Valley Grain Heliport

03KS · Kansas, United States

Climate Valley Grain Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rosecrans Memorial Airport (KSTJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.7 43 57 85 53 46
February 78.0 90 78 89 66 89
March 68.1 76 65 69 78 60
April 79.9 91 88 86 80
May 81.3 85 83 70 76
June 93.1 92 94 91 94
July 90.7 86 83 93 91
August 86.0 72 87 94 94
September 83.3 86 79 91 79
October 76.9 77 84 75 80
November 81.3 85 73 89 82
December 69.3 56 51 86 75
Average 78.1 68.4 77.8 81.4 81.7 79.2

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 74.5 55 81 91 84 69
February 89.9 95 90 94 84 97
March 88.7 92 86 89 94 82
April 91.5 99 93 97 92
May 94.4 94 92 94 96
June 97.6 97 97 97 98
July 95.3 91 92 98 95
August 93.2 85 92 99 97
September 92.5 91 90 96 89
October 91.0 90 88 94 92
November 93.8 93 92 95 95
December 87.5 82 71 97 86
Average 90.0 80.0 89.9 90.8 94.4 91.0

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 3.5 1 5 4 5 4
February 7.1 15 9 7 -1 7
March 13.1 17 11 12 16 15
April 18.4 21 17 19 19
May 24.6 27 24 22 22
June 30.5 31 30 31 32
July 30.8 31 30 31 31
August 29.4 30 30 30 30
September 27.7 30 27 28 25
October 19.5 21 20 21 18
November 12.2 14 11 14 16
December 7.8 9 6 12 8
Average 17.7 10.7 19.9 18.4 19.0 18.7

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 -6.1 -8 -5 -9 -4 -4
February -6.3 -2 -5 -8 -11 -5
March 1.3 3 0 -1 3 4
April 5.1 6 4 6 5
May 13.1 13 13 13 12
June 18.7 17 18 19 20
July 19.5 20 19 15 21
August 18.1 17 18 20 18
September 14.8 14 12 15 13
October 6.9 8 4 9 6
November -1.6 0 -2 1 2
December -4.6 1 -5 -2 -6
Average 5.8 -2.0 7.1 5.6 7.1 7.2

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 22 8 4 12 13
February 6.3 2 8 9 17 5
March 8.9 8 11 15 8 7
April 6.1 1 4 7 6
May 6.1 8 10 7 4
June 4.1 5 4 3 5
July 3.3 2 5 3 7
August 3.3 3 2 2 2
September 4.6 1 8 1 7
October 7.4 6 4 7 6
November 4.3 6 5 5 5
December 5.7 11 7 2 4
Average 6.3 10.9 5.6 6.4 5.8 5.6

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 8.6 8 8 9 9 9
February 9.7 9 10 11 9 9
March 10.6 11 11 11 12 9
April 11.0 12 13 11 10
May 8.8 8 10 9 9
June 7.9 7 8 6 9
July 6.2 6 6 6 6
August 6.2 6 6 7 6
September 7.3 6 7 8 8
October 8.6 9 8 8 9
November 9.0 8 10 9 10
December 8.5 9 8 9 8
Average 8.6 9.6 8.1 9.0 8.5 8.3

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 311° 303° 311° 323° 294°
February 244° 232° 305° 350° 332°
March 291° 319° 340° 162° 200°
April 241° 237° 260° 286°
May 143° 139° 158° 014°
June 115° 192° 180° 179°
July 304° 158° 168° 153°
August 147° 161° 171° 162°
September 167° 141° 188° 185°
October 279° 258° 349° 265°
November 204° 274° 244° 217°
December 260° 201° 216° 298°

Prevailing wind direction

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