Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Heliport

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Climate Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (KMMK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.7 58 61 74 88 84
February 73.3 75 70 67 67 76
March 77.4 69 79 68 83 74
April 74.5 65 82 87 73
May 77.5 90 70 84 79
June 80.0 72 77 83 87
July 81.8 76 95 70 82
August 81.5 76 85 72 88
September 78.7 68 87 83 83
October 73.0 83 70 71 67
November 82.8 87 82 91 82
December 73.1 61 70 72 83
Average 76.5 67.5 74.1 77.8 79.0 79.5

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 83.8 72 79 82 96 93
February 82.7 84 80 76 81 85
March 87.1 83 92 77 89 88
April 88.4 79 93 95 91
May 90.4 94 87 94 88
June 91.6 93 90 92 93
July 93.9 90 98 90 96
August 93.5 93 93 89 100
September 91.1 81 94 96 92
October 89.0 90 85 87 89
November 93.4 96 92 96 89
December 84.4 75 81 87 90
Average 88.5 80.2 87.3 88.0 91.2 91.1

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 3.9 4 7 2 3 6
February 6.0 7 7 6 3 6
March 9.3 12 10 10 11 11
April 15.1 18 15 16 12
May 21.1 22 23 21 20
June 25.8 25 25 28 27
July 29.2 30 30 27 30
August 28.0 27 30 28 29
September 23.9 24 24 24 24
October 18.4 19 18 20 17
November 11.0 11 14 11 14
December 6.0 8 8 8 6
Average 15.3 7.3 17.1 17.2 16.6 16.5

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 -5.6 -2 0 -8 -5 -3
February -4.5 -3 -4 -5 -6 -2
March -1.5 2 0 0 -1 1
April 4.6 6 4 4 3
May 9.7 7 12 9 9
June 14.4 14 14 16 15
July 18.7 20 19 18 20
August 17.7 17 19 18 19
September 13.7 14 13 15 13
October 8.2 9 7 10 8
November 0.4 0 3 0 2
December -3.6 0 -1 -1 -3
Average 5.4 -2.9 7.0 6.6 6.5 6.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.2 24 19 13 7 8
February 14.3 14 14 22 19 13
March 13.8 23 15 15 12 9
April 13.6 14 13 10 17
May 8.9 7 6 7 8
June 5.2 3 6 4 2
July 4.6 4 3 7 3
August 5.2 8 3 6 5
September 7.8 17 5 10 3
October 11.2 13 13 8 12
November 9.7 5 10 6 14
December 13.0 14 18 7 11
Average 10.8 20.2 10.5 9.6 8.4 8.4

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 6.4 5 5 7 7 7
February 6.6 7 6 7 6 6
March 7.7 8 8 7 8 7
April 7.4 6 8 8 9
May 6.2 6 6 6 7
June 5.5 5 6 6 5
July 4.8 5 5 4 5
August 4.9 5 5 4 5
September 5.2 5 5 6 6
October 5.5 5 5 5 5
November 6.1 5 6 6 6
December 5.6 5 7 5 7
Average 6.1 6.7 5.4 6.2 5.8 6.2

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 321° 319° 311° 322° 281°
February 316° 306° 266° 328° 273°
March 331° 314° 287° 288° 305°
April 214° 295° 307° 310°
May 284° 129° 311° 265°
June 227° 221° 189° 205°
July 193° 203° 273° 188°
August 229° 207° 197° 173°
September 355° 312° 294° 277°
October 288° 349° 344° 324°
November 320° 273° 304° 266°
December 313° 330° 309° 306°

Prevailing wind direction

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