Lag Iii Heliport

02PA · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate Lag Iii Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.4 39 34 51 47 57
February 64.7 80 69 57 50 62
March 71.2 67 64 71 84 58
April 80.8 84 72 84 82
May 78.8 81 74 76 82
June 83.6 77 82 88 90
July 80.9 63 79 79 92
August 82.3 78 74 76 92
September 79.5 71 70 81 88
October 72.2 61 75 67 70
November 73.8 78 66 84 82
December 58.6 57 49 72 52
Average 72.7 61.0 68.2 69.8 75.1 76.9

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 76.2 64 72 69 77 84
February 82.5 90 92 76 80 75
March 84.3 80 87 82 88 77
April 92.3 96 88 94 90
May 89.9 94 84 86 93
June 92.1 87 92 96 95
July 90.3 79 88 92 96
August 90.5 90 88 86 95
September 88.9 83 82 92 97
October 83.7 74 86 80 82
November 88.6 90 83 96 91
December 80.0 79 74 89 79
Average 86.1 77.2 85.1 83.5 88.1 88.5

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 3.7 4 7 1 3 6
February 7.5 10 11 7 2 6
March 11.2 14 11 13 14 13
April 16.8 19 16 17 14
May 22.2 22 24 21 20
June 25.8 25 27 27 26
July 28.5 28 29 28 31
August 27.1 27 27 28 29
September 24.3 24 23 24 24
October 18.3 18 17 20 17
November 10.6 12 13 10 14
December 6.3 9 6 10 4
Average 15.9 9.0 17.7 17.1 17.1 17.0

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 -4.7 -2 1 -7 -3 -1
February -2.4 0 0 -4 -5 -2
March 1.2 4 1 2 2 4
April 6.2 7 6 6 4
May 12.1 10 13 11 10
June 16.2 15 16 17 16
July 19.1 19 19 19 20
August 18.0 17 18 19 19
September 14.8 15 15 14 14
October 9.2 9 6 12 9
November 2.1 2 4 2 5
December -1.6 3 1 2 -1
Average 6.9 0.4 8.3 7.7 8.1 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.0 33 22 25 12 14
February 15.1 7 9 23 15 14
March 14.7 14 17 24 8 8
April 10.9 10 15 9 12
May 9.6 13 14 10 6
June 4.3 9 3 2 3
July 5.0 7 6 6 2
August 3.6 4 5 6 2
September 6.2 8 8 5 3
October 10.2 14 12 9 7
November 10.8 10 16 5 8
December 14.8 16 11 10 14
Average 10.9 18.4 11.2 12.9 7.7 7.2

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 7.7 8 7 8 7 7
February 8.3 7 9 9 8 7
March 8.3 8 9 9 8 8
April 7.8 8 8 8 8
May 6.6 6 6 5 8
June 6.4 6 6 7 6
July 5.6 6 6 6 5
August 5.1 5 5 5 5
September 5.3 4 6 7 5
October 6.5 6 7 6 6
November 7.4 8 8 7 8
December 7.3 7 7 7 8
Average 6.9 7.6 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.8

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 242° 235° 247° 259° 245°
February 245° 241° 243° 268° 243°
March 253° 255° 252° 253° 226°
April 236° 240° 262° 277°
May 234° 191° 270° 204°
June 220° 249° 206° 226°
July 217° 227° 238° 240°
August 237° 212° 208° 214°
September 184° 233° 217° 188°
October 240° 223° 211° 223°
November 234° 227° 239° 231°
December 223° 231° 218° 231°

Prevailing wind direction

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