Heliflite Heliport

MI46 · Michigan, United States

Climate Heliflite Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oakland County International Airport (KPTK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.6 19 26 55 36 44
February 62.8 68 66 59 65 68
March 66.5 54 54 68 92 57
April 76.1 76 74 73 85 77
May 79.5 86 79 84 79
June 85.0 69 93 84 95
July 87.6 77 92 84 93
August 85.4 75 80 91 87
September 77.2 64 73 85 82
October 69.6 69 78 54 80
November 67.5 73 69 74 76
December 48.0 33 32 62 46
Average 70.7 55.7 65.3 73.5 76.4 75.5

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 67.7 56 58 81 67 75
February 80.8 87 82 75 81 87
March 84.2 82 76 85 98 84
April 88.8 89 87 87 92 88
May 92.5 98 90 94 91
June 92.2 78 97 91 99
July 95.2 88 98 93 97
August 93.2 85 91 96 96
September 90.3 89 91 91 90
October 84.3 85 89 71 92
November 84.2 87 82 85 86
December 76.2 51 88 87 85
Average 86.0 79.3 81.3 88.4 88.2 89.8

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 0.0 -1 2 -3 0 2
February 2.7 7 5 1 -2 1
March 7.3 10 6 7 12 9
April 13.6 16 15 12 15 12
May 20.7 21 22 20 19
June 26.0 25 27 27 27
July 28.0 27 28 27 30
August 26.7 25 27 28 28
September 23.0 22 23 23 22
October 15.8 15 16 18 14
November 7.6 9 10 7 12
December 3.2 6 3 5 3
Average 13.7 7.8 14.9 14.8 15.1 14.8

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 -7.8 -5 -3 -11 -5 -4
February -6.1 -3 -5 -8 -10 -6
March -2.1 0 -2 -2 -1 0
April 3.5 6 4 2 4 2
May 9.3 6 11 9 9
June 14.4 9 15 17 15
July 17.9 17 17 18 19
August 16.9 15 18 18 17
September 13.3 14 13 13 12
October 7.2 8 5 11 5
November 0.0 0 1 0 3
December -3.3 1 -2 -2 -3
Average 4.7 -1.6 5.4 5.2 6.0 5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.9 42 29 27 26 32
February 21.8 11 16 33 21 21
March 18.0 18 25 22 4 12
April 14.6 14 19 16 10 12
May 10.2 8 12 9 13
June 6.5 10 5 9 1
July 4.5 5 4 8 3
August 4.4 10 3 1 4
September 5.8 5 8 8 5
October 13.9 16 11 19 9
November 18.2 12 25 19 16
December 20.9 28 17 14 22
Average 14.1 20.4 14.6 14.2 11.2 11.3

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 8.4 8 7 9 7 9
February 9.4 8 10 10 9 10
March 9.7 10 10 10 10 9
April 9.6 10 9 10 9 10
May 8.1 7 8 7 9
June 7.7 7 8 7 7
July 6.9 6 8 7 7
August 6.8 7 7 6 7
September 6.9 6 7 8 7
October 7.9 8 8 7 8
November 8.5 8 9 8 10
December 8.3 7 8 9 9
Average 8.3 9.3 7.6 8.4 7.9 8.3

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 266° 259° 274° 293° 257°
February 261° 253° 261° 285° 283°
March 273° 290° 268° 257° 262°
April 271° 244° 242° 268° 277°
May 351° 166° 271° 304°
June 022° 272° 246° 267°
July 274° 262° 303° 283°
August 302° 273° 269° 289°
September 203° 285° 258° 251°
October 269° 237° 271° 254°
November 258° 240° 244° 248°
December 261° 244° 238° 266°

Prevailing wind direction

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