Iberville Medical Facility Heliport

LA80 · Louisiana, United States

Climate Iberville Medical Facility Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.8 67 64 80 72 59
February 66.8 83 68 70 59 74
March 74.5 65 71 82 69 74
April 76.6 78 77 85 60 79
May 73.5 90 86 0 88
June 81.3 88 95 75 52
July 87.4 73 96 90 97
August 78.1 51 92 90 88
September 83.4 80 83 80 74
October 82.6 81 95 86 77
November 77.9 66 76 89 82
December 66.5 84 62 60 74
Average 76.6 73.3 74.1 84.5 68.3 76.1

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 88.9 88 88 94 91 81
February 88.2 95 91 95 80 92
March 90.6 80 86 98 90 92
April 90.4 93 93 98 69 94
May 81.6 97 95 0 97
June 89.9 94 98 90 58
July 92.7 74 99 98 99
August 83.4 51 97 96 95
September 89.1 81 84 88 89
October 93.1 94 97 94 91
November 89.5 82 88 96 93
December 86.0 96 79 83 95
Average 88.6 88.6 85.3 94.1 80.2 89.0

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 17.7 17 21 17 18 20
February 20.9 22 23 21 17 21
March 24.2 24 25 24 24 27
April 26.1 28 26 27 25 27
May 29.9 31 32 28 30
June 31.9 34 34 32 31
July 33.0 35 33 33 32
August 33.3 37 32 33 33
September 31.7 34 32 30 30
October 27.7 28 28 29 28
November 22.2 22 22 22 25
December 19.7 19 22 24 19
Average 26.2 22.6 27.7 27.1 26.0 27.0

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 7.1 6 11 5 8 11
February 10.5 10 13 8 7 10
March 13.5 13 14 11 14 18
April 15.1 16 17 15 15 16
May 19.7 20 21 19 21
June 21.3 23 24 18 22
July 23.8 25 24 24 24
August 23.9 25 24 24 24
September 21.7 22 21 21 22
October 16.8 16 14 19 18
November 10.4 11 11 9 13
December 9.6 8 13 14 7
Average 15.8 11.3 16.7 15.9 15.7 17.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 5 5 4 3 6
February 5.7 5 4 4 5 5
March 3.1 5 4 1 4 1
April 2.5 3 3 1 4 2
May 2.4 2 2 0 4
June 4.9 1 2 8 4
July 5.9 1 4 6 9
August 5.2 0 7 6 4
September 4.6 2 3 6 11
October 3.6 3 2 2 4
November 3.7 7 6 3 2
December 6.6 6 5 5 2
Average 4.3 4.1 2.9 3.1 4.2 4.7

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 5.6 6 6 6 6 6
February 6.1 6 7 6 5 7
March 6.2 6 6 7 7 6
April 5.8 6 6 7 6 6
May 4.6 4 5 5 5
June 4.3 4 3 5 5
July 3.4 4 3 3 4
August 3.4 4 3 3 4
September 3.5 3 3 4 5
October 4.6 6 4 4 5
November 4.2 4 5 3 4
December 4.9 4 4 5 5
Average 4.8 5.8 4.8 4.7 4.5 5.0

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 001° 209° 326° 312° 075°
February 229° 210° 006° 026° 270°
March 121° 192° 198° 165° 192°
April 171° 128° 165° 121° 113°
May 144° 188° 143° 198°
June 232° 260° 187° 178°
July 238° 212° 231° 234°
August 232° 182° 038° 292°
September 066° 033° 060° 060°
October 043° 079° 074° 060°
November 040° 041° 018° 058°
December 037° 143° 186° 014°

Prevailing wind direction

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