FMC Nr 1 Heliport

03LS · Louisiana, United States

Climate FMC Nr 1 Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Monroe Regional Airport (KMLU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.4 63 58 83 63 59
February 58.8 72 58 60 53 63
March 75.6 64 74 80 84 62
April 78.0 74 75 84 82
May 80.4 79 74 80 81
June 81.1 84 83 80 86
July 85.3 83 90 88 87
August 83.2 96 60 87 88
September 84.6 90 88 81 78
October 81.4 84 93 83 74
November 75.2 70 69 81 86
December 68.7 80 52 68 71
Average 75.9 66.4 78.0 76.0 78.4 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 84.3 83 78 95 86 84
February 81.4 87 84 81 86 80
March 91.0 82 93 91 96 85
April 93.1 90 92 95 94
May 93.3 95 87 93 94
June 94.8 95 94 94 96
July 95.1 94 96 97 98
August 91.3 99 72 95 94
September 93.2 94 93 93 90
October 91.7 95 94 92 91
November 87.1 84 81 88 91
December 86.0 92 81 92 91
Average 89.8 83.9 91.4 88.1 92.2 90.9

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 14.8 13 17 16 14 15
February 17.9 20 20 17 13 17
March 22.1 22 23 22 23 24
April 24.4 24 25 24 24
May 29.1 30 31 27 28
June 32.3 33 34 32 32
July 34.0 35 36 33 34
August 34.1 38 33 34 34
September 31.9 33 32 31 31
October 26.3 28 27 28 25
November 19.8 20 20 20 22
December 17.3 18 19 22 16
Average 24.5 18.2 26.6 26.1 25.0 25.0

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 3.9 2 5 2 5 7
February 7.0 9 9 4 3 6
March 10.9 11 12 9 11 14
April 12.8 13 13 12 13
May 17.9 18 17 17 17
June 21.8 22 22 22 22
July 23.5 24 25 23 24
August 22.8 25 23 24 20
September 20.0 21 19 20 19
October 13.9 15 12 15 14
November 7.6 8 8 6 9
December 6.5 5 10 11 4
Average 13.3 7.2 14.7 13.7 14.0 14.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 10 10 4 5 13
February 8.9 7 9 10 5 13
March 7.2 11 4 9 5 9
April 4.9 8 6 6 3
May 4.0 3 3 7 3
June 4.3 2 3 5 5
July 3.1 3 2 2 4
August 4.6 1 10 6 2
September 3.7 4 0 4 9
October 5.0 6 1 3 9
November 5.9 9 7 4 4
December 7.3 6 5 4 8
Average 5.9 9.6 5.1 5.0 4.5 6.6

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 7.4 7 8 8 8 7
February 7.8 8 8 8 7 8
March 7.4 6 7 7 8 8
April 6.9 7 8 6 7
May 6.0 5 6 6 7
June 5.7 5 5 5 6
July 5.2 5 6 5 5
August 4.9 6 4 5 5
September 4.7 4 5 4 6
October 6.0 6 6 6 6
November 5.8 6 5 6 5
December 6.6 6 7 8 7
Average 6.3 7.0 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.2

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 352° 243° 331° 310° 360°
February 237° 230° 293° 034° 325°
March 054° 185° 273° 133° 166°
April 031° 186° 090° 017°
May 043° 198° 126° 182°
June 253° 032° 160° 185°
July 261° 219° 216° 220°
August 335° 118° 047° 357°
September 020° 017° 049° 029°
October 317° 233° 241° 014°
November 008° 033° 348° 010°
December 264° 226° 204° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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