April 86.7 73 83 90 88
May 86.3 81 92 82 88
June 88.9 89 84 97 91
July 86.9 88 93 78 87
August 89.9 95 84 93 87
September 92.8 93 86 93 95
October 94.4 95 90 0 94
November 92.8 94 88 93
December 94.0 94 95 95
Average 90.7 91.9 90.2 88.7 89.6 91.2

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 19.5 21 20 20 19 19
February 20.3 21 20 20 20 20
March 17.5 17 17 16 19 19
April 15.0 15 13 16 16
May 12.6 12 12 13 13
June 10.3 11 10 11 11
July 9.9 11 9 10 10
August 10.5 10 10 11 10
September 12.1 11 12 13 12
October 13.7 14 14 10 14
November 16.1 15 18 16
December 18.2 18 19 17
Average 15.2 19.6 14.3 14.2 14.7 14.6

23rd 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 9.0 10 9 9 9 10
February 9.3 9 9 9 9 9
March 7.5 7 7 8 8 8
April 6.6 7 5 8 6
May 5.1 6 3 5 6
June 3.3 3 1 3 5
July 3.3 4 3 4 4
August 3.6 3 3 4 4
September 3.7 4 3 6 4
October 5.0 4 5 10 4
November 6.7 6 8 7
December 8.3 8 9 8
Average 6.3 8.7 5.8 5.3 6.2 6.0

10th 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 7.2 4 7 8 7 8
February 6.8 8 9 6 3 6
March 10.6 12 12 15 6 7
April 16.3 24 22 16 19
May 16.9 22 14 19 18
June 24.4 25 19 20 20
July 21.8 24 30 21 27
August 22.9 26 16 22 26
September 16.7 24 17 12 12
October 16.2 14 13 0 16
November 13.5 21 16 10
December 9.3 7 15 10
Average 13.7 7.9 16.8 15.6 13.0 14.0

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 7.8 8 7 8 8 9
February 7.9 8 8 8 9 8
March 7.4 7 8 8 8 8
April 7.0 7 7 8 8
May 7.1 7 6 8 7
June 8.1 8 7 7 9
July 8.0 9 9 7 8
August 8.2 9 6 9 8
September 7.7 8 7 7 7
October 8.1 8 9 0 8
November 7.9 8 8 8
December 8.0 9 7 7
Average 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.6 7.9 7.8

23rd 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 188° 188° 205° 189° 189°
February 180° 184° 176° 173° 193°
March 329° 131° 218° 174° 160°
April 051° 336° 015° 020°
May 007° 002° 005° 001°
June 360° 013° 009° 010°
July 004° 360° 002° 010°
August 005° 353° 009° 343°
September 343° 020° 016° 278°
October 203° 200° 360° 205°
November 333° 163° 201°
December 186° 307° 204°

Prevailing wind direction

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