Climate Air Force Captain Jose A Quinones Gonzales International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Air Force Captain Jose A Quinones Gonzales International Airport (SPHI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.0	97	96	95	98	96
February	95.8	99	96	97	98	98
March	94.1	100	93	97	98	97
April	95.0		95	91	96	98
May	87.5		95	96	65	93
June	65.9		73	89	37	80
July	59.2		61	72	52	74
August	64.3		66	68	75	80
September	72.7		86	77	64	72
October	79.8		89	81	84	77
November	81.8		84	78	88	94
December	92.6		93	96	96	96
Average	84.1	98.4	85.4	85.9	79.2	88.7

12th best VFR conditions of Peru

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	98.3	100	98	97	99	99
February	99.1	100	98	98	99	100
March	98.9	100	99	98	100	100
April	98.0		100	93	98	99
May	97.9		100	98	93	99
June	97.6		100	97	98	98
July	96.3		100	97	99	90
August	93.8		100	87	96	94
September	94.0		100	96	86	94
October	95.1		99	98	90	95
November	98.9		100	98	100	98
December	98.6		100	99	98	100
Average	97.5	99.9	99.3	96.0	96.0	97.2

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	28.5	29	28	27	28	29
February	29.8	31	30	28	29	30
March	29.8	30	31	29	29	31
April	28.0		31	26	27	29
May	25.9		29	24	24	27
June	23.8		28	23	23	23
July	22.8		26	22	23	22
August	22.5		26	21	23	22
September	22.6		26	21	22	22
October	23.0		26	21	22	23
November	23.9		26	23	23	24
December	26.2		27	26	25	26
Average	26.1	30.1	27.6	24.0	24.7	25.5

11th highest temperature of Peru

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	20.8	23	19	20	20	22
February	21.6	23	23	20	21	22
March	21.7	22	22	20	22	23
April	19.7		24	18	18	21
May	19.0		22	17	19	19
June	17.9		22	16	19	17
July	16.9		21	16	18	16
August	16.3		19	15	16	16
September	16.2		19	15	16	16
October	16.5		19	15	16	18
November	17.2		18	17	17	17
December	18.4		21	19	18	19
Average	19.0	22.6	20.7	17.2	18.1	18.8

12th lowest temperature of Peru

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
February	0.5	0	0	1	0	0
March	0.7	0	2	1	0	0
April	0.3		0	0	0	1
May	0.1		0	0	1	0
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	1	0	0
September	0.2		0	1	1	0
October	0.2		1	0	0	0
November	0.2		1	1	0	0
December	0.2		1	1	0	0
Average	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.1

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	12.0	12	12	12	13	13
February	10.5	11	10	10	12	12
March	10.0	12	8	9	10	12
April	11.5		8	12	13	11
May	12.1		12	14	12	10
June	11.1		11	13	10	12
July	10.5		11	11	9	12
August	11.1		11	12	12	12
September	12.2		13	13	11	12
October	12.4		13	13	13	11
November	12.3		13	11	13	14
December	12.7		13	12	13	13
Average	11.6	12.0	11.2	11.9	11.8	12.1

11th highest wind speed of Peru

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°	189°	188°	187°	187°
February	191°	194°	191°	191°	189°
March	188°	204°	196°	195°	190°
April		193°	187°	186°	187°
May		183°	183°	186°	188°
June		185°	183°	185°	186°
July		184°	186°	186°	186°
August		187°	186°	186°	187°
September		187°	185°	189°	189°
October		185°	186°	187°	192°
November		185°	188°	187°	186°
December		186°	188°	185°	185°

Prevailing wind direction

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