HSCMH Heliport

03AR · Arkansas, United States

Climate HSCMH Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Memorial Field (KHOT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.8 51 60 80 75 49
February 59.3 69 64 60 48 68
March 70.0 66 62 76 78 50
April 75.2 69 67 81 77
May 79.8 81 73 72 81
June 87.9 90 89 80 88
July 88.9 84 91 91 86
August 89.0 93 79 94 98
September 85.5 88 92 86 77
October 77.9 70 88 79 70
November 72.4 66 64 84 75
December 66.1 71 40 56 69
Average 75.3 61.8 75.3 76.1 77.7 74.0

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 81.0 66 78 88 93 69
February 81.2 90 79 79 71 90
March 88.7 87 82 91 90 78
April 91.8 88 86 96 89
May 94.4 93 93 95 93
June 95.4 94 93 95 97
July 95.8 93 98 97 95
August 95.6 95 91 97 100
September 95.2 93 96 96 94
October 90.0 82 93 94 90
November 88.0 87 83 94 87
December 80.8 85 48 79 85
Average 89.3 81.2 87.8 88.0 91.9 89.0

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 11.9 9 14 13 12 12
February 14.6 18 16 14 8 14
March 19.6 20 19 20 21 20
April 22.8 22 23 22 22
May 27.4 28 29 24 26
June 31.5 32 32 31 31
July 33.6 33 36 33 33
August 32.9 36 33 34 32
September 30.7 32 31 31 27
October 24.2 25 25 25 22
November 17.3 17 16 17 20
December 14.1 15 13 18 13
Average 22.4 15.5 24.1 24.1 23.0 22.4

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 1.6 -1 5 -1 2 4
February 4.0 6 5 0 -1 4
March 8.1 9 8 5 9 10
April 11.2 11 12 10 11
May 16.6 16 18 14 16
June 21.1 21 21 21 21
July 23.3 23 25 22 24
August 22.8 24 23 24 21
September 19.2 19 18 19 19
October 12.6 13 11 15 12
November 5.9 6 6 5 8
December 4.1 3 6 8 2
Average 11.6 4.6 12.7 12.2 12.2 12.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 23 10 9 8 10
February 10.3 9 18 7 9 8
March 6.5 8 12 8 3 11
April 6.3 8 7 6 8
May 4.5 5 2 7 7
June 3.3 2 4 5 5
July 2.8 3 0 3 3
August 4.0 1 9 1 1
September 3.4 3 2 1 6
October 6.6 15 5 4 3
November 6.2 8 9 1 5
December 8.0 5 21 5 8
Average 6.5 12.9 7.2 6.2 4.4 6.1

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 5.4 5 6 6 6 5
February 5.8 5 6 6 5 6
March 6.1 5 6 6 6 6
April 6.0 6 6 6 5
May 5.4 5 6 6 5
June 5.1 5 5 5 5
July 4.8 5 6 4 4
August 4.6 5 5 5 4
September 4.7 4 5 5 5
October 5.2 5 6 5 5
November 4.8 5 5 5 5
December 5.0 5 5 6 5
Average 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.0

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 060° 226° 336° 315° 088°
February 215° 199° 272° 072° 340°
March 182° 145° 188° 146° 138°
April 146° 152° 181° 165°
May 128° 174° 131° 119°
June 184° 150° 177° 181°
July 221° 187° 190° 190°
August 177° 117° 170° 235°
September 118° 068° 132° 067°
October 152° 184° 213° 081°
November 114° 087° 150° 129°
December 251° 099° 194° 219°

Prevailing wind direction

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