Monroe County Hospital Heliport

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Climate Monroe County Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Thomaston-Upson County Airport (KOPN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.9 73 66 80 75 74
February 66.7 82 69 79 58 61
March 74.8 73 80 78 79 67
April 83.6 87 75 90 91 86
May 77.9 77 78 90 80
June 81.0 73 89 78 85
July 81.3 78 74 84 86
August 81.3 91 79 75 81
September 84.8 83 85 83 73
October 78.0 88 87 76 61
November 74.9 78 72 94 72
December 67.9 79 55 61 77
Average 77.7 78.8 78.3 79.6 79.2 76.1

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 85.9 87 80 91 86 84
February 81.7 88 90 92 72 76
March 85.4 81 89 89 90 80
April 91.7 96 87 94 96 92
May 87.1 90 88 95 88
June 89.5 81 93 88 96
July 88.2 80 84 93 94
August 90.1 94 87 89 89
September 91.6 92 90 92 86
October 88.1 91 92 92 76
November 86.3 91 87 97 84
December 81.6 87 76 76 90
Average 87.5 88.0 87.6 89.0 89.2 86.4

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 14.3 13 17 14 13 15
February 18.0 18 20 18 15 16
March 20.5 20 20 22 22 22
April 23.8 24 23 24 23 23
May 27.6 25 29 27 27
June 30.1 29 32 30 28
July 31.7 32 32 31 32
August 31.2 33 31 31 31
September 29.3 28 28 28 27
October 24.9 24 27 24 25
November 19.0 18 22 18 21
December 15.6 15 19 19 14
Average 23.3 18.9 23.7 24.8 23.5 23.5

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 4.0 2 6 2 4 6
February 7.2 6 9 5 5 6
March 8.5 9 8 9 9 12
April 11.0 12 12 10 10 11
May 15.7 15 15 14 15
June 19.2 18 19 20 17
July 21.1 22 21 21 21
August 21.3 22 21 22 22
September 18.4 18 18 17 17
October 13.6 12 13 14 15
November 7.6 7 12 5 10
December 5.9 5 11 8 3
Average 12.2 7.2 12.6 13.2 12.4 12.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 7 4 7 10 9
February 6.9 6 5 5 8 14
March 5.3 11 5 4 6 9
April 3.6 3 6 1 2 5
May 4.2 5 1 3 4
June 4.1 2 2 6 3
July 2.2 1 2 5 3
August 4.4 3 5 6 4
September 3.3 2 4 6 6
October 4.2 4 1 4 1
November 4.9 7 4 0 3
December 7.8 6 4 7 6
Average 4.9 6.5 3.9 3.1 5.1 5.3

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 6.2 6 6 6 6 6
February 6.2 6 7 6 7 6
March 6.4 6 6 7 6 6
April 6.1 6 6 6 6 7
May 5.2 5 6 6 6
June 4.6 5 5 5 5
July 3.7 4 4 4 4
August 3.7 4 3 4 3
September 4.4 4 5 4 5
October 4.7 5 5 4 5
November 4.8 5 6 5 5
December 5.6 5 5 5 6
Average 5.2 6.1 4.9 5.3 5.0 5.2

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 295° 276° 300° 289° 329°
February 248° 259° 279° 326° 278°
March 309° 257° 264° 153° 247°
April 262° 269° 246° 281° 303°
May 035° 246° 211° 280°
June 288° 011° 201° 259°
July 295° 247° 246° 245°
August 297° 262° 146° 228°
September 057° 055° 020° 071°
October 338° 349° 285° 067°
November 033° 016° 344° 023°
December 306° 270° 252° 304°

Prevailing wind direction

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