Bald Mountain Heliport

76CA · California, United States

Climate Bald Mountain Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Columbia Airport (KO22) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.6 80 73 92 82 87
February 84.3 78 83 96 88 97
March 82.4 86 67 91 88 80
April 89.9 84 98 92 98 83
May 92.2 92 98 100 97
June 88.8 97 99 100 94
July 97.6 100 99 99 100
August 96.3 100 99 94 87
September 98.1 96 99 100 100
October 95.8 94 98 89 100
November 92.4 95 90 91 94
December 85.2 94 81 65 89
Average 89.6 82.0 91.0 95.2 91.7 91.7

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 92.3 94 87 96 91 95
February 91.8 95 91 99 93 99
March 92.0 94 81 99 97 92
April 96.5 94 100 97 99 96
May 96.9 97 99 100 99
June 90.0 99 100 100 97
July 98.3 100 100 100 100
August 98.0 100 100 97 93
September 99.6 100 99 100 100
October 98.6 100 99 94 100
November 96.4 99 94 94 98
December 91.0 98 86 76 95
Average 95.0 94.0 96.2 97.9 95.5 96.5

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 13.8 13 12 16 14 14
February 14.6 14 12 17 15 18
March 16.0 16 12 20 16 16
April 20.7 20 20 21 23 21
May 25.3 24 26 28 27
June 31.5 28 32 34 32
July 35.8 36 35 37 35
August 35.1 34 36 35 36
September 31.1 28 33 32 37
October 25.3 25 27 23 27
November 17.8 19 15 19 18
December 13.7 16 11 11 15
Average 22.1 15.4 22.3 24.4 23.9 23.7

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 2.6 4 2 1 3 3
February 2.3 4 0 2 3 2
March 3.8 4 3 5 3 4
April 6.4 6 6 6 6 7
May 9.1 10 8 9 10
June 13.3 12 14 14 13
July 16.5 17 17 19 16
August 16.9 17 18 17 18
September 14.0 13 16 14 19
October 8.7 9 10 8 10
November 4.6 5 2 6 3
December 2.7 4 1 2 2
Average 7.7 4.5 8.1 8.5 8.6 8.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 2.5 2 3 2 2 2
February 3.3 3 3 3 3 3
March 3.5 4 4 4 3 3
April 3.6 3 4 4 3 4
May 3.3 3 4 3 3
June 3.1 3 4 3 3
July 3.3 3 4 4 3
August 3.3 3 4 3 3
September 2.8 3 3 3 2
October 2.3 3 3 3 3
November 1.8 2 2 2 2
December 2.1 2 3 2 2
Average 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.0 2.7

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 193° 176° 217° 184° 236°
February 171° 199° 222° 233° 220°
March 201° 183° 221° 209° 191°
April 229° 228° 232° 219° 225°
May 210° 240° 223° 218°
June 219° 238° 205° 210°
July 208° 214° 209° 202°
August 208° 210° 201° 209°
September 212° 208° 213° 193°
October 214° 217° 200° 216°
November 198° 208° 214° 206°
December 205° 171° 173° 216°

Prevailing wind direction

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