Shell Industrial Area Heliport

NG-0011 · Rivers, Nigeria

Climate Shell Industrial Area Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Harcourt International Airport (DNPO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.2 12 5 5 15 4
February 12.6 15 12 10 12 9
March 19.7 25 19 9 16 21
April 20.6 26 16 18 16 20
May 23.8 21 21 30 18 26
June 10.9 13 7 50 13 11
July 4.9 5 3 7 4 5
August 9.0 4 10 13 0 18
September 6.7 6 5 13 5 5
October 12.4 12 20 25 11
November 17.4 24 18 8 14
December 19.6 7 27 3 26
Average 14.3 14.0 10.7 16.8 13.9 14.4

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 49.6 59 47 32 66 31
February 59.4 53 52 37 66 52
March 74.9 77 67 77 63 79
April 75.1 84 69 72 71 71
May 70.7 70 67 82 60 76
June 46.7 53 38 75 47 46
July 33.0 31 31 29 36 29
August 37.4 28 30 48 16 60
September 36.2 43 37 39 24 28
October 51.5 56 53 50 52
November 64.7 64 75 39 64
December 65.5 54 86 40 77
Average 56.5 55.6 48.4 60.1 59.0 56.1

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 33.4 35 34 31 34 34
February 34.3 36 35 32 35 36
March 32.5 34 30 31 33 34
April 32.0 34 31 31 33 32
May 31.4 32 32 31 31 32
June 30.0 31 30 30 29 30
July 28.4 29 30 28 28 28
August 28.6 29 29 29 27 30
September 29.1 31 30 29 26 29
October 29.9 31 29 27 31
November 31.2 31 32 28 32
December 32.7 34 33 31 33
Average 31.1 32.2 31.4 30.4 30.3 31.7

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 22.1 23 22 24 21 20
February 24.0 25 24 27 22 23
March 24.7 25 23 26 24 25
April 24.1 24 24 25 24 25
May 23.7 25 22 25 24 24
June 23.2 24 22 29 23 21
July 23.5 23 22 27 25 24
August 23.0 22 22 23 24 22
September 23.2 22 24 23 24 24
October 23.4 23 23 25 23
November 23.5 24 23 24 23
December 22.6 21 23 26 23
Average 23.4 23.6 22.6 24.2 23.8 23.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
March 0.8 1 1 0 1 0
April 0.5 1 0 1 0 2
May 1.3 1 2 3 2 1
June 5.2 1 10 0 3 4
July 11.5 12 4 21 5 19
August 11.6 19 7 10 6 5
September 8.0 7 8 7 11 10
October 2.5 1 2 0 0
November 0.9 2 1 0 1
December 0.2 0 0 2 0
Average 3.3 4.8 3.3 3.2 1.4 3.3

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 4.0 4 4 4 3 5
February 4.3 4 5 4 3 5
March 4.5 4 5 4 4 5
April 4.6 5 5 4 4 5
May 4.2 4 4 4 4 4
June 4.2 4 4 6 5 4
July 4.2 4 4 5 5 4
August 4.5 5 4 5 4 4
September 4.2 5 4 4 3 4
October 3.7 4 4 3 4
November 3.3 4 3 4 3
December 3.4 4 3 4 3
Average 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0

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 010° 349° 026° 268° 014°
February 253° 270° 282° 262° 356°
March 211° 212° 220° 225° 231°
April 200° 211° 215° 207° 213°
May 221° 233° 213° 215° 221°
June 208° 238° 225° 226° 217°
July 219° 241° 241° 226° 230°
August 215° 242° 242° 228° 249°
September 238° 240° 248° 246° 224°
October 209° 223° 203° 218°
November 224° 219° 225° 221°
December 010° 266° 034° 248°

Prevailing wind direction

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