Sunstate Heliport

0AZ7 · Arizona, United States

Climate Sunstate Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.9 93 97 100 99 97
February 98.0 98 100 99 100 99
March 99.2 99 98 100 100 97
April 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
July 99.6 100 100 100 98 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
October 99.4 100 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 99 100 100
December 97.7 95 92 97 99
Average 99.3 99.0 99.1 99.4 99.4 99.4

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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 99.4 98 99 100 100 99
February 99.5 99 100 100 100 99
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
April 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 99 100 100
December 99.1 99 98 98 100
Average 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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 19.6 19 18 21 20 20
February 21.4 22 20 22 23 22
March 25.4 25 23 27 25 24
April 31.3 30 31 32 32 30
May 35.2 36 36 36 35 37
June 40.8 42 39 41 42 40
July 42.4 44 46 42 40 43
August 41.4 43 43 40 40 44
September 38.7 41 39 39 38 40
October 32.5 36 34 31 31 35
November 25.8 27 22 28 27
December 19.9 22 17 21 20
Average 31.5 33.9 31.4 31.2 31.1 31.8

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 8.2 8 7 9 8 8
February 9.4 11 8 9 10 9
March 12.6 12 11 13 12 13
April 17.2 17 16 17 18 17
May 21.4 22 22 22 21 23
June 27.2 30 25 28 29 27
July 30.8 33 33 31 29 32
August 30.0 32 32 29 29 32
September 26.7 28 27 28 26 27
October 19.6 22 21 20 18 20
November 13.3 15 10 15 14
December 8.7 10 8 10 7
Average 19.1 21.4 18.9 18.9 18.6 18.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.9 5 5 0 3 1
February 2.7 3 1 1 0 2
March 1.5 3 3 1 0 3
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
July 0.8 0 0 1 3 0
August 0.3 0 0 1 1 0
September 0.9 0 1 1 3 0
October 0.6 0 0 0 0 0
November 0.5 1 0 0 0
December 2.1 2 4 3 1
Average 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.5

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 5.0 5 5 5 5 4
February 6.1 6 8 6 6 6
March 6.2 6 6 7 7 6
April 6.5 6 6 7 7 6
May 6.4 6 7 6 6 6
June 6.0 6 6 6 7 6
July 6.2 6 6 6 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 5 6 6
September 5.8 7 6 5 5 6
October 5.6 5 5 6 6 5
November 4.8 5 6 5 4
December 4.5 4 4 4 5
Average 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.4

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 120° 147° 068° 109° 110°
February 175° 158° 101° 264° 098°
March 160° 208° 219° 201° 167°
April 203° 226° 219° 208° 197°
May 219° 170° 228° 194° 240°
June 179° 188° 165° 215° 200°
July 259° 260° 255° 163° 252°
August 180° 187° 210° 133° 265°
September 137° 159° 124° 129° 139°
October 162° 131° 101° 121° 137°
November 098° 129° 095° 175°
December 096° 148° 118° 075°

Prevailing wind direction

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