Community Hospital Of De Queen Heliport

01AR · Arkansas, United States

Climate Community Hospital Of De Queen Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport (KDEQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.1 58 62 81 76 55
February 61.5 72 62 67 56 65
March 73.0 76 63 80 86 55
April 76.6 77 70 80 77
May 76.7 70 70 70 80
June 85.5 83 88 81 91
July 87.0 76 94 92 86
August 88.6 93 83 87 94
September 83.7 91 88 88 76
October 74.6 62 79 80 72
November 69.6 72 54 81 77
December 67.2 70 42 63 71
Average 75.6 69.0 73.7 75.8 78.9 75.6

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 83.0 74 78 92 91 78
February 82.2 92 79 86 79 87
March 90.8 94 82 92 98 81
April 91.8 89 88 96 87
May 92.7 89 91 93 94
June 94.3 93 93 94 98
July 93.4 84 96 96 97
August 94.2 95 92 95 97
September 93.0 94 90 96 92
October 85.8 76 85 93 88
November 84.7 87 70 94 94
December 82.2 84 57 84 85
Average 89.2 86.9 86.0 87.1 92.7 90.1

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 13.0 10 16 14 13 14
February 15.4 19 17 15 9 15
March 20.4 21 20 21 21 21
April 23.1 23 24 22 22
May 27.8 28 30 26 27
June 31.8 32 33 31 32
July 33.7 33 37 33 33
August 33.4 36 35 33 32
September 31.0 31 33 32 28
October 24.5 24 26 26 23
November 18.4 18 17 19 20
December 15.0 14 14 20 14
Average 23.1 16.4 24.4 25.3 23.9 23.4

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 0.8 -2 2 -2 2 4
February 3.6 5 5 0 0 3
March 7.3 8 6 5 8 10
April 10.5 10 12 10 11
May 15.9 12 18 16 15
June 20.0 17 21 21 20
July 20.7 10 23 22 23
August 22.1 22 23 23 21
September 18.5 18 17 18 19
October 10.7 10 5 13 12
November 4.7 5 2 4 7
December 3.2 2 4 8 1
Average 10.6 3.7 10.0 10.9 12.1 12.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 13 9 11 6 11
February 10.9 7 14 17 9 10
March 6.2 9 7 9 3 10
April 4.8 4 6 5 5
May 5.2 2 3 7 11
June 3.1 3 2 5 4
July 1.8 2 1 2 1
August 3.9 1 8 2 6
September 3.5 4 1 2 6
October 7.0 13 7 4 5
November 7.3 8 9 3 1
December 7.9 6 15 5 14
Average 6.0 9.7 5.8 6.7 4.1 6.9

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 5.6 6 5 6 6 5
February 5.3 6 2 5 5 6
March 5.3 5 0 7 6 6
April 5.2 0 7 6 5
May 5.1 4 6 5 6
June 4.4 4 4 4 5
July 4.1 4 5 4 4
August 4.1 4 5 4 4
September 4.0 4 4 4 4
October 4.6 4 4 5 4
November 4.4 4 4 4 5
December 4.9 5 4 5 5
Average 4.8 5.4 3.1 5.0 4.9 4.9

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 006° 259° 334° 301° 072°
February 204° 118° 307° 061° 296°
March 167° 360° 216° 159° 129°
April 360° 156° 133° 116°
May 137° 168° 124° 112°
June 146° 138° 171° 171°
July 208° 187° 194° 174°
August 159° 115° 171° 098°
September 109° 151° 114° 083°
October 126° 195° 248° 113°
November 118° 084° 114° 109°
December 285° 139° 198° 235°

Prevailing wind direction

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