Grundy County Memorial Hospital Heliport

IA28 · Iowa, United States

Climate Grundy County Memorial Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.5 35 37 79 54 38
February 74.7 86 71 77 70 84
March 69.2 84 58 66 75 52
April 77.7 79 72 82 79
May 75.2 83 77 71 71
June 89.2 81 90 93 91
July 88.7 77 87 88 94
August 86.9 83 81 94 96
September 85.2 84 87 91 83
October 78.4 71 94 80 86
November 74.3 91 61 88 77
December 63.3 46 42 80 71
Average 76.0 67.6 72.2 77.5 81.3 77.1

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 72.6 59 57 91 77 71
February 84.9 91 87 90 76 93
March 84.8 95 82 86 87 70
April 91.1 92 90 96 90
May 89.7 91 91 87 90
June 95.1 89 95 99 96
July 94.8 82 96 96 98
August 94.2 93 91 98 98
September 93.2 93 95 97 88
October 92.2 89 99 94 94
November 88.4 98 84 97 82
December 84.3 78 67 90 86
Average 88.3 81.3 85.9 90.6 91.8 88.1

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 -2.0 -3 -1 -3 -2 -2
February 1.3 10 4 0 -10 1
March 8.5 12 7 9 12 10
April 14.9 17 13 16 15
May 22.0 25 23 20 20
June 28.1 28 28 30 28
July 28.6 26 29 29 30
August 27.6 29 28 29 28
September 25.2 27 25 27 23
October 16.1 18 18 18 14
November 8.2 11 9 10 12
December 3.4 6 2 6 2
Average 14.0 6.6 16.5 15.4 15.8 14.6

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 -11.9 -9 -8 -15 -9 -9
February -10.7 -3 -7 -12 -18 -8
March -2.4 -1 -3 -2 1 1
April 2.7 4 1 4 2
May 10.3 11 11 9 9
June 16.5 16 16 17 17
July 17.5 14 18 18 19
August 16.2 17 17 17 17
September 13.0 14 12 13 11
October 5.2 7 3 8 3
November -3.8 -1 -2 -1 0
December -6.0 -2 -6 -5 -8
Average 3.3 -5.6 5.2 3.9 4.9 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.9 16 13 7 5 13
February 8.8 0 13 11 14 5
March 9.4 9 13 14 8 9
April 7.2 5 9 2 7
May 6.3 2 6 8 7
June 4.0 5 7 3 5
July 2.1 5 2 2 2
August 3.4 4 4 2 1
September 5.4 4 5 1 11
October 7.5 6 5 11 2
November 5.7 0 17 2 4
December 8.4 11 21 2 7
Average 6.6 8.7 6.6 8.1 4.5 6.0

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 10.6 10 10 11 10 11
February 11.2 12 12 13 9 11
March 12.0 13 12 12 13 11
April 12.8 14 15 12 12
May 10.3 10 12 10 10
June 9.1 8 10 8 10
July 7.1 6 8 7 7
August 7.3 7 7 8 8
September 8.7 8 9 8 10
October 10.7 11 10 10 12
November 11.2 10 12 12 12
December 10.5 10 12 11 10
Average 10.2 11.5 9.7 10.7 9.8 10.2

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 302° 294° 289° 344° 291°
February 269° 294° 306° 337° 320°
March 359° 335° 328° 131° 283°
April 266° 245° 270° 292°
May 123° 149° 142° 045°
June 123° 209° 213° 163°
July 301° 229° 178° 164°
August 185° 171° 157° 193°
September 173° 232° 197° 217°
October 300° 254° 019° 285°
November 239° 264° 262° 228°
December 245° 194° 224° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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