War Veterans Colony Heliport

02OL · Oklahoma, United States

Climate War Veterans Colony Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of McAlester Regional Airport (KMLC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.6 63 68 83 66 57
February 65.4 81 67 69 57 71
March 74.2 78 66 77 88 66
April 75.3 71 81 74 78 71
May 80.2 83 73 67 81
June 90.4 91 92 82 93
July 94.0 89 99 94 91
August 93.7 96 91 95 97
September 86.9 90 97 93 78
October 79.6 75 89 82 73
November 75.4 80 59 87 83
December 62.6 71 51 80 74
Average 78.5 73.2 80.2 80.7 81.1 78.4

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 81.8 76 84 93 90 80
February 83.5 94 84 85 78 90
March 92.7 96 85 95 98 84
April 90.9 93 94 88 94 82
May 94.3 97 92 91 92
June 96.5 94 95 95 100
July 97.4 94 99 97 98
August 97.0 98 96 98 100
September 94.5 94 99 98 91
October 90.5 91 95 95 88
November 90.6 95 80 97 98
December 72.8 89 65 91 85
Average 90.6 89.8 91.7 91.4 93.7 90.8

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 11.1 9 14 13 12 13
February 14.1 19 15 14 7 14
March 19.7 21 18 20 20 21
April 22.8 24 22 24 22 22
May 26.8 27 28 24 26
June 31.2 32 32 31 32
July 33.8 33 38 33 34
August 33.3 36 35 33 33
September 30.9 32 33 33 28
October 23.6 24 25 25 22
November 17.8 19 16 18 21
December 12.5 15 13 20 13
Average 22.5 17.9 23.9 24.4 23.1 23.0

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 -1.8 -3 2 -3 1 3
February 2.4 7 4 -1 -3 3
March 7.6 9 7 5 8 11
April 10.7 13 10 12 10 9
May 16.1 15 18 16 15
June 20.5 20 21 20 21
July 22.8 22 25 22 24
August 22.3 23 23 23 21
September 18.6 19 18 18 18
October 11.6 12 11 13 10
November 5.6 7 5 6 8
December 2.8 3 5 7 1
Average 11.1 6.5 11.9 11.7 11.8 11.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 13 14 11 10 9
February 11.7 10 14 11 14 7
March 7.4 4 10 10 5 9
April 9.9 13 14 9 6 9
May 8.0 5 21 13 10
June 4.3 5 7 3 3
July 1.9 1 2 2 4
August 4.1 2 5 4 4
September 4.4 3 1 1 7
October 8.5 7 9 11 6
November 6.5 4 13 2 4
December 6.0 8 5 6 13
Average 7.1 10.1 6.9 8.7 6.2 6.8

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 7.4 6 8 9 7 6
February 8.4 9 7 9 8 8
March 8.3 8 8 9 9 8
April 8.0 8 7 9 8 7
May 6.2 5 7 5 7
June 5.4 4 5 5 6
July 5.1 5 6 5 5
August 5.0 5 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 5 6 5
October 6.7 7 6 7 7
November 7.0 6 6 7 7
December 6.0 7 7 8 7
Average 6.7 7.6 6.1 6.8 6.5 6.3

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 330° 266° 315° 304° 261°
February 238° 242° 314° 355° 297°
March 188° 268° 241° 193° 188°
April 212° 282° 207° 248° 259°
May 190° 177° 140° 065°
June 199° 165° 187° 194°
July 207° 202° 203° 183°
August 360° 169° 200° 155°
September 120° 225° 203° 007°
October 346° 262° 278° 016°
November 208° 217° 203° 191°
December 249° 310° 200° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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