Daejon Government Heliport

KR-0013 · Daejeon, South Korea

Climate Daejon Government Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (RKTU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.0 60 74 89 83 75
February 79.8 56 79 92 86 75
March 81.6 80 89 80 79 89
April 89.1 78 93 98 99
May 88.3 84 99 80 83
June 87.7 81 89 90 88
July 74.4 56 86 90 72
August 81.3 80 69 85 76
September 84.9 69 93 84 93
October 87.3 84 88 90 92
November 80.0 80 84 77 83
December 78.3 61 85 82 82
Average 80.9 65.7 76.1 86.8 85.4 83.9

4th 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 84.5 80 80 94 89 85
February 88.6 86 87 95 93 82
March 90.7 92 98 93 87 95
April 96.2 94 99 98 100
May 95.6 96 100 91 95
June 95.5 97 97 96 96
July 92.2 89 98 100 96
August 92.8 95 87 90 95
September 92.7 87 93 92 98
October 92.0 89 93 93 95
November 88.4 95 88 85 96
December 86.9 79 90 89 89
Average 91.0 86.1 90.7 93.9 92.1 93.6

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 3.5 4 4 4 3 6
February 6.7 8 8 5 9 7
March 13.9 12 17 14 15 14
April 19.4 20 21 20 18
May 24.6 25 26 22 24
June 28.4 29 29 28 29
July 30.3 30 31 32 27
August 30.6 32 29 29 32
September 26.2 27 27 26 25
October 20.0 21 20 21 20
November 13.2 12 15 14 13
December 4.6 6 3 6 4
Average 17.3 8.0 19.1 19.0 18.7 18.2

4th 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 -8.0 -5 -8 -10 -9 -4
February -6.6 -1 -5 -8 -5 -4
March 0.4 0 1 1 2 0
April 5.7 7 6 7 3
May 11.8 12 11 11 13
June 17.9 18 19 18 19
July 22.4 23 23 23 20
August 22.4 23 22 22 24
September 16.1 19 16 16 14
October 7.6 8 8 9 6
November 0.6 1 2 2 0
December -7.6 -4 -8 -6 -8
Average 6.0 -3.7 7.9 7.3 7.4 7.0

1st 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 10.0 19 15 7 9 12
February 9.2 23 1 12 3 16
March 8.0 13 4 11 11 5
April 8.7 17 5 7 3
May 9.7 16 0 21 12
June 9.6 11 18 8 11
July 17.1 31 14 4 24
August 16.6 19 24 18 22
September 10.8 19 5 12 12
October 6.4 5 7 8 1
November 6.4 9 4 10 6
December 8.8 18 18 4 5
Average 11.0 18.2 14.1 10.5 9.6 11.0

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 4.6 4 5 4 4 4
February 5.6 5 4 7 6 5
March 6.3 7 6 6 5 7
April 7.0 7 6 7 9
May 6.4 5 7 6 6
June 5.2 5 6 5 5
July 4.7 5 4 5 5
August 4.9 4 5 4 5
September 4.8 4 5 5 6
October 4.4 4 4 4 5
November 4.4 6 4 5 5
December 4.4 5 3 5 4
Average 5.3 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.4

4th 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 296° 284° 289° 288° 323°
February 320° 291° 292° 280° 290°
March 272° 269° 276° 279° 273°
April 251° 280° 280° 276°
May 277° 271° 267° 270°
June 271° 235° 267° 277°
July 245° 251° 175° 080°
August 358° 246° 050° 237°
September 028° 051° 082° 325°
October 315° 303° 294° 306°
November 269° 298° 272° 291°
December 298° 292° 294° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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