Abbeville General Hospital Heliport

LA95 · Louisiana, United States

Climate Abbeville General Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.6 66 57 73 69 59
February 53.9 71 52 58 52 52
March 62.7 73 46 75 52 47
April 64.9 61 65 65 69
May 69.5 44 80 71 85
June 74.2 43 91 68 84
July 67.8 26 87 42 83
August 75.0 70 82 51 88
September 72.1 85 89 58 73
October 58.9 72 45 36 33
November 66.4 57 58 53 69
December 64.4 76 61 52 74
Average 67.9 69.6 56.8 73.2 55.7 69.0

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 83.3 81 76 92 85 80
February 76.6 91 73 82 69 68
March 82.1 86 66 93 70 80
April 86.8 79 93 87 89
May 85.4 57 97 94 96
June 83.1 46 93 84 97
July 74.5 26 91 47 94
August 80.7 73 91 53 94
September 79.3 88 91 69 90
October 67.8 84 49 41 41
November 78.1 75 67 57 79
December 81.7 88 72 74 94
Average 81.3 86.0 68.3 85.2 69.2 84.1

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 17.1 17 20 18 17 19
February 19.5 21 21 19 15 20
March 22.8 23 24 23 23 24
April 24.8 25 26 24 26
May 29.3 29 30 27 28
June 31.9 33 33 31 31
July 31.4 35 33 32 32
August 32.7 37 31 32 33
September 30.9 33 31 29 30
October 26.9 27 27 28 27
November 21.5 21 22 21 24
December 18.9 19 21 23 18
Average 24.7 19.9 27.0 26.6 25.2 25.9

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 7.4 6 10 7 7 10
February 10.4 10 11 6 5 10
March 13.3 13 15 10 13 17
April 15.1 15 16 15 17
May 19.9 20 21 20 20
June 22.7 23 23 23 22
July 22.6 24 24 24 24
August 23.4 25 24 23 23
September 21.2 22 20 21 22
October 15.9 15 13 18 17
November 9.8 10 10 8 12
December 9.0 9 12 13 7
Average 15.0 9.5 16.6 15.8 15.9 16.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 4 8 2 3 7
February 3.6 6 4 3 3 3
March 2.3 3 3 1 2 3
April 0.9 2 1 1 0
May 1.8 2 1 5 1
June 2.7 0 1 3 2
July 3.9 1 5 2 6
August 2.8 0 6 1 2
September 4.9 4 4 7 3
October 3.4 4 1 0 4
November 4.1 8 5 2 5
December 4.9 5 3 3 2
Average 3.6 4.2 3.0 2.6 2.6 3.2

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 7.2 7 7 9 8 7
February 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.3 7 8 7 8
May 6.3 5 7 7 7
June 5.5 6 5 6 6
July 4.7 5 4 4 6
August 4.3 6 3 4 5
September 4.1 4 4 4 6
October 5.7 7 5 5 6
November 5.7 6 6 4 5
December 6.0 5 6 7 7
Average 6.1 7.8 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.3

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 357° 151° 302° 265° 085°
February 220° 171° 057° 029° 189°
March 132° 142° 170° 120° 141°
April 108° 142° 107° 140°
May 137° 168° 122° 142°
June 207° 207° 148° 146°
July 209° 202° 200° 200°
August 216° 161° 180° 310°
September 056° 010° 090° 036°
October 059° 092° 161° 025°
November 029° 028° 036° 034°
December 013° 122° 166° 076°

Prevailing wind direction

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