Climate Taichung Veterans General Hospital Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (RCMQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	60.3	62	51	54	71	60
February	53.7	60	41	33	60	65
March	56.6	58	75	36	56	61
April	65.5		59	69	70	76
May	64.1		63	37	84	61
June	67.7		58	61	65	79
July	74.5		68	75	74	77
August	70.0		60	86	68	75
September	78.9		68	71	78	89
October	81.3		65	78	84	92
November	76.8		84	62	81	83
December	68.3		61	60	75	62
Average	67.1	59.9	62.4	59.2	72.0	73.2

5th best VFR conditions of Taiwan

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	77.1	86	66	68	85	85
February	71.8	76	62	52	75	84
March	79.9	85	92	51	77	88
April	89.1		82	86	92	94
May	86.7		91	68	96	86
June	88.7		93	85	88	97
July	96.5		97	97	98	99
August	92.1		93	98	88	96
September	94.9		97	88	96	98
October	95.3		86	95	98	99
November	90.8		97	74	97	93
December	85.7		91	78	89	75
Average	86.8	82.6	87.0	77.7	90.0	91.0

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	20.4	20	20	20	20	21
February	21.0	23	20	18	23	22
March	23.8	24	24	24	25	25
April	26.2		26	25	27	25
May	29.2		28	26	32	31
June	30.7		31	31	30	32
July	32.0		32	32	32	33
August	31.5		31	32	31	32
September	31.1		31	30	32	32
October	28.8		29	28	29	30
November	26.4		26	27	25	28
December	21.9		22	20	21	22
Average	26.3	22.0	26.6	26.3	27.1	27.6

6th highest temperature of Taiwan

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	13.1	12	12	14	12	14
February	13.4	13	13	13	14	14
March	16.1	16	15	16	17	17
April	19.2		19	19	19	18
May	22.9		22	21	25	24
June	24.7		25	24	25	25
July	25.6		25	25	26	26
August	25.3		25	25	24	26
September	24.1		24	23	24	24
October	21.2		21	21	22	22
November	18.6		17	20	17	20
December	15.0		15	14	14	16
Average	19.2	13.8	19.6	19.6	19.8	20.3

1st lowest temperature of Taiwan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.2	3	10	18	4	2
February	9.6	7	7	30	3	6
March	10.2	8	9	18	4	7
April	8.5		8	11	8	6
May	17.2		16	39	8	17
June	20.0		18	20	23	10
July	8.4		11	5	10	7
August	11.9		12	4	18	10
September	6.0		11	15	4	4
October	6.0		9	11	10	3
November	4.6		0	11	5	4
December	9.2		10	19	8	9
Average	9.5	5.7	10.1	17.1	8.7	7.2

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	10.8	11	12	12	12	9
February	10.4	9	12	12	9	9
March	8.9	10	10	8	9	9
April	8.6		8	9	9	9
May	8.0		8	8	9	8
June	8.5		7	8	9	10
July	7.9		7	7	9	8
August	7.2		8	6	7	7
September	7.9		5	10	6	8
October	11.2		11	12	9	13
November	9.8		8	8	10	11
December	12.3		10	15	13	14
Average	9.3	9.8	8.7	9.4	9.2	9.4

6th highest wind speed of Taiwan

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°	003°	003°	002°	003°
February	357°	359°	002°	347°	360°
March	345°	350°	350°	346°	349°
April		343°	347°	346°	355°
May		328°	348°	250°	252°
June		276°	233°	218°	235°
July		265°	252°	278°	241°
August		219°	308°	231°	289°
September		328°	355°	317°	347°
October		001°	007°	357°	005°
November		009°	354°	001°	002°
December		016°	009°	005°	008°

Prevailing wind direction

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