Compaq Andover Heliport

01MA · Massachusetts, United States

Climate Compaq Andover Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.2 70 55 75 82 84
February 74.3 82 75 66 68 75
March 79.0 50 80 73 87 79
April 74.5 68 85 84 78
May 80.4 86 76 84 90
June 78.5 58 78 90 84
July 82.2 67 98 62 82
August 82.3 70 86 76 86
September 78.4 69 77 82 83
October 73.1 77 74 71 73
November 83.9 88 85 95 89
December 73.3 62 64 74 76
Average 77.5 71.3 70.8 79.2 79.4 81.9

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 83.0 77 69 78 92 93
February 82.9 88 81 78 84 82
March 85.6 65 88 80 90 86
April 84.2 78 91 90 89
May 89.0 92 87 92 94
June 89.8 80 91 95 94
July 90.6 78 100 78 91
August 90.8 82 94 86 96
September 89.8 83 84 95 94
October 85.1 82 79 89 84
November 90.4 91 93 98 90
December 83.6 73 92 81 84
Average 86.6 79.7 81.6 87.5 89.0 90.1

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 3.1 3 6 2 2 5
February 5.2 6 6 5 2 5
March 8.2 10 8 10 11 10
April 14.2 15 15 15 11
May 20.7 22 22 21 20
June 25.5 23 25 28 27
July 28.8 28 31 25 29
August 27.9 25 31 28 28
September 23.6 23 23 24 24
October 17.7 19 17 18 17
November 10.5 9 13 11 13
December 5.5 8 7 7 6
Average 14.6 4.9 16.0 17.0 15.9 16.2

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 -5.5 -4 -1 -8 -4 -3
February -4.2 -3 -4 -5 -5 -3
March -1.2 3 0 0 -1 0
April 4.7 6 5 5 3
May 9.9 9 11 10 9
June 15.1 14 14 17 15
July 18.7 19 19 17 20
August 18.3 17 19 19 18
September 14.2 14 13 15 13
October 8.9 9 7 10 7
November 1.7 0 4 2 3
December -2.1 1 -1 -1 -2
Average 5.6 -3.5 7.0 6.7 7.0 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.8 18 25 11 8 4
February 12.7 6 15 18 16 11
March 11.6 24 14 11 5 10
April 14.0 10 9 12 22
May 7.5 8 4 8 3
June 7.6 12 6 5 3
July 7.3 13 3 16 2
August 5.9 13 5 6 4
September 8.2 17 9 8 4
October 10.6 9 9 10 15
November 10.5 10 12 4 8
December 13.6 16 18 10 12
Average 10.3 14.1 13.1 8.6 9.0 7.8

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 7.7 7 6 8 7 8
February 7.6 7 8 8 7 7
March 8.6 7 9 8 8 8
April 8.3 7 9 9 9
May 7.1 7 7 7 9
June 6.2 5 6 7 6
July 5.6 5 7 6 6
August 5.9 6 6 6 6
September 6.0 5 6 6 6
October 6.4 5 6 7 6
November 7.3 7 8 7 7
December 6.9 6 9 6 7
Average 7.0 7.1 6.2 7.1 6.8 7.1

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 299° 301° 292° 302° 268°
February 288° 292° 269° 315° 269°
March 319° 319° 280° 271° 316°
April 008° 292° 305° 307°
May 288° 076° 298° 267°
June 047° 246° 235° 235°
July 215° 239° 344° 215°
August 254° 233° 231° 255°
September 359° 289° 261° 244°
October 277° 318° 345° 281°
November 271° 251° 266° 259°
December 285° 317° 275° 274°

Prevailing wind direction

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