Union General Hospital Heliport

1GA3 · Georgia, United States

Climate Union General Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Blairsville Airport (KDZJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.0 60 63 71 61 71
February 62.3 82 61 68 55 60
March 77.0 76 85 82 82 64
April 83.3 81 85 84 91 81
May 81.2 85 80 80 81
June 80.9 74 88 82 78
July 79.1 78 79 74 84
August 78.2 82 79 75 78
September 82.1 80 79 76 83
October 74.4 83 80 65 74
November 72.6 76 73 81 75
December 64.6 69 53 70 65
Average 75.8 75.2 78.0 77.7 74.9 75.0

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 90.5 96 93 88 82 95
February 89.9 99 88 92 81 88
March 94.1 95 96 95 93 91
April 95.6 96 93 95 99 96
May 94.4 96 93 94 96
June 92.1 89 94 96 91
July 88.3 88 90 85 89
August 87.4 89 89 84 88
September 89.7 87 89 87 93
October 91.1 94 95 89 88
November 92.5 97 91 95 91
December 91.6 95 88 93 94
Average 92.0 96.6 91.7 91.9 89.7 91.6

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 9.6 9 11 9 10 11
February 14.2 15 16 14 12 12
March 16.7 18 17 18 18 18
April 20.2 21 21 20 20 20
May 24.4 23 26 23 22
June 27.2 26 29 27 26
July 28.8 29 29 28 30
August 28.3 29 28 28 28
September 25.4 26 26 25 25
October 21.3 21 20 21 22
November 15.4 16 16 15 18
December 12.7 13 12 16 11
Average 19.9 15.8 21.3 20.7 20.2 20.2

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 -2.8 -2 3 -3 0 1
February 2.8 1 5 1 1 2
March 4.6 5 4 4 6 8
April 6.9 9 8 6 6 6
May 12.4 12 13 11 11
June 15.9 14 17 16 16
July 15.7 18 4 18 19
August 18.0 18 18 18 19
September 13.8 14 13 14 15
October 9.0 8 5 11 10
November 2.4 3 4 0 5
December 1.6 0 4 3 -1
Average 7.9 3.1 9.2 7.2 8.6 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.5 15 15 10 13 17
February 14.0 5 13 10 16 24
March 9.6 11 11 5 10 15
April 7.8 10 11 5 4 7
May 4.2 2 5 3 4
June 4.5 7 2 6 5
July 3.9 4 3 7 3
August 5.1 3 4 9 5
September 4.0 2 6 4 7
October 6.1 2 0 9 5
November 6.0 6 8 2 4
December 12.1 10 15 10 7
Average 7.6 10.2 6.1 5.4 7.3 8.0

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 4.5 5 4 4 4 5
February 4.8 5 5 6 5 5
March 5.4 5 5 6 5 5
April 5.3 5 5 5 5 5
May 4.2 5 4 4 5
June 3.4 3 3 4 3
July 2.7 2 3 3 3
August 2.7 3 3 3 3
September 3.1 3 3 3 4
October 3.9 4 4 4 3
November 4.2 4 5 3 5
December 4.2 4 4 4 4
Average 4.1 5.1 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.9

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 340° 270° 277° 284° 132°
February 242° 223° 109° 300° 252°
March 140° 244° 203° 173° 219°
April 242° 210° 203° 287° 277°
May 123° 208° 185° 185°
June 303° 035° 161° 251°
July 303° 236° 241° 135°
August 321° 154° 146° 199°
September 111° 051° 044° 128°
October 236° 282° 128° 120°
November 096° 133° 286° 097°
December 169° 115° 201° 226°

Prevailing wind direction

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