OSF St. Anthony's Health Center Heliport

03IS · Illinois, United States

Climate OSF St. Anthony's Health Center Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Louis Regional Airport (KALN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.6 45 55 78 49 46
February 73.8 91 80 70 69 64
March 75.4 82 72 78 82 65
April 85.6 86 95 87 88 77
May 81.4 85 77 82 79
June 92.7 94 95 92 94
July 89.7 89 90 85 86
August 88.7 80 86 93 95
September 91.2 93 89 93 85
October 77.7 82 90 64 72
November 80.4 90 79 91 83
December 67.9 57 57 71 83
Average 80.4 76.6 81.8 82.7 80.8 78.4

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 80.4 71 84 92 79 70
February 89.7 95 97 85 91 86
March 92.1 96 90 97 91 90
April 95.5 98 100 95 94 92
May 93.3 97 91 92 91
June 97.8 96 99 98 99
July 96.4 97 96 95 96
August 96.7 95 96 96 100
September 96.4 99 95 98 91
October 90.0 96 90 87 89
November 94.0 99 93 100 96
December 87.5 81 83 89 99
Average 92.5 90.5 94.5 93.2 92.7 91.9

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 3.6 2 8 3 4 5
February 7.5 14 11 7 0 6
March 12.8 17 12 15 15 14
April 18.2 20 20 18 19 17
May 23.8 25 25 23 21
June 29.1 29 30 30 30
July 29.9 31 31 30 30
August 28.3 29 29 31 28
September 27.0 28 26 29 26
October 19.4 20 20 22 18
November 11.5 14 13 13 15
December 7.7 10 7 13 7
Average 17.6 13.0 19.8 19.0 19.1 18.1

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 -4.7 -4 0 -8 -2 -2
February -2.1 0 0 -6 -7 -2
March 3.3 4 2 3 4 5
April 7.8 9 7 7 7 7
May 14.6 13 15 13 14
June 19.3 16 18 21 20
July 21.3 20 21 20 22
August 19.4 18 19 22 18
September 16.2 15 14 17 14
October 9.2 8 6 13 7
November 1.9 2 2 1 5
December -1.6 2 0 2 -2
Average 8.2 2.3 8.5 7.9 9.2 8.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 13 7 6 14 10
February 7.7 2 3 16 12 12
March 7.7 2 10 11 7 7
April 5.7 4 1 11 7 6
May 5.5 1 7 7 6
June 2.6 2 3 2 2
July 3.1 1 6 4 3
August 2.1 3 1 1 2
September 1.8 1 4 2 1
October 5.5 6 6 5 6
November 3.5 3 3 0 4
December 6.5 11 3 6 1
Average 5.1 4.9 3.7 6.2 5.4 4.6

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 9.1 8 10 10 9 9
February 9.2 10 10 10 10 9
March 10.2 11 11 10 10 9
April 10.1 11 11 11 9 10
May 8.4 7 10 9 8
June 7.1 7 7 8 7
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 6.1 7 6 6 6
September 6.6 6 7 8 7
October 8.7 9 8 9 9
November 8.7 8 10 9 9
December 8.6 9 9 9 8
Average 8.3 10.0 8.1 8.6 8.2 8.0

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 268° 254° 292° 269° 224°
February 245° 238° 249° 335° 255°
March 223° 228° 228° 134° 190°
April 229° 220° 216° 225° 261°
May 081° 172° 157° 176°
June 014° 227° 195° 182°
July 249° 223° 355° 109°
August 264° 212° 164° 065°
September 169° 335° 210° 187°
October 256° 238° 236° 265°
November 233° 220° 240° 197°
December 227° 203° 216° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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