Rodgers Flat Heliport

CN26 · United States

Climate Rodgers Flat Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chico Regional Airport (KCIC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.9 62 74 85 83 64
February 85.3 79 81 95 69 100
March 81.6 87 71 91 63 83
April 90.9 95 90 81 89
May 96.2 94 99 97 97
June 97.0 99 96 99 96
July 98.4 100 98 98 100
August 96.2 99 99 76 89
September 95.6 98 96 97 62
October 96.2 95 99 92 76
November 89.6 96 88 55 81
December 78.3 83 72 48 92
Average 88.1 76.9 90.9 93.2 85.3 87.2

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 87.0 83 87 92 100 85
February 93.4 92 93 95 75 100
March 93.3 96 89 97 69 100
April 96.8 99 97 86 100
May 98.1 98 99 97 97
June 98.2 99 98 99 96
July 99.5 100 99 100 100
August 97.6 99 100 80 89
September 97.4 100 97 97 72
October 98.5 99 100 96 81
November 95.2 100 96 59 81
December 88.2 92 84 61 96
Average 94.1 90.7 96.3 96.6 88.7 92.7

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 12.2 13 14 16 11 11
February 13.9 15 14 20 12 16
March 16.0 17 14 23 15 15
April 21.2 23 23 22 21
May 26.2 27 29 28 25
June 31.4 31 34 32 30
July 34.4 37 36 34 32
August 33.4 36 37 33 32
September 29.4 30 33 29 29
October 23.8 27 28 19 24
November 15.5 19 16 14 14
December 11.9 15 14 9 12
Average 21.6 15.1 23.8 26.0 21.6 21.5

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 5.0 6 4 3 6 6
February 4.8 6 3 3 5 5
March 6.8 7 5 7 6 7
April 10.1 9 9 10 11
May 13.8 14 14 14 15
June 18.0 17 18 19 18
July 20.8 21 20 21 21
August 20.2 21 21 20 21
September 17.0 17 18 17 18
October 11.4 11 13 12 13
November 6.5 6 4 8 5
December 4.3 6 3 5 3
Average 11.0 6.5 11.0 11.2 11.9 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 13 20 2 0 8
February 6.1 13 6 0 6 0
March 10.3 11 19 2 6 11
April 3.7 2 3 5 19
May 0.6 1 0 0 3
June 0.3 0 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.5 1 1 0 0
October 1.7 4 0 8 0
November 2.9 2 5 0 0
December 7.4 6 6 26 0
Average 4.2 12.1 4.7 1.3 2.7 3.2

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 9.0 8 10 10 8 7
February 8.4 9 9 8 7 9
March 9.2 11 9 7 9 12
April 9.0 8 10 8 10
May 8.4 7 11 8 7
June 7.2 6 9 7 5
July 5.4 6 6 5 5
August 5.4 6 5 4 4
September 5.6 6 5 6 4
October 5.6 6 4 8 4
November 6.3 6 7 5 7
December 6.7 6 8 7 7
Average 7.0 9.2 7.1 7.5 6.8 6.5

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 127° 130° 303° 174° 149°
February 139° 141° 306° 316° 304°
March 134° 135° 257° 075° 132°
April 224° 162° 172° 165°
May 155° 274° 294° 144°
June 172° 161° 150° 159°
July 165° 152° 153° 160°
August 191° 156° 168° 147°
September 168° 169° 172° 272°
October 256° 297° 141° 154°
November 295° 256° 293° 319°
December 126° 137° 117° 266°

Prevailing wind direction

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