Climate and average weather in Purranque

Purranque gets about 1507 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around May 1 to Nov 3, peaking in June at about 61% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 19.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 228 mm over about 19 wet days; January is the driest, with 48 mm.

Over a full year, Purranque collects about 1507 mm of rain across 154 wet days — roughly 126 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 228 mm, while January is the driest at just 48 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

In Purranque, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 1 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around April 15. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 56% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 16 and lasts for 7.5 months, ending around November 30. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 76% of the time.

Purranque averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Dec 6 to Apr 13. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 2 sunny days — about 80% fewer than the February peak.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Purranque, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 1% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Purranque is steady company: average speeds sit near 13 km/h — light breeze — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.