National EMS Headquarters Heliport

9GE9 · Georgia, United States

Climate National EMS Headquarters Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Covington Municipal Airport (KCVC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.6 71 64 79 71 71
February 71.4 89 72 78 61 63
March 78.1 73 79 74 88 59
April 83.2 74 89 93 85
May 82.0 76 83 90 83
June 80.7 79 91 81 87
July 80.0 93 84 82 94
August 76.9 87 74 81 71
September 84.2 87 84 80 77
October 80.1 88 85 75
November 76.2 78 77 79
December 67.3 77 48 66 72
Average 78.2 77.4 80.0 79.9 80.9 77.3

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 84.9 85 77 89 84 86
February 83.7 96 91 89 70 78
March 89.1 83 90 86 95 79
April 91.3 87 94 96 91
May 92.5 91 94 97 92
June 89.2 90 96 90 95
July 86.0 96 92 91 97
August 86.6 95 85 94 94
September 93.3 97 92 92 87
October 91.5 95 92 87
November 87.1 94 87 89
December 80.3 88 64 81 87
Average 88.2 87.6 91.1 89.2 89.9 88.5

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 12.6 11 15 11 12 13
February 14.1 16 18 16 13 14
March 19.2 19 20 20 20 21
April 23.0 22 22 22 22
May 27.2 24 28 26 25
June 30.0 28 31 30 29
July 31.8 32 31 30 32
August 30.1 31 30 30 0
September 28.2 28 27 27 20
October 23.8 23 22 24
November 17.7 17 18 20
December 13.8 14 13 17 13
Average 21.8 15.5 22.7 22.8 22.8 20.6

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 3.3 1 4 1 3 4
February 5.0 4 7 4 3 4
March 7.8 8 7 7 8 10
April 10.4 10 9 9 9
May 15.4 14 16 13 13
June 19.3 18 19 19 18
July 21.4 21 21 21 21
August 20.3 21 20 21 0
September 17.5 16 16 18 13
October 12.2 11 8 13
November 6.7 6 8 8
December 4.7 3 6 8 2
Average 11.1 4.2 11.5 11.6 12.2 10.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 17 16 16 12 0
February 8.2 10 23 10 10 0
March 5.9 20 11 4 6 0
April 3.2 10 3 4 0
May 5.4 9 9 4 0
June 8.4 8 9 11 0
July 9.9 6 14 36 0
August 6.6 9 16 14 0
September 13.5 13 16 33 34
October 6.6 7 3 24
November 8.0 8 15 27
December 8.9 14 30 24 7
Average 8.4 16.0 10.8 11.0 14.2 7.2

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 4.6 5 4 5 4 5
February 4.5 4 4 5 6 4
March 4.5 5 2 6 4 4
April 3.9 3 4 4 5
May 3.2 4 3 3 3
June 2.7 3 3 2 3
July 2.0 2 2 2 2
August 2.3 3 2 2 0
September 3.2 3 4 2 3
October 3.8 4 4 4
November 3.9 4 5 4
December 4.2 4 3 3 5
Average 3.6 4.6 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.6

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 305° 291° 306° 302° 329°
February 305° 287° 314° 334° 293°
March 332° 306° 296° 071° 301°
April 360° 289° 298° 298°
May 041° 318° 334° 336°
June 323° 054° 348° 317°
July 302° 281° 279° 360°
August 338° 038° 061° 360°
September 039° 039° 025° 069°
October 344° 360° 045°
November 036° 017° 023°
December 322° 035° 278° 307°

Prevailing wind direction

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