Yeonpyeong-Myeon Heliport

RKSQ · Hwanghae-namdo, South Korea

Climate Yeonpyeong-Myeon Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Incheon International Airport (RKSI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.4 67 70 83 82 75
February 74.6 64 73 81 68 64
March 70.8 83 70 75 59 80
April 80.8 70 79 91 92
May 77.9 75 91 76 66
June 73.7 76 60 68 72
July 67.5 54 77 84 64
August 79.4 83 70 80 65
September 84.6 82 88 90 88
October 87.4 87 84 86 87
November 74.1 80 74 69 67
December 78.3 72 88 82 82
Average 76.4 71.5 74.1 78.5 77.9 75.0

11th 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 87.9 88 88 93 91 92
February 88.8 91 92 96 76 85
March 86.0 94 89 90 77 96
April 92.0 85 93 94 98
May 90.7 92 97 89 84
June 91.1 93 85 89 91
July 89.3 88 94 89 88
August 94.8 97 93 93 90
September 93.9 93 96 96 96
October 96.8 97 94 98 96
November 89.5 96 90 85 91
December 91.2 93 97 94 94
Average 91.0 91.2 91.7 92.9 89.4 91.7

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 2.0 3 2 1 2 5
February 4.3 6 5 3 6 6
March 10.7 10 12 10 12 11
April 16.0 17 17 17 14
May 21.1 22 21 20 20
June 25.1 25 25 25 25
July 28.7 29 29 30 26
August 29.2 30 28 29 29
September 25.6 27 26 26 25
October 19.1 20 18 20 19
November 11.7 11 14 12 12
December 3.7 4 2 5 4
Average 15.3 6.4 16.9 16.6 17.1 16.2

12th 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 -6.9 -4 -6 -6 -6 -2
February -3.0 -1 -2 -5 -3 -1
March 2.7 3 3 3 4 3
April 8.1 9 9 9 7
May 13.2 14 14 13 13
June 18.3 19 19 18 18
July 23.1 24 24 24 21
August 23.5 24 23 23 23
September 19.1 21 19 20 18
October 11.7 13 11 13 11
November 4.3 4 6 5 5
December -4.7 -2 -5 -3 -3
Average 8.2 -1.3 10.0 9.8 9.8 9.4

6th 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 6.4 13 6 3 7 8
February 7.2 15 0 5 4 17
March 4.1 6 2 4 9 3
April 6.9 7 1 9 4
May 8.8 11 0 19 12
June 8.7 9 10 10 13
July 12.2 16 10 5 21
August 14.7 18 19 16 23
September 10.9 13 9 10 15
October 5.5 2 10 8 1
November 8.0 12 4 14 6
December 7.6 14 11 7 2
Average 8.7 10.9 9.4 7.2 9.8 10.6

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 7.8 8 8 8 8 7
February 8.7 8 8 10 9 8
March 9.3 10 9 9 9 11
April 9.7 9 10 9 13
May 9.1 8 11 10 8
June 8.3 8 10 8 8
July 8.1 9 8 8 9
August 8.4 8 9 8 9
September 8.2 7 8 8 9
October 8.1 8 8 8 9
November 8.2 10 8 8 9
December 8.2 8 7 9 8
Average 8.5 8.6 8.2 8.8 8.4 9.0

12th 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 326° 313° 311° 330° 344°
February 350° 305° 284° 291° 297°
March 267° 264° 260° 281° 282°
April 240° 237° 273° 267°
May 228° 237° 242° 248°
June 248° 213° 243° 270°
July 211° 243° 248° 342°
August 290° 223° 236° 207°
September 327° 346° 054° 308°
October 275° 312° 322° 318°
November 281° 305° 301° 302°
December 338° 326° 313° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

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