Mercy Medical Center-Centerville Heliport

IA25 · Iowa, United States

Climate Mercy Medical Center-Centerville Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.5 49 51 83 59 41
February 76.5 89 77 87 68 80
March 71.0 79 65 75 77 63
April 79.1 85 82 82 76
May 76.5 85 75 71 72
June 91.1 91 95 90 92
July 90.4 93 87 83 90
August 89.9 85 90 95 97
September 81.1 62 87 93 81
October 68.9 23 93 70 79
November 78.7 94 71 90 81
December 66.4 51 50 81 72
Average 77.5 72.5 72.9 82.7 80.1 77.8

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 77.8 67 80 89 83 64
February 87.8 93 92 97 83 96
March 86.7 92 87 91 88 80
April 90.8 95 93 96 86
May 90.0 91 89 90 94
June 96.2 95 98 96 96
July 95.6 96 96 93 95
August 95.3 94 95 98 98
September 87.0 65 91 98 86
October 81.8 34 96 88 91
November 90.3 97 91 98 89
December 84.7 83 71 90 83
Average 88.5 84.1 84.3 92.2 91.9 88.7

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 0.1 -2 1 -1 1 1
February 3.8 11 6 4 -5 3
March 10.3 14 8 10 13 12
April 16.4 19 15 17 16
May 22.4 25 23 21 20
June 28.6 29 29 29 29
July 29.6 29 30 29 30
August 28.4 29 30 29 29
September 24.8 19 26 27 24
October 15.5 6 19 19 16
November 9.7 11 10 12 14
December 5.2 7 4 8 4
Average 15.2 7.7 15.7 16.7 16.7 16.4

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 -8.0 -9 -6 -12 -6 -7
February -7.3 -2 -5 -9 -13 -6
March 0.2 2 -2 -1 3 2
April 4.6 5 3 6 4
May 11.9 12 13 11 11
June 17.3 15 17 18 18
July 18.7 18 19 19 19
August 17.6 18 18 19 17
September 13.6 9 13 15 12
October 5.9 2 5 10 5
November -1.4 0 -1 1 2
December -4.2 0 -5 -2 -5
Average 4.8 -3.0 5.5 5.4 6.7 6.1

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 12 7 5 8 13
February 8.0 3 8 10 11 3
March 6.2 4 7 8 5 4
April 5.6 6 7 4 6
May 3.8 1 5 5 3
June 3.1 2 2 4 5
July 2.0 3 3 2 3
August 2.6 4 3 1 2
September 3.8 1 5 1 8
October 4.5 3 3 10 2
November 6.2 9 12 2 5
December 6.4 8 12 3 7
Average 5.1 6.3 4.6 5.6 4.5 4.8

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 9.8 8 10 10 9 10
February 10.2 10 11 11 9 9
March 11.2 12 11 12 12 10
April 11.5 13 13 11 11
May 9.2 9 11 10 9
June 8.0 7 8 7 9
July 6.7 6 7 6 6
August 6.9 7 7 7 8
September 7.5 5 8 8 8
October 8.5 4 9 9 10
November 10.2 9 12 10 12
December 9.8 9 10 11 9
Average 9.2 10.2 8.3 9.7 8.9 9.2

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 283° 289° 277° 317° 276°
February 257° 248° 293° 323° 309°
March 290° 295° 312° 172° 239°
April 246° 238° 257° 276°
May 132° 167° 171° 004°
June 034° 204° 206° 176°
July 294° 227° 197° 168°
August 219° 220° 178° 194°
September 209° 222° 213° 216°
October 289° 252° 318° 271°
November 227° 248° 245° 224°
December 250° 212° 229° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

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