Climate Orocovis Health Center Heliport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mercedita Airport (TJPS) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	99.5	100	99
February	94.9	92	99
March	97.9	97	99
April	96.4		96
May	95.2		95
June	90.9		91
July	97.3		97
August	77.3		77
September	93.5		93
October	88.9		89
November	97.6		99	97
December	98.0		97	100
Average	95.9	96.5	94.2	97.9

66th best VFR conditions of United States

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
January	99.6	100	99
February	99.1	99	100
March	99.1	99	100
April	97.2		97
May	99.2		99
June	98.6		99
July	99.2		99
August	80.4		80
September	98.5		99
October	96.5		97
November	98.7		100	98
December	98.9		99	100
Average	98.3	99.1	97.3	98.3

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
January	27.6	31	29
February	27.5	30	30
March	28.8	31	30
April	27.1		30
May	28.0		31
June	29.3		32
July	30.3		33
August	28.3		30
September	30.0		32
October	30.5		32
November	29.1		31	30
December	27.2		31	29
Average	29.0	30.3	30.9	29.5

55th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	20.4	21	21
February	20.7	22	20
March	21.2	22	20
April	20.8		20
May	22.5		22
June	24.6		25
July	24.2		24
August	22.3		20
September	24.1		24
October	23.6		25
November	22.1		24	20
December	20.6		22	19
Average	21.3	21.4	22.3	19.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	3.6	0	11
February	0.3	0	1
March	0.7	0	1
April	2.4		3
May	1.0		1
June	1.8		2
July	0.2		0
August	0.0		0
September	0.0		0
October	1.9		0
November	29.4		0	67
December	4.0		0	12
Average	12.5		1.2	41.8

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
January	9.2	10	7
February	7.9	7	9
March	9.0	8	10
April	9.6		10
May	8.7		9
June	9.8		10
July	10.6		11
August	6.9		7
September	6.5		6
October	5.4		6
November	7.6		8	7
December	6.8		8	5
Average	7.8	8.6	8.4	6.3

55th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	131°	133°
February	145°	121°
March	139°	137°
April		138°
May		136°
June		135°
July		131°
August		135°
September		151°
October		146°
November		133°	126°
December		130°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

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