Abbott Northwestern Hospital Heliport

MN10 · Minnesota, United States

Climate Abbott Northwestern Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (KMSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.3 42 35 84 58 47
February 76.8 80 73 74 79 90
March 74.9 84 57 71 83 70
April 73.8 67 58 79 86
May 85.5 91 85 83 88
June 91.7 92 94 97 96
July 92.9 95 92 90 94
August 88.0 90 80 92 93
September 84.6 75 88 93 91
October 76.8 74 94 79 87
November 70.4 85 56 91 76
December 55.5 41 46 76 62
Average 77.9 69.2 73.9 78.2 84.1 83.2

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 82.2 76 61 95 78 90
February 89.3 97 85 89 90 96
March 89.8 90 79 87 93 90
April 91.4 89 87 97 94
May 96.3 96 97 97 96
June 98.2 96 99 99 99
July 98.0 99 98 96 99
August 97.2 98 95 98 100
September 95.1 95 98 97 97
October 93.5 91 99 97 92
November 91.4 100 81 100 94
December 85.1 81 78 89 89
Average 92.2 87.3 89.4 92.7 94.6 94.9

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 -4.3 -3 -3 -6 -2 -3
February -2.7 6 -1 -4 -7 -1
March 5.8 8 3 4 10 8
April 12.5 13 9 14 14
May 21.7 24 22 22 20
June 28.3 29 29 31 28
July 29.3 29 29 30 30
August 27.4 29 27 29 28
September 24.0 26 25 25 21
October 14.3 15 17 18 11
November 5.7 9 6 7 9
December 0.2 5 -1 1 1
Average 12.4 3.8 14.8 13.6 14.8 13.7

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 -11.3 -8 -9 -16 -8 -9
February -11.5 -4 -10 -14 -14 -10
March -3.2 -1 -5 -3 0 0
April 2.7 4 1 4 2
May 11.1 13 11 11 11
June 17.8 19 18 20 17
July 19.4 18 20 20 20
August 17.9 19 18 19 18
September 14.3 16 14 14 12
October 6.0 8 6 9 3
November -2.2 0 -1 -1 0
December -7.3 -2 -7 -8 -7
Average 3.6 -5.6 5.8 4.3 5.5 4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.3 12 25 9 11 21
February 13.1 7 18 18 12 6
March 12.8 15 26 15 10 12
April 15.5 18 27 12 10
May 7.1 5 6 8 9
June 4.1 3 1 2 4
July 2.5 1 2 2 3
August 3.7 4 4 3 2
September 5.5 6 4 4 5
October 9.6 10 5 4 12
November 10.3 3 26 3 9
December 14.4 11 28 14 8
Average 9.3 11.7 10.6 11.1 6.7 7.9

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 8.0 8 7 9 7 8
February 8.9 10 8 10 8 9
March 9.7 10 9 10 10 9
April 10.2 12 13 9 9
May 8.8 9 10 8 9
June 8.7 8 10 8 9
July 7.4 7 9 7 7
August 7.8 8 8 8 8
September 8.6 8 8 8 8
October 9.1 9 9 8 10
November 9.4 9 10 10 9
December 8.0 8 9 9 8
Average 8.8 9.4 8.5 9.6 8.3 8.5

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 289° 324° 282° 341° 275°
February 268° 293° 305° 279° 285°
March 328° 021° 340° 166° 263°
April 304° 258° 324° 321°
May 130° 163° 169° 026°
June 111° 235° 244° 152°
July 275° 260° 201° 210°
August 238° 189° 203° 211°
September 134° 215° 208° 253°
October 311° 250° 134° 279°
November 251° 265° 281° 241°
December 206° 122° 249° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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