Climate Palgong San Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Daegu Airport (RKTN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.8	85	86	97	92	88
February	88.5	59	86	100	95	89
March	89.3	84	94	87	87	92
April	90.4		85	94	97	95
May	87.8		81	97	85	85
June	87.7		85	93	84	88
July	76.4		54	90	88	61
August	83.1		69	86	86	84
September	83.0		76	93	78	85
October	92.9		98	96	93	98
November	93.9		97	97	91	93
December	92.3		85	99	97	95
Average	86.6	76.2	81.9	93.5	89.1	87.1

1st best VFR conditions of South Korea

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	94.2	96	94	100	95	91
February	95.7	95	97	100	96	91
March	94.5	93	97	99	91	95
April	95.9		100	100	97	96
May	95.6		97	99	92	92
June	95.7		93	99	95	97
July	90.3		89	96	94	74
August	92.6		91	96	93	89
September	92.1		89	99	94	92
October	95.6		100	99	97	100
November	96.4		99	99	94	94
December	95.4		93	100	99	98
Average	94.5	94.6	94.6	98.6	94.7	92.1

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	6.3	7	6	7	6	8
February	9.1	10	10	7	11	10
March	15.3	14	19	16	16	16
April	20.5		21	22	21	19
May	25.7		25	27	24	26
June	29.1		30	29	28	30
July	31.0		31	32	32	27
August	31.8		32	31	30	33
September	26.7		28	27	27	26
October	21.4		22	22	22	21
November	15.3		15	17	15	15
December	7.3		8	6	8	7
Average	18.8	10.1	20.6	20.7	20.2	19.9

2nd highest temperature of South Korea

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	-5.7	-3	-5	-5	-5	-1
February	-2.1	1	-2	-4	-1	0
March	3.4	3	5	3	5	3
April	8.5		9	9	9	6
May	13.8		14	14	13	14
June	19.1		19	20	19	20
July	23.2		24	24	23	21
August	23.6		24	23	23	25
September	18.0		20	18	19	17
October	10.3		10	10	11	10
November	3.3		3	4	4	3
December	-4.6		-2	-4	-3	-4
Average	8.4	0.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.5

7th lowest temperature of South Korea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	6	5	0	5	12
February	5.5	18	0	0	3	9
March	8.7	14	4	11	11	6
April	7.9		11	2	5	7
May	9.7		19	2	14	8
June	9.9		10	12	10	10
July	16.9		26	11	13	33
August	14.2		16	21	19	12
September	12.6		18	6	10	14
October	5.7		1	5	6	0
November	4.2		3	4	5	8
December	4.3		9	2	1	2
Average	9.3	12.7	10.7	6.7	8.8	10.3

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	6.8	7	7	6	7	6
February	6.9	6	6	8	8	7
March	6.3	7	5	6	7	7
April	7.2		8	6	8	9
May	6.4		5	7	7	7
June	5.8		6	6	6	6
July	5.5		4	6	6	5
August	5.4		6	5	5	5
September	5.5		5	6	6	5
October	5.4		5	6	4	6
November	5.6		7	5	6	7
December	6.6		6	6	7	7
Average	6.1	6.2	5.7	6.2	6.3	6.3

2nd highest wind speed of South Korea

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	303°	300°	301°	306°	308°
February	122°	299°	306°	302°	303°
March	287°	285°	299°	294°	294°
April		267°	270°	167°	298°
May		158°	296°	295°	260°
June		264°	161°	137°	237°
July		177°	130°	123°	134°
August		134°	269°	123°	212°
September		123°	122°	115°	135°
October		307°	304°	292°	316°
November		297°	300°	305°	305°
December		297°	300°	302°	303°

Prevailing wind direction

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