7D Farms Heliport

86PA · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate 7D Farms Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Altoona/Blair County Airport (KAOO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.8 45 36 70 57 46
February 70.4 83 75 72 50 65
March 71.9 71 65 73 83 71
April 77.7 82 76 81 77
May 74.2 86 72 77 72
June 79.8 63 82 87 89
July 83.4 77 91 86 90
August 81.1 82 79 80 88
September 70.8 62 71 77 77
October 68.3 69 75 52 73
November 74.8 83 64 87 84
December 62.3 55 59 77 57
Average 72.4 66.1 70.0 74.8 75.6 75.4

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 81.0 76 77 89 87 68
February 86.8 95 96 89 78 88
March 85.1 81 88 82 90 90
April 91.3 91 89 95 91
May 89.5 97 91 90 91
June 89.1 74 93 93 94
July 93.2 91 96 95 96
August 91.8 94 89 91 96
September 85.7 78 85 93 90
October 86.7 85 89 83 90
November 91.5 95 84 99 94
December 84.7 78 84 93 90
Average 87.8 83.4 86.7 88.5 90.8 90.0

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 3.0 3 6 1 2 5
February 6.5 8 10 5 1 7
March 9.7 12 9 12 12 13
April 16.2 19 15 16 13
May 21.5 21 22 21 19
June 25.6 24 26 27 26
July 28.2 28 28 28 30
August 26.9 27 27 28 28
September 23.7 23 23 24 23
October 18.1 18 17 20 17
November 10.0 11 12 9 14
December 5.3 8 4 9 4
Average 15.2 7.6 17.0 16.4 16.5 16.5

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 -4.2 -3 0 -8 -3 -3
February -3.7 -1 -2 -4 -5 -1
March 0.2 2 0 1 1 3
April 5.2 6 5 6 4
May 11.1 9 12 9 9
June 15.1 13 16 16 14
July 17.2 17 17 17 18
August 16.7 16 17 18 18
September 13.1 12 13 14 12
October 8.0 7 4 11 8
November 1.4 1 3 1 4
December -2.7 1 -2 1 -2
Average 5.8 -1.3 6.7 6.3 7.1 7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.6 25 20 16 11 9
February 13.0 4 7 14 17 15
March 16.4 15 28 22 8 7
April 12.2 16 17 7 14
May 10.6 11 15 13 10
June 6.5 8 6 6 3
July 5.3 4 7 5 3
August 5.2 5 7 4 6
September 8.3 11 11 8 6
October 10.9 13 13 11 9
November 9.8 7 17 3 9
December 13.7 22 18 8 9
Average 10.8 14.9 12.3 13.0 8.2 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 8.1 8 7 8 8 8
February 8.5 7 10 9 7 9
March 9.1 9 9 10 9 8
April 8.6 7 8 9 10
May 7.1 6 7 7 9
June 6.4 6 7 6 7
July 4.9 4 5 5 5
August 4.5 5 4 4 5
September 4.8 4 5 6 5
October 6.5 5 6 6 7
November 7.7 8 8 8 8
December 7.1 6 6 7 8
Average 7.0 8.2 6.2 6.8 6.7 7.2

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 272° 266° 275° 286° 275°
February 278° 266° 262° 274° 260°
March 271° 280° 266° 278° 248°
April 250° 265° 282° 284°
May 261° 214° 291° 250°
June 266° 278° 234° 247°
July 252° 246° 266° 262°
August 272° 241° 218° 259°
September 351° 277° 251° 226°
October 281° 264° 256° 258°
November 261° 247° 269° 252°
December 268° 270° 240° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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