Hansen Heliport

02NY · New York, United States

Climate Hansen Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Griffiss International Airport (KRME) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.9 32 33 66 51 66
February 66.7 73 61 63 64 65
March 70.4 65 62 67 86 75
April 75.4 84 70 81 82
May 80.0 88 81 83 89
June 82.8 67 81 87 93
July 85.8 82 91 80 87
August 83.9 67 83 83 89
September 81.5 78 75 88 87
October 75.4 73 90 70 77
November 71.5 77 65 75 82
December 58.4 39 52 69 68
Average 73.2 56.3 68.8 75.1 77.7 81.3

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 79.6 70 75 81 80 91
February 82.8 89 82 75 82 83
March 88.0 88 83 82 97 95
April 93.1 97 86 93 96
May 94.1 96 92 94 96
June 94.3 82 94 97 99
July 95.9 95 96 95 96
August 95.4 89 94 97 98
September 94.0 95 90 95 97
October 92.2 89 99 91 92
November 89.8 90 86 90 97
December 82.9 72 75 90 87
Average 90.0 82.2 87.5 88.3 92.5 94.4

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 -1.8 0 2 -2 -1 2
February 2.4 5 3 2 -1 2
March 6.0 8 5 8 9 9
April 13.2 16 13 15 11
May 20.5 20 23 20 20
June 24.6 24 22 27 26
July 27.6 28 28 26 30
August 26.3 24 27 28 27
September 22.5 23 21 23 23
October 16.4 17 16 18 15
November 7.7 7 10 8 12
December 2.7 5 3 5 3
Average 13.0 4.2 14.5 14.7 14.8 14.9

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 -8.0 -5 -4 -14 -7 -6
February -7.0 -5 -7 -9 -9 -7
March -4.5 -1 -3 -4 -3 -1
April 2.4 4 2 3 2
May 8.1 6 10 7 8
June 12.7 13 10 15 13
July 16.7 17 16 16 18
August 16.0 15 17 18 16
September 12.0 11 12 13 11
October 6.8 8 4 9 6
November -1.3 -1 1 -1 1
December -5.7 -1 -4 -2 -4
Average 3.3 -4.5 4.7 3.8 5.0 4.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.5 30 29 25 19 18
February 20.4 13 23 31 22 16
March 19.6 21 27 23 10 14
April 18.2 14 23 14 16
May 10.8 6 9 11 5
June 7.5 9 8 4 2
July 6.8 9 8 11 4
August 7.8 14 9 9 6
September 6.6 2 14 7 5
October 14.0 15 6 16 15
November 15.3 9 19 18 10
December 23.3 35 32 15 17
Average 14.6 21.8 15.1 15.9 12.2 9.7

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 7.0 6 7 7 7 8
February 7.9 8 8 9 6 7
March 8.7 9 8 9 9 8
April 8.5 8 9 8 9
May 6.7 6 6 7 7
June 6.4 6 8 6 6
July 5.5 5 6 6 6
August 5.5 6 5 5 6
September 5.3 5 6 6 6
October 6.3 6 6 6 6
November 7.4 7 8 7 7
December 6.9 7 7 7 8
Average 6.9 7.5 6.5 7.0 6.5 6.9

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 253° 283° 278° 280° 272°
February 287° 259° 264° 262° 273°
March 280° 282° 287° 286° 199°
April 227° 278° 287° 277°
May 290° 181° 278° 265°
June 295° 270° 245° 274°
July 262° 282° 298° 254°
August 275° 260° 223° 267°
September 273° 272° 248° 209°
October 263° 184° 135° 225°
November 263° 252° 267° 239°
December 257° 255° 245° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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