Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport

SKMD · Antioquia, Colombia

Climate Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jose Maria Córdova International Airport (SKRG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 81 66 63 76 74
February 65.8 77 70 57 74 71
March 63.2 80 67 65 68 55
April 69.3 69 65 76 71
May 74.3 84 75 74 83
June 77.7 88 64 77 79
July 83.6 87 76 87 79
August 84.1 88 75 79 80
September 79.6 90 76 84 77
October 72.0 77 74 70 77
November 61.3 75 61 55 65
December 65.2 70 64 64 66
Average 72.9 79.1 77.9 68.2 73.7 73.2

23rd best VFR conditions of Colombia

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 87.2 89 85 86 91 92
February 86.6 91 85 84 91 88
March 85.3 91 90 83 90 78
April 86.0 86 88 92 84
May 87.5 91 87 89 89
June 88.3 94 86 88 88
July 90.8 92 86 93 91
August 92.5 93 88 90 92
September 89.8 95 88 90 87
October 86.8 88 89 88 88
November 84.6 90 85 81 85
December 86.2 87 83 89 88
Average 87.9 90.0 89.6 86.1 89.3 87.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 22.0 24 21 21 22 23
February 22.3 24 22 21 22 24
March 22.1 24 21 21 21 23
April 22.1 22 22 22 23
May 22.6 23 23 22 24
June 22.5 24 21 22 23
July 22.9 24 23 23 23
August 22.9 24 22 23 23
September 22.7 24 22 22 23
October 21.9 22 21 22 22
November 21.8 23 21 22 22
December 21.9 23 21 22 22
Average 22.5 24.0 22.8 21.6 22.1 22.7

25th highest temperature of Colombia

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 12.3 13 12 12 12 12
February 13.1 13 13 13 13 13
March 13.2 14 12 13 13 13
April 13.5 13 13 13 14
May 13.1 13 14 12 14
June 12.9 13 13 13 13
July 12.9 13 13 13 13
August 12.4 13 12 13 13
September 12.8 12 13 13 13
October 13.0 14 13 14 12
November 13.1 14 12 14 13
December 12.9 14 13 13 13
Average 12.9 13.1 13.0 12.6 12.9 13.0

3rd lowest temperature of Colombia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 0 12 9 3 4
February 6.6 4 6 15 10 4
March 9.7 2 15 14 15 7
April 10.7 11 19 9 9
May 10.3 7 8 14 9
June 9.0 6 16 6 13
July 5.2 6 10 6 7
August 7.0 6 10 14 8
September 7.8 2 11 8 10
October 11.3 14 14 12 10
November 10.1 8 12 15 11
December 5.1 3 9 8 7
Average 7.6 2.0 8.0 12.3 9.9 8.2

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 5.5 7 6 5 6 6
February 5.5 8 6 5 5 5
March 5.3 8 6 5 5 5
April 5.1 6 6 5 5
May 5.0 6 5 5 6
June 5.4 7 5 5 5
July 6.0 7 6 6 5
August 6.0 7 6 5 6
September 5.8 8 6 5 5
October 5.2 6 6 5 5
November 4.9 7 5 4 5
December 5.4 7 6 5 6
Average 5.6 7.5 6.5 5.5 5.0 5.3

25th highest wind speed of Colombia

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 100° 081° 085° 092° 098°
February 097° 092° 072° 087° 096°
March 097° 085° 079° 090° 075°
April 100° 105° 098° 096°
May 101° 101° 088° 098°
June 111° 107° 108° 103°
July 111° 103° 112° 105°
August 113° 109° 103° 098°
September 113° 112° 114° 106°
October 144° 108° 090° 114°
November 118° 127° 080° 132°
December 099° 081° 077° 096°

Prevailing wind direction

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