A I Dupont Children's Hospital Heliport

16DE · Delaware, United States

Climate A I Dupont Children's Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of New Castle Airport (KILG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.3 60 79 77 87 84
February 78.6 90 87 73 64 78
March 78.9 74 85 77 79 73
April 81.3 73 76 81 86 84
May 77.5 95 69 88 83
June 83.0 67 87 85 88
July 87.0 84 92 87 84
August 85.8 86 87 86 84
September 79.8 70 86 92 83
October 76.1 90 65 76 71
November 81.9 52 82 98 82
December 74.7 58 62 82 84
Average 80.0 73.8 78.3 79.0 84.4 81.6

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 86.2 71 95 87 94 89
February 85.5 96 94 79 79 84
March 87.1 82 93 83 86 85
April 90.0 88 84 89 94 93
May 87.5 97 83 95 91
June 91.5 82 95 92 94
July 94.1 93 96 93 93
August 94.3 96 93 96 92
September 91.4 90 92 98 92
October 87.3 92 82 92 83
November 87.9 57 87 99 90
December 82.4 66 76 90 92
Average 88.7 83.6 87.5 87.6 92.6 89.9

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 6.3 6 10 4 6 9
February 8.9 9 10 10 4 10
March 12.3 14 13 14 14 15
April 18.2 18 21 17 18 16
May 23.0 23 24 23 21
June 27.8 28 28 29 28
July 30.7 31 31 30 32
August 29.5 29 31 30 29
September 25.9 26 26 26 25
October 20.3 21 18 22 19
November 13.1 12 15 13 16
December 8.3 10 8 11 8
Average 17.9 11.5 19.4 19.2 18.8 18.8

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 -1 2 -4 -2 0
February -1.7 0 0 -1 -2 1
March 2.4 4 3 3 3 5
April 8.0 8 10 7 8 7
May 12.8 11 14 12 11
June 17.5 16 18 18 18
July 21.2 22 22 20 20
August 20.4 21 21 21 19
September 16.4 16 16 17 16
October 10.9 10 8 13 10
November 3.1 2 5 2 5
December 0.5 2 1 3 0
Average 8.5 2.6 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.0 21 12 15 6 5
February 13.2 13 7 16 18 16
March 11.7 19 9 11 10 11
April 7.6 12 10 8 4 8
May 8.9 4 12 6 5
June 5.8 10 4 6 2
July 4.7 6 6 3 4
August 5.0 3 1 6 9
September 6.1 13 8 5 3
October 8.6 6 11 9 10
November 7.1 6 13 4 8
December 11.6 12 25 4 9
Average 9.0 16.1 8.0 9.8 6.6 7.1

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 9.1 8 9 9 10 9
February 8.7 8 9 9 9 8
March 10.3 10 10 11 10 9
April 9.9 9 9 11 10 11
May 8.2 7 9 8 9
June 7.8 8 8 7 8
July 6.8 7 7 7 7
August 6.9 8 7 7 7
September 7.4 8 8 8 7
October 7.9 7 8 8 7
November 8.7 8 9 9 9
December 8.0 7 9 7 10
Average 8.4 8.9 8.0 8.5 8.1 8.2

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 308° 295° 309° 315° 300°
February 301° 280° 281° 331° 274°
March 310° 301° 274° 292° 292°
April 238° 247° 300° 292° 304°
May 289° 089° 294° 316°
June 320° 244° 199° 253°
July 207° 233° 259° 221°
August 259° 233° 192° 228°
September 019° 313° 280° 047°
October 298° 359° 316° 302°
November 303° 276° 297° 264°
December 301° 315° 281° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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