Total RF Heliport

00A · New Jersey, United States

Climate Total RF Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Northeast Philadelphia Airport (KPNE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.9 59 83 79 83 84
February 77.7 87 84 71 64 77
March 78.8 75 81 76 80 72
April 82.3 78 85 87 82
May 77.7 92 71 84 83
June 84.3 68 84 90 92
July 85.9 84 94 84 84
August 85.5 82 90 87 85
September 79.3 66 86 89 82
October 76.4 88 67 80 70
November 86.6 89 79 98 83
December 76.4 70 63 82 83
Average 80.2 73.5 80.3 79.8 84.3 81.8

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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 86.6 71 93 89 91 90
February 84.7 96 88 77 75 86
March 86.6 82 91 81 88 85
April 91.5 86 94 94 93
May 88.3 94 87 94 93
June 93.3 85 93 98 97
July 94.6 94 99 93 94
August 95.5 95 97 97 95
September 91.8 85 95 97 94
October 87.0 93 79 94 82
November 93.9 96 87 100 94
December 85.1 76 75 90 92
Average 89.5 82.4 89.8 88.7 93.0 91.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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 6.4 6 10 3 6 9
February 9.1 10 10 8 4 11
March 12.4 14 12 14 14 15
April 18.4 20 17 18 16
May 23.4 23 24 23 22
June 28.2 27 28 29 30
July 31.3 31 32 30 32
August 29.9 29 32 30 29
September 26.0 26 26 26 23
October 20.4 21 18 21 20
November 13.4 13 15 12 17
December 8.6 10 8 11 8
Average 17.9 9.8 19.3 19.1 18.6 19.2

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 -2.9 0 3 -5 -1 1
February 0.0 1 0 -2 -2 1
March 2.6 5 2 3 2 5
April 7.9 9 7 7 7
May 13.0 11 14 11 12
June 17.8 16 18 18 19
July 21.8 22 23 21 22
August 20.9 20 22 21 21
September 16.5 17 16 17 11
October 11.4 11 9 13 11
November 3.5 3 5 3 5
December 1.0 3 1 3 0
Average 8.6 1.6 9.7 9.3 9.3 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 17 11 12 3 3
February 10.0 6 6 15 17 9
March 10.4 14 9 11 8 10
April 5.6 8 7 4 7
May 6.5 3 9 5 4
June 3.4 4 4 4 2
July 3.9 5 2 3 4
August 3.3 4 1 4 6
September 5.3 10 6 3 2
October 6.6 3 15 2 9
November 5.4 3 11 3 5
December 9.1 11 19 1 9
Average 7.0 12.6 5.9 8.4 4.6 5.4

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 8.6 8 8 9 9 9
February 8.0 7 8 8 8 8
March 9.6 10 10 9 9 9
April 9.2 9 10 9 10
May 7.6 7 8 7 9
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 5.9 5 7 6 6
August 6.3 6 7 6 7
September 7.1 8 7 8 6
October 7.2 6 7 8 7
November 7.8 7 8 8 8
December 7.6 7 8 7 9
Average 7.7 8.3 7.2 7.8 7.5 7.7

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 323° 301° 312° 319° 301°
February 317° 292° 293° 335° 280°
March 318° 309° 290° 302° 347°
April 297° 304° 301° 314°
May 338° 060° 318° 331°
June 010° 291° 234° 297°
July 246° 257° 286° 293°
August 317° 255° 330° 273°
September 025° 316° 308° 020°
October 306° 008° 320° 332°
November 303° 286° 293° 275°
December 298° 318° 280° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

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