Climate Pichoy Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pichoy Airport (SCVD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.0	89	68	75	88	90
February	81.0	82	77	88	88	85
March	71.4	79	55	67	77	79
April	53.3		41	54	55	67
May	41.2		42	52	35	36
June	37.8		35	30	40	50
July	37.4		22	42	29	44
August	44.8		52	39	49	51
September	61.1		55	62	57	64
October	68.7		75	64	100	80
November	68.1		60	71		64
December	79.5		81	78		83
Average	64.3	83.6	57.4	60.6	60.4	67.4

33rd 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	93.2	98	79	92	98	98
February	92.8	93	87	94	94	96
March	88.2	87	79	89	93	92
April	78.9		80	80	79	86
May	68.5		74	75	59	59
June	66.3		70	51	63	84
July	66.7		63	73	54	69
August	75.6		80	65	82	79
September	83.1		80	80	75	87
October	89.7		91	91	100	94
November	91.3		93	93		93
December	94.1		96	92		95
Average	84.2	92.8	81.9	81.9	79.5	87.0

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	24.0	26	24	23	25	24
February	25.1	26	26	24	27	24
March	21.1	21	20	20	24	24
April	17.1		18	16	18	18
May	13.4		14	14	13	14
June	10.9		12	10	11	11
July	10.5		11	10	10	11
August	11.8		12	12	12	12
September	14.2		13	15	14	15
October	16.1		16	17	14	17
November	18.5		17	22		19
December	21.8		22	22		22
Average	17.8	23.9	17.0	16.6	17.1	17.4

18th 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	8.7	10	9	9	8	8
February	8.7	9	9	8	8	7
March	6.9	8	8	7	6	6
April	6.5		7	5	8	5
May	5.9		6	3	6	7
June	4.3		5	3	4	5
July	4.1		5	4	4	4
August	3.7		3	3	4	3
September	3.5		5	3	4	3
October	4.8		5	6	14	3
November	6.5		6	8		7
December	7.7		8	9		8
Average	6.3	8.7	6.1	5.4	5.8	5.5

13th 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	3.2	0	2	10	4	2
February	3.3	4	1	4	1	2
March	7.3	8	12	12	2	3
April	12.5		13	21	7	9
May	13.8		15	8	20	14
June	27.3		27	29	20	30
July	24.2		34	26	16	26
August	21.8		19	24	20	25
September	15.0		23	12	16	9
October	13.2		9	13	0	7
November	10.3		20	7		6
December	5.2		4	6		5
Average	11.3	3.7	13.8	14.0	10.6	10.6

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	6
February	5.7	6	6	6	5	6
March	5.1	5	5	6	5	5
April	4.1		4	5	4	5
May	4.0		4	4	4	4
June	4.7		5	4	4	6
July	5.0		6	5	4	5
August	5.0		5	5	6	5
September	5.3		6	5	5	5
October	6.1		7	6	4	6
November	5.8		7	5		6
December	6.0		6	6		6
Average	5.3	5.8	5.6	5.1	4.9	5.4

18th 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	210°	219°	259°	208°	219°
February	219°	207°	227°	219°	208°
March	248°	254°	235°	206°	229°
April		271°	284°	304°	330°
May		329°	318°	331°	323°
June		318°	345°	328°	006°
July		326°	350°	300°	341°
August		294°	290°	325°	317°
September		292°	267°	348°	279°
October		248°	258°	360°	255°
November		287°	245°		242°
December		220°	260°		241°

Prevailing wind direction

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