Climate Rinchending Heliport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cooch Behar Airport (VECO) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	0.0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0
May	0.0		0	0
June	0.0		0	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.0		0	0
September	0.0		0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0
November	1.8		0	0	6
December	0.0		0	0	0
Average	0.6				2.4

47th best VFR conditions of India

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
January	0.6	1	0	1
February	4.3	0	10	3
March	16.0	21	26	0
April	27.7		45	8
May	48.1		68	26
June	40.3		59	19
July	60.7		75	44
August	44.8		49	40
September	53.7		71	36
October	65.5		61	76	45
November	68.3		77	69	59
December	30.8		48	25	19
Average	31.5	7.9	49.5	29.2	39.3

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
January	23.4	22	24	25
February	25.6	26	27	25
March	30.2	29	30	32
April	30.4		32	29
May	31.8		33	31
June	30.6		31	30
July	33.3		33	34
August	33.1		32	35
September	33.0		33	33
October	31.1		31	31	31
November	29.9		30	30	30
December	27.0		27	28	27
Average	28.6	25.5	30.1	30.3	28.5

57th highest temperature of India

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	13.6	13	14	14
February	17.0	17	18	16
March	23.0	22	23	24
April	25.0		26	24
May	26.9		27	27
June	26.8		27	26
July	28.7		28	29
August	28.7		28	29
September	28.3		29	28
October	25.3		26	25	25
November	21.6		23	23	20
December	18.0		19	20	16
Average	21.1	17.5	23.9	23.9	19.0

55th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	0.7	1	0	1
February	1.4	1	0	3
March	3.1	6	1	2
April	3.0		0	7
May	2.5		2	4
June	15.8		12	20
July	11.2		15	7
August	13.8		17	10
September	9.4		10	9
October	5.3		8	4	1
November	0.0		0	0	0
December	0.8		2	0	1
Average	3.7	2.9	5.8	5.6	0.4

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
January	1.3	2	1	1
February	2.8	3	3	2
March	3.1	4	3	2
April	3.2		4	3
May	2.3		3	1
June	1.7		3	1
July	1.2		2	1
August	1.6		3	1
September	1.5		2	1
October	1.7		3	1	1
November	1.6		2	2	1
December	1.2		2	1	0
Average	1.9	3.1	2.6	1.3	0.5

57th highest wind speed of India

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	214°	245°	044°
February	183°	098°	102°
March	176°	112°	116°
April		108°	078°
May		097°	082°
June		093°	078°
July		109°	107°
August		102°	104°
September		078°	146°
October		062°	067°	071°
November		060°	069°	053°
December		064°	082°	017°

Prevailing wind direction

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