Quinn Heliport

CA91 · California, United States

Climate Quinn Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Riverside Municipal Airport (KRAL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.8 84 79 97 95 90
February 86.0 73 84 92 90 96
March 86.6 83 71 95 90 89
April 85.7 78 84 86 83
May 75.5 63 77 70 89
June 78.0 64 86 95 76
July 94.2 92 96 98 93
August 94.0 95 98 93 97
September 87.6 74 91 87 90
October 87.7 93 73 86 85
November 91.1 95 93 82 98
December 91.1 89 93 79 96
Average 86.4 80.0 80.7 89.0 87.4 89.6

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 95.1 91 93 98 98 95
February 94.2 84 99 100 94 98
March 95.0 92 89 98 98 96
April 96.0 86 98 98 97
May 92.2 89 91 89 96
June 91.6 89 95 99 92
July 96.7 95 98 98 97
August 97.5 98 99 100 99
September 94.9 88 96 95 96
October 93.8 96 84 91 94
November 94.6 99 96 85 99
December 95.2 93 96 85 100
Average 94.2 88.9 92.5 95.5 94.2 96.4

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 19.5 19 16 21 21 20
February 19.5 18 18 23 21 23
March 20.9 19 17 25 21 19
April 25.2 24 26 25 23
May 25.9 24 27 26 29
June 30.7 26 33 32 30
July 35.1 36 34 35 34
August 35.2 35 36 34 36
September 32.7 29 35 32 36
October 29.0 30 28 27 31
November 24.4 24 21 26 25
December 19.7 21 16 17 22
Average 25.6 18.4 25.0 27.4 26.5 27.3

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 7.8 7 7 9 8 7
February 7.6 9 6 8 8 8
March 9.0 9 8 10 8 9
April 11.3 10 12 11 12
May 13.0 13 13 13 14
June 15.3 14 17 16 16
July 18.9 19 18 19 17
August 19.5 19 21 19 20
September 17.9 17 21 17 18
October 14.3 14 15 12 16
November 10.2 10 9 11 9
December 7.6 9 6 7 8
Average 12.2 8.1 12.1 13.4 12.5 12.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.0 7 12 0 5 0
February 6.6 16 7 1 0 2
March 6.4 12 16 1 3 9
April 1.3 1 0 0 9
May 1.0 3 0 0 0
June 0.1 1 0 0 0
July 0.3 0 0 1 0
August 0.5 4 0 0 0
September 0.5 2 2 1 0
October 0.5 0 0 2 0
November 1.9 2 3 0 1
December 4.9 2 7 12 2
Average 3.3 11.4 3.9 0.9 1.9 1.9

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 5.0 4 6 6 6 5
February 5.4 4 6 7 6 6
March 5.4 5 5 6 6 5
April 5.6 5 6 6 5
May 5.3 5 6 6 5
June 5.4 5 6 6 6
July 5.6 6 6 6 5
August 5.5 5 6 5 6
September 5.1 5 5 5 5
October 5.2 5 5 5 5
November 4.9 6 6 5 5
December 4.4 4 4 4 5
Average 5.2 4.5 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.3

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 327° 333° 021° 004° 355°
February 308° 318° 011° 332° 353°
March 269° 263° 295° 279° 272°
April 270° 279° 278° 275°
May 269° 270° 272° 270°
June 269° 271° 271° 275°
July 271° 271° 272° 271°
August 272° 270° 272° 273°
September 268° 268° 271° 277°
October 307° 272° 278° 299°
November 001° 357° 329° 308°
December 011° 270° 270° 027°

Prevailing wind direction

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