SCTE — El Tepual International Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Puerto Montt city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 9 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
172 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
May and June
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=755)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year El Tepual International Airport spends 172 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in May and June. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~10 hJanFebruary: ~6 hFebMarch: ~14 hMarApril: ~16 hAprMay: ~30 hMayJune: ~24 hJunJuly: ~23 hJulAugust: ~16 hAugSeptember: ~9 hSepOctober: ~9 hOctNovember: ~3 hNovDecember: ~4 hDec
Fog season is January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, peaking in May; fog is mostly a 3 AM–10 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 11 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.