50 Washington Street Heliport

CT56 · Connecticut, United States

Climate 50 Washington Street Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Westchester County Airport (KHPN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.4 66 71 77 84 81
February 75.9 79 80 72 65 75
March 77.8 73 76 76 81 71
April 75.8 68 84 86 75
May 76.5 94 69 83 81
June 79.7 62 76 84 92
July 81.1 76 92 69 82
August 81.2 68 87 80 85
September 78.8 68 86 81 83
October 72.1 80 73 70 64
November 83.9 90 84 94 80
December 73.6 65 73 76 79
Average 77.3 72.7 74.5 79.4 79.2 79.4

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 83.1 76 77 82 93 86
February 81.3 86 86 78 73 81
March 83.8 84 85 78 85 83
April 82.5 75 90 89 84
May 83.8 96 81 90 86
June 87.2 77 88 92 94
July 89.3 85 96 83 91
August 90.6 83 94 92 93
September 87.3 76 90 91 89
October 81.9 83 80 87 76
November 91.3 97 88 96 88
December 81.1 70 81 81 87
Average 85.1 82.0 82.5 86.1 87.9 86.9

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 4.0 4 8 2 3 6
February 6.1 6 8 6 3 6
March 9.2 11 10 11 11 11
April 14.9 18 14 16 12
May 20.5 21 22 20 19
June 25.4 24 25 27 26
July 28.7 29 30 27 30
August 27.3 26 30 27 28
September 23.6 24 24 24 23
October 18.2 19 17 19 17
November 11.2 11 13 11 14
December 6.5 9 6 8 6
Average 15.2 7.1 17.1 16.9 16.3 16.4

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 -3.1 -1 1 -7 -3 -1
February -3.9 -2 -2 -4 -4 -1
March 0.7 3 1 1 1 3
April 5.6 7 6 5 4
May 10.7 9 13 10 9
June 15.8 15 16 17 16
July 19.8 20 20 19 21
August 19.0 18 20 20 19
September 15.2 16 14 16 14
October 9.6 10 7 10 9
November 2.6 2 5 2 4
December -1.6 2 0 1 -1
Average 6.8 0.0 8.4 7.8 7.8 7.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.8 19 19 15 3 9
February 14.9 11 9 15 27 15
March 13.4 16 15 14 7 12
April 13.2 13 9 10 16
May 12.0 7 14 11 6
June 6.9 6 7 7 5
July 5.8 5 4 8 4
August 6.2 8 3 8 7
September 10.0 22 7 10 5
October 13.1 13 13 7 20
November 8.1 2 10 5 14
December 14.2 14 16 5 13
Average 11.1 15.1 10.5 9.8 8.9 9.7

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 8.9 8 8 9 10 9
February 8.3 9 8 8 8 8
March 9.9 10 10 9 10 9
April 9.1 8 10 9 10
May 7.3 7 7 7 8
June 6.6 7 7 6 6
July 5.8 6 6 6 6
August 5.9 6 6 6 6
September 6.6 7 6 7 7
October 7.0 7 7 7 7
November 8.4 7 8 8 8
December 7.9 7 10 7 9
Average 7.7 8.9 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.6

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 309° 307° 313° 314° 301°
February 307° 300° 288° 323° 289°
March 310° 314° 289° 297° 352°
April 042° 299° 298° 317°
May 312° 076° 309° 283°
June 349° 269° 226° 283°
July 216° 227° 297° 228°
August 306° 219° 263° 233°
September 355° 312° 297° 353°
October 312° 357° 337° 329°
November 303° 284° 300° 284°
December 307° 327° 295° 296°

Prevailing wind direction

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