Crystal River Power Plant Heliport

6FD1 · Florida, United States

Climate Crystal River Power Plant Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Crystal River-Capt Tom Davis Field (KCGC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.4 77 77 77 77 72
February 77.3 89 72 78 74 76
March 84.2 77 84 83 77 91
April 86.4 89 92 84 79
May 89.9 92 93 94 93
June 81.3 76 91 83 91
July 88.7 87 96 81 89
August 76.1 93 94 38 94
September 86.6 92 85 88 81
October 86.2 86 89 95 79
November 77.1 79 67 82 74
December 75.7 80 100 61 82
Average 82.5 80.6 84.4 86.7 78.4 84.2

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 89.2 92 82 93 89 79
February 88.3 92 87 84 88 88
March 94.3 93 92 89 96 98
April 97.4 98 98 98 98
May 97.4 96 98 98 99
June 93.3 98 99 94 98
July 96.1 98 98 91 99
August 81.5 98 98 40 99
September 93.0 99 93 94 94
October 94.5 97 93 98 91
November 87.4 91 84 86 88
December 86.8 91 100 71 91
Average 91.9 92.1 94.3 93.9 87.4 93.9

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 20.4 20 22 19 20 22
February 23.9 22 25 23 23 23
March 24.2 25 20 26 25 27
April 26.4 22 27 26 27
May 29.9 29 30 30 30
June 29.8 31 32 32 32
July 30.9 32 32 31 32
August 32.1 33 32 31 32
September 29.9 31 30 31 31
October 28.8 28 28 29 30
November 24.3 24 25 23 26
December 21.9 21 25 24 20
Average 26.4 22.2 26.6 27.6 27.0 27.7

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 6.4 9 3 7 4 7
February 10.4 7 9 9 9 10
March 10.8 14 7 12 12 14
April 13.9 12 16 14 16
May 16.9 16 18 17 17
June 19.4 21 22 21 21
July 21.8 23 22 23 23
August 23.1 24 23 24 23
September 20.8 21 21 22 23
October 17.9 17 14 18 19
November 12.6 13 16 7 16
December 9.2 12 11 5 5
Average 14.7 9.9 14.6 16.3 14.5 16.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.0 4 1 3 2 3
February 4.4 9 1 5 5 4
March 2.1 3 1 4 2 0
April 2.4 1 2 2 6
May 2.6 1 1 1 1
June 4.2 3 2 5 5
July 4.0 3 3 4 4
August 3.7 2 2 1 6
September 5.5 2 11 8 8
October 2.1 1 0 2 3
November 4.8 7 8 5 6
December 4.8 8 0 2 3
Average 3.7 4.9 2.5 3.5 3.0 3.9

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 5.1 6 5 5 5 3
February 5.5 5 6 5 6 6
March 5.9 6 6 6 6 6
April 6.1 7 7 5 6
May 5.4 5 5 7 6
June 4.4 6 5 5 4
July 3.5 4 3 4 5
August 3.7 4 4 4 4
September 4.5 4 4 4 5
October 5.3 6 4 5 5
November 5.0 5 6 5 7
December 4.5 6 7 4 4
Average 4.9 5.4 5.3 4.8 4.9 5.0

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 324° 260° 318° 257° 050°
February 276° 259° 060° 256° 267°
March 264° 258° 246° 267° 254°
April 275° 053° 277° 251°
May 300° 279° 044° 300°
June 265° 278° 224° 287°
July 269° 253° 247° 261°
August 280° 243° 180° 246°
September 037° 029° 328° 067°
October 042° 026° 019° 073°
November 035° 040° 027° 055°
December 007° 083° 254° 339°

Prevailing wind direction

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