Estancia Nueva Mehlem Airport

SUNM · Río Negro, Uruguay

Climate Estancia Nueva Mehlem Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colonia Laguna de Los Patos International Airport (SUCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.0 95 95 90 89 95
February 88.3 88 89 89 79 94
March 89.4 85 91 95 80 93
April 85.2 69 81 93 88 92
May 83.9 83 89 92 88
June 77.2 75 75 79 73
July 78.2 86 70 79 81
August 83.2 93 85 79 89
September 78.5 80 95 61 87
October 85.7 86 84 85 85
November 91.2 92 92 79 98
December 91.3 83 93 94 98
Average 85.6 84.1 86.4 87.0 82.1 89.6

1st best VFR conditions of Uruguay

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 98.8 100 100 98 97 98
February 98.0 96 99 98 98 99
March 96.8 95 99 100 95 96
April 94.0 83 93 99 98 98
May 95.3 95 97 95 98
June 89.7 87 89 94 83
July 89.1 97 85 93 90
August 91.6 96 91 88 92
September 91.0 88 100 82 97
October 95.2 95 98 92 95
November 97.4 96 99 93 100
December 98.2 95 100 99 100
Average 94.7 93.1 95.1 96.1 93.7 95.7

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 28.2 28 30 29 28 28
February 27.2 29 29 25 26 28
March 25.6 26 30 24 24 27
April 22.3 21 22 20 23 21
May 18.3 19 17 17 19
June 15.2 16 13 15 16
July 14.4 15 15 16 13
August 16.6 17 17 16 18
September 18.0 17 19 18 17
October 20.4 21 20 22 19
November 24.7 24 26 25 24
December 26.5 26 28 27 27
Average 22.0 25.7 22.0 20.8 21.2 21.3

5th highest temperature of Uruguay

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 20.6 20 21 21 20 20
February 19.6 21 19 18 19 19
March 18.1 18 21 16 18 19
April 15.6 15 14 13 16 16
May 12.0 13 11 11 12
June 9.0 10 6 9 9
July 8.3 10 9 8 7
August 9.0 9 8 9 9
September 11.0 11 10 12 9
October 13.3 12 12 13 13
November 17.4 17 18 17 16
December 19.8 19 20 20 18
Average 15.1 18.4 14.6 13.0 14.1 13.8

6th lowest temperature of Uruguay

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.7 0 3 6 5 4
February 4.7 4 3 8 8 2
March 4.8 7 3 9 6 7
April 7.1 20 5 8 3 6
May 7.6 8 7 7 5
June 3.7 1 2 4 9
July 6.4 6 8 4 3
August 3.8 3 2 4 3
September 7.4 8 3 13 7
October 7.3 9 8 8 5
November 4.7 8 6 8 1
December 3.8 8 2 1 3
Average 5.5 7.8 5.5 5.5 5.8 4.4

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 9.9 9 9 9 10 10
February 9.5 10 9 9 9 10
March 9.1 8 9 8 8 10
April 8.8 9 8 8 7 11
May 8.7 8 7 9 11
June 8.5 7 7 8 9
July 9.1 9 8 9 9
August 8.5 9 8 7 9
September 9.2 10 8 10 10
October 10.2 10 11 9 10
November 10.0 10 10 10 10
December 10.1 10 10 10 11
Average 9.4 8.9 9.1 8.6 8.8 9.9

5th highest wind speed of Uruguay

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 124° 147° 139° 127° 147°
February 139° 199° 179° 153° 167°
March 106° 148° 153° 149° 123°
April 131° 180° 278° 081° 180°
May 260° 196° 273° 272°
June 222° 271° 239° 231°
July 104° 120° 308° 295°
August 323° 168° 135° 348°
September 146° 135° 142° 138°
October 145° 169° 165° 149°
November 150° 145° 160° 098°
December 134° 157° 132° 142°

Prevailing wind direction

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