2/38th INF US Army Heliport

KR-0551 · Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Climate 2/38th INF US Army Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gimpo International Airport (RKSS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.0 69 73 79 85 78
February 73.5 57 70 80 69 67
March 72.4 83 70 71 66 87
April 82.5 73 87 90 96
May 81.8 83 96 77 73
June 77.4 74 62 74 86
July 69.6 50 85 87 75
August 79.1 80 71 84 56
September 87.3 79 89 92 92
October 89.0 86 87 87 90
November 76.0 75 74 72 76
December 75.8 67 84 78 81
Average 77.5 70.0 73.0 80.2 80.1 79.5

9th 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 89.6 87 88 91 92 93
February 90.2 92 91 95 87 84
March 89.9 95 90 91 86 97
April 95.4 89 96 96 100
May 93.2 93 99 90 90
June 95.6 95 91 96 97
July 92.1 84 95 95 95
August 95.8 95 96 96 92
September 96.7 97 95 99 99
October 97.3 95 93 99 99
November 91.0 96 89 86 92
December 90.2 91 95 90 92
Average 92.9 91.3 91.8 93.8 92.8 94.0

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 2.7 3 3 3 2 6
February 5.5 8 7 4 8 7
March 12.7 12 15 13 14 13
April 18.1 19 20 19 16
May 23.5 25 24 22 23
June 27.4 28 27 28 28
July 30.3 30 31 32 28
August 30.4 31 29 30 30
September 26.6 28 27 27 26
October 20.1 21 19 20 20
November 12.3 11 15 13 12
December 3.9 5 2 5 4
Average 16.6 7.6 18.5 18.3 18.3 17.7

10th 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 -8.7 -6 -7 -9 -8 -3
February -5.4 -1 -4 -7 -4 -3
March 1.4 1 2 1 3 1
April 7.0 8 8 8 5
May 12.8 14 12 12 14
June 18.3 19 19 19 19
July 23.1 24 24 24 21
August 23.1 24 22 22 24
September 17.3 19 17 18 16
October 9.0 10 9 11 7
November 1.7 1 3 2 2
December -6.5 -4 -7 -5 -6
Average 6.8 -2.1 8.7 8.2 8.5 8.0

3rd 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 7.0 13 10 5 8 9
February 7.3 17 1 5 3 18
March 4.5 7 3 5 9 4
April 7.5 13 0 8 4
May 9.1 13 1 18 10
June 10.1 12 20 12 9
July 15.0 24 14 8 22
August 16.7 19 24 17 28
September 10.7 15 9 9 18
October 6.1 4 11 11 1
November 6.7 13 4 8 6
December 7.4 16 10 6 2
Average 9.4 11.8 12.2 9.2 9.9 11.1

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 6.0 6 6 6 7 5
February 7.0 6 7 8 8 6
March 7.6 8 7 7 7 9
April 8.3 8 8 8 11
May 7.6 7 9 8 7
June 6.9 7 8 6 7
July 6.6 7 7 6 7
August 6.6 6 7 6 7
September 6.5 6 7 7 7
October 6.2 6 6 6 7
November 6.2 7 6 6 7
December 6.3 7 6 7 7
Average 6.8 6.9 6.7 7.1 6.8 7.2

10th 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 311° 300° 316° 309° 326°
February 298° 303° 285° 284° 291°
March 264° 267° 269° 274° 277°
April 233° 246° 263° 269°
May 235° 254° 243° 251°
June 250° 223° 245° 269°
July 210° 249° 238° 010°
August 292° 231° 219° 211°
September 010° 015° 095° 305°
October 285° 320° 297° 309°
November 267° 311° 286° 296°
December 309° 311° 309° 310°

Prevailing wind direction

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