Medical Center Heliport

01GA · Alabama, United States

Climate Medical Center Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lawson Army Air Field (Fort Moore) (KLSF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.9 50 65 70 72 71
February 63.1 36 69 71 57 67
March 75.4 45 78 73 82 75
April 83.3 69 83 90 89
May 83.7 76 79 89 88
June 85.5 85 91 84 89
July 86.2 87 85 82 84
August 84.0 88 80 86 86
September 85.6 83 81 84 79
October 81.4 83 80 81 78
November 73.9 72 67 92 75
December 68.5 72 67 62 71
Average 75.7 43.6 77.4 78.2 81.0 80.1

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 82.6 60 77 85 91 84
February 79.8 46 86 89 72 84
March 87.6 62 88 86 92 88
April 92.0 82 91 94 94
May 93.2 93 89 95 95
June 92.6 90 95 93 97
July 91.1 90 89 90 92
August 91.9 94 88 95 94
September 93.9 94 92 92 92
October 90.7 89 87 90 92
November 86.2 87 82 95 90
December 84.3 91 81 85 84
Average 86.1 56.2 88.2 88.1 90.7 90.8

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 16.0 15 18 15 15 17
February 19.9 19 22 19 17 18
March 22.4 22 23 23 23 24
April 25.3 25 25 25 25
May 29.0 27 30 29 28
June 31.6 31 34 31 32
July 32.9 34 32 32 33
August 32.7 35 32 32 33
September 31.1 31 30 30 29
October 26.4 26 25 26 27
November 20.1 20 21 20 23
December 17.1 16 18 21 16
Average 24.6 18.8 25.5 25.6 25.1 25.4

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 2.8 2 4 1 3 5
February 6.7 5 8 4 6 6
March 7.8 8 8 7 9 12
April 10.2 11 9 10 11
May 14.8 15 15 13 14
June 19.2 18 19 20 20
July 20.8 22 21 20 22
August 20.9 21 20 21 22
September 18.3 18 17 17 19
October 12.3 8 6 14 15
November 6.1 7 8 3 9
December 4.6 3 8 7 1
Average 11.2 4.4 11.8 11.3 11.9 12.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 9 11 13 11 11
February 9.7 12 10 9 10 18
March 7.0 15 8 6 7 9
April 5.5 12 6 4 6
May 4.9 9 5 2 4
June 6.8 7 5 11 5
July 4.4 5 5 8 4
August 6.8 7 11 6 6
September 4.7 2 9 6 8
October 5.3 5 2 7 4
November 6.5 12 8 1 5
December 10.4 10 9 9 8
Average 7.1 11.6 7.9 7.0 6.7 6.9

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 5.5 6 5 5 5 5
February 5.6 6 6 6 6 5
March 5.8 5 5 7 5 5
April 5.4 5 6 5 5
May 4.4 4 5 4 5
June 3.8 4 4 4 4
July 3.1 3 3 3 3
August 3.6 4 3 4 3
September 4.4 4 5 3 5
October 4.4 5 4 4 5
November 4.5 5 5 4 5
December 4.6 4 4 4 5
Average 4.7 5.7 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.6

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 293° 255° 293° 269° 318°
February 003° 247° 241° 299° 247°
March 355° 265° 228° 026° 222°
April 058° 224° 267° 285°
May 001° 210° 147° 019°
June 268° 011° 165° 205°
July 261° 208° 219° 216°
August 290° 241° 144° 195°
September 050° 026° 006° 030°
October 337° 330° 274° 019°
November 003° 347° 325° 347°
December 310° 041° 229° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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