Harold Miller Heliport

03MI · Michigan, United States

Climate Harold Miller Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Saginaw County/H W Browne Airport (KHYX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.9 23 29 65 50 53
February 66.8 70 66 67 73 72
March 71.8 67 70 66 86 69
April 81.4 88 76 89 83
May 85.0 86 86 87 88
June 89.7 82 96 90 96
July 90.2 91 92 87 91
August 88.3 82 88 91 92
September 81.1 71 85 85 86
October 77.6 79 88 66 81
November 75.7 80 86 81 73
December 58.1 50 46 70 62
Average 75.2 55.4 74.8 80.5 80.9 81.0

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 77.6 61 74 90 85 83
February 86.1 90 87 88 89 87
March 89.4 89 88 85 99 90
April 94.7 97 94 99 97
May 95.2 98 95 98 96
June 95.6 88 99 96 100
July 96.8 97 98 95 97
August 95.9 96 96 97 97
September 95.2 94 98 95 98
October 91.7 94 96 85 94
November 90.9 92 92 94 89
December 85.1 69 93 92 95
Average 90.4 81.3 90.4 93.8 94.0 94.2

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 -1.7 -1 2 -3 0 1
February 1.8 7 4 1 -2 1
March 6.6 9 6 7 11 8
April 12.9 15 12 16 11
May 20.5 21 22 21 18
June 25.9 26 27 27 27
July 27.8 27 28 27 29
August 25.9 25 27 28 27
September 22.3 23 23 23 22
October 15.5 17 17 18 13
November 7.5 8 11 9 12
December 2.9 6 3 5 2
Average 12.9 4.9 15.0 15.0 15.1 14.4

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 -6.2 -5 -2 -11 -5 -3
February -6.3 -3 -4 -7 -10 -6
March -2.2 0 -2 -2 -1 -1
April 3.2 4 2 4 2
May 9.3 7 11 8 8
June 14.5 14 15 17 14
July 16.7 16 16 17 18
August 16.1 15 16 17 16
September 12.5 13 13 12 11
October 6.8 8 5 11 5
November 0.0 0 1 1 2
December -3.6 1 -2 -1 -3
Average 4.3 -3.3 5.8 5.1 5.8 5.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.0 41 18 14 14 11
February 12.6 5 11 13 12 14
March 10.2 13 14 11 1 5
April 9.2 8 13 6 4
May 5.9 4 5 7 9
June 5.6 5 5 9 1
July 3.4 4 3 2 3
August 4.7 8 4 2 4
September 6.1 5 6 9 6
October 9.6 14 7 11 8
November 9.4 11 9 11 5
December 10.4 19 5 5 10
Average 9.4 18.0 9.5 7.7 7.0 6.2

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 8.2 8 7 9 7 8
February 9.6 10 10 10 9 10
March 9.9 11 9 9 11 10
April 9.4 9 9 9 10
May 8.1 7 9 8 8
June 7.3 6 8 7 7
July 6.4 5 7 7 6
August 5.7 6 6 5 6
September 6.6 5 6 7 7
October 7.7 7 8 7 8
November 8.8 9 9 9 10
December 8.4 8 8 9 9
Average 8.2 9.7 7.4 8.1 7.7 8.0

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 255° 244° 254° 286° 233°
February 241° 234° 250° 255° 260°
March 248° 294° 266° 254° 261°
April 235° 240° 259° 273°
May 352° 189° 273° 344°
June 013° 251° 234° 247°
July 246° 262° 302° 274°
August 285° 258° 226° 269°
September 148° 271° 262° 234°
October 244° 233° 224° 243°
November 240° 222° 236° 238°
December 248° 215° 238° 257°

Prevailing wind direction

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