St. Lukes Hospital West Heliport

MO12 · Missouri, United States

Climate St. Lukes Hospital West Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Spirit Of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.2 48 59 83 48 46
February 72.6 90 81 73 69 65
March 73.5 84 68 79 81 61
April 84.3 95 85 87 80
May 82.7 86 77 82 76
June 91.3 91 92 86 93
July 88.5 87 86 85 86
August 87.5 74 87 95 89
September 89.4 93 84 91 81
October 74.1 73 87 64 68
November 79.4 88 80 88 88
December 70.3 62 58 72 77
Average 79.4 74.4 80.4 82.1 80.0 76.6

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 81.1 73 83 94 75 74
February 87.4 93 95 82 89 86
March 89.9 92 88 96 90 91
April 93.6 98 95 92 96
May 93.7 97 93 93 91
June 97.0 95 98 95 99
July 95.0 96 93 94 94
August 95.5 89 95 99 96
September 94.7 97 89 96 91
October 88.5 86 89 84 85
November 92.9 96 95 94 96
December 89.6 88 79 89 97
Average 91.3 86.3 92.5 92.1 91.1 91.4

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 5.5 3 9 5 5 7
February 9.7 15 12 9 2 9
March 14.6 18 13 16 16 16
April 20.2 21 20 20 19
May 25.2 26 25 23 23
June 30.3 30 31 30 31
July 32.0 32 33 30 32
August 30.2 30 30 32 30
September 28.2 28 27 29 26
October 20.8 21 21 22 19
November 13.6 15 14 15 17
December 9.9 11 7 14 9
Average 19.0 11.7 20.6 20.2 19.9 19.6

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 -4.4 -5 -1 -7 -2 -1
February -3.6 0 -1 -6 -8 -2
March 3.1 4 2 3 5 6
April 7.5 6 8 7 7
May 13.8 12 15 12 13
June 18.2 16 18 18 19
July 20.9 20 21 20 22
August 19.4 20 19 20 19
September 15.7 15 13 16 14
October 8.5 9 6 11 7
November 1.5 1 2 1 4
December -1.1 2 -1 1 -3
Average 7.4 -1.4 8.2 7.8 8.5 8.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 13 8 5 15 10
February 9.0 3 6 17 13 13
March 9.2 5 12 12 9 9
April 8.1 2 12 10 7
May 5.2 2 7 6 5
June 2.7 1 3 3 5
July 3.8 3 8 4 5
August 2.7 5 3 1 1
September 2.0 1 4 3 2
October 7.1 7 6 9 10
November 4.4 3 1 0 5
December 7.0 11 3 5 4
Average 5.9 6.8 4.7 6.7 6.3 6.0

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 7.3 6 8 8 7 6
February 7.4 8 8 8 8 7
March 8.2 9 8 9 8 7
April 8.0 8 9 7 7
May 6.4 6 7 6 6
June 5.5 6 5 5 6
July 5.0 5 5 5 5
August 4.9 5 5 5 4
September 4.7 4 5 6 5
October 6.7 7 7 7 7
November 6.7 6 8 7 7
December 6.9 7 7 7 6
Average 6.5 7.6 6.4 6.7 6.2 6.1

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 268° 267° 297° 273° 265°
February 294° 247° 274° 331° 307°
March 247° 275° 253° 160° 268°
April 244° 240° 256° 292°
May 025° 195° 249° 300°
June 352° 230° 222° 209°
July 246° 252° 291° 222°
August 274° 249° 208° 303°
September 266° 309° 220° 277°
October 278° 266° 259° 301°
November 252° 242° 256° 232°
December 248° 228° 248° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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