123 Arcom Heliport

48IN · Indiana, United States

Climate 123 Arcom Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Indianapolis Regional Airport (KMQJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.0 38 40 72 43 41
February 66.0 79 79 63 70 46
March 71.9 76 62 75 82 52
April 77.3 80 77 83 69
May 84.0 92 79 86 85
June 86.3 84 94 79 89
July 84.8 86 81 85 91
August 85.1 79 82 90 88
September 84.0 84 84 86 82
October 73.3 70 85 63 71
November 79.0 85 78 83 83
December 58.2 51 60 61 61
Average 71.3 65.4 75.7 78.7 76.7 76.0

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 75.5 64 77 92 76 75
February 86.5 96 93 85 92 69
March 89.1 89 86 96 93 84
April 91.7 92 94 94 82
May 92.7 99 90 92 90
June 94.1 92 100 90 96
July 93.2 94 91 94 96
August 94.5 94 91 97 95
September 92.4 94 95 93 91
October 86.7 85 89 79 83
November 90.6 92 94 93 89
December 81.3 80 77 82 93
Average 86.8 83.7 90.5 91.9 89.8 89.3

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 2.6 2 5 1 2 5
February 6.0 11 10 4 0 5
March 11.3 15 12 13 14 13
April 16.5 20 15 17 14
May 23.6 26 24 22 20
June 27.8 27 29 27 28
July 29.0 28 30 29 30
August 27.8 27 28 29 27
September 25.3 26 24 26 25
October 18.2 19 17 20 17
November 10.5 13 12 10 14
December 6.4 8 5 10 5
Average 14.4 8.9 18.4 17.3 16.6 17.2

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 -5.6 -5 -1 -9 -4 -2
February -4.5 -2 -2 -6 -8 -1
March 0.5 4 -1 1 1 5
April 4.2 4 5 5 2
May 11.5 9 13 9 9
June 14.7 14 16 13 16
July 18.7 18 18 20 19
August 16.5 16 16 18 16
September 12.8 12 12 13 11
October 7.4 8 3 11 6
November 0.8 1 1 -1 3
December -2.4 1 -2 1 -3
Average 4.4 -1.1 6.6 6.1 5.9 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.7 12 0 0 0 0
February 0.6 4 0 0 0 0
March 0.8 5 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.6 4 0 0 0
November 0.7 4 0 0 0
December 2.0 10 0 0 0
Average 0.9 6.7 1.2

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 8.4 9 8 9 7 8
February 8.8 10 10 9 7 8
March 9.7 11 11 10 8 8
April 8.9 9 10 8 8
May 7.1 7 9 5 7
June 6.1 7 6 4 7
July 5.5 6 6 5 4
August 5.2 6 5 6 5
September 5.5 5 6 7 6
October 7.4 8 7 7 8
November 8.3 9 9 8 9
December 7.9 8 8 9 8
Average 7.8 10.1 7.5 7.8 6.6 6.8

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 234° 248° 261° 237° 231°
February 242° 228° 225° 313° 237°
March 224° 236° 232° 214° 040°
April 225° 212° 245° 268°
May 052° 173° 303° 270°
June 011° 246° 220° 217°
July 239° 246° 298° 201°
August 243° 246° 178° 299°
September 116° 273° 231° 215°
October 241° 242° 208° 216°
November 225° 216° 224° 223°
December 208° 194° 203° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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