4 Winds Heliport

ME81 · United States

Climate 4 Winds Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Knox County Regional Airport (KRKD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.4 57 70 66 81 64
February 71.7 72 75 66 73 74
March 72.4 54 72 65 83 76
April 68.6 66 77 72 75
May 76.1 82 66 90 80
June 68.4 41 74 82 67
July 72.0 48 91 62 64
August 73.6 67 65 68 85
September 75.8 73 77 72 73
October 71.5 68 84 69 69
November 78.3 81 83 90 74
December 70.8 50 67 71 73
Average 71.2 60.5 65.1 73.3 75.6 72.9

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 82.6 80 85 80 92 74
February 81.5 83 85 78 88 83
March 81.6 70 85 71 87 86
April 79.3 70 82 92 91
May 83.5 87 70 94 86
June 75.4 56 81 85 70
July 77.2 52 94 76 72
August 79.6 75 79 74 89
September 83.0 81 86 82 76
October 82.8 79 91 79 87
November 89.5 91 92 96 85
December 82.7 67 85 82 86
Average 80.7 77.1 74.4 81.5 85.0 81.8

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 0.8 0 0 0 1 2
February 1.7 3 -1 3 1 2
March 4.9 6 6 6 6 6
April 10.0 11 11 12 8
May 15.7 18 16 17 15
June 20.2 18 20 24 21
July 23.9 23 26 22 24
August 23.6 22 24 24 24
September 20.1 21 20 20 20
October 14.7 16 14 15 15
November 8.2 8 10 9 11
December 3.4 6 5 5 4
Average 11.2 3.1 12.3 13.0 13.0 12.7

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 -7.5 -7 0 -11 -5 -6
February -7.8 -5 -3 -8 -8 -6
March -3.0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -2
April 1.9 2 3 3 1
May 6.8 7 8 8 6
June 11.4 11 11 14 12
July 15.4 17 16 15 16
August 14.8 15 16 16 14
September 11.6 13 11 13 11
October 6.5 8 7 7 5
November -1.7 -1 2 0 1
December -5.6 -2 -1 -4 -3
Average 3.1 -5.9 5.4 4.4 4.6 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 17.7 25 21 25 12 11
February 15.3 9 17 22 13 13
March 14.6 24 18 16 9 10
April 14.7 14 14 9 16
May 8.0 6 6 7 6
June 8.2 13 8 4 6
July 5.5 8 2 10 3
August 5.4 11 5 5 4
September 5.1 7 5 7 4
October 11.3 15 5 14 7
November 12.6 10 9 8 10
December 16.1 18 24 18 13
Average 11.5 19.2 12.4 10.4 9.0 8.1

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 8.3 8 8 9 8 7
February 8.5 8 8 9 8 8
March 9.0 10 9 8 9 9
April 8.6 9 9 8 10
May 7.7 8 8 8 9
June 6.2 6 6 7 6
July 5.6 5 6 6 6
August 5.7 6 5 5 7
September 6.1 5 7 6 7
October 7.0 6 7 7 8
November 8.2 7 9 7 8
December 7.8 7 10 7 9
Average 7.5 8.8 6.8 7.5 7.0 7.7

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 346° 342° 298° 340° 289°
February 284° 309° 267° 308° 266°
March 305° 322° 260° 256° 262°
April 130° 275° 306° 318°
May 241° 175° 241° 238°
June 107° 205° 223° 181°
July 174° 219° 193° 185°
August 200° 153° 155° 218°
September 219° 253° 212° 201°
October 224° 178° 053° 238°
November 263° 251° 267° 243°
December 264° 298° 284° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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