Sweden Ranch Heliport

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Climate Sweden Ranch Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jim Hogg County Airport (KHBV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.8 68 66 74 74 67
February 61.0 48 76 71 58 71
March 65.8 57 60 81 82 65
April 70.0 53 69 77 60
May 76.2 76 76 78 83
June 82.8 86 88 78 79
July 84.4 80 91 76 85
August 90.3 93 84 89 91
September 89.1 94 92 90 78
October 80.2 78 82 86 74
November 61.9 55 49 77 76
December 65.7 72 48 64 87
Average 73.2 58.5 76.2 77.2 77.9 76.3

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 85.0 80 81 88 83 88
February 78.7 82 88 81 74 82
March 85.4 83 88 92 93 80
April 87.5 75 90 93 75
May 90.0 88 90 88 94
June 91.6 93 92 89 92
July 91.1 94 94 87 91
August 93.8 97 89 92 93
September 94.2 96 94 94 94
October 91.2 91 93 93 85
November 78.2 73 65 92 85
December 78.5 84 69 82 95
Average 87.0 81.6 88.3 87.6 88.4 87.7

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 20.9 20 23 21 21 22
February 23.1 24 25 21 20 23
March 26.8 27 29 27 27 28
April 29.5 28 32 30 30
May 32.6 31 35 32 33
June 35.4 38 37 33 33
July 36.3 38 38 33 36
August 35.7 39 36 35 36
September 33.2 37 32 35 31
October 29.9 29 29 32 30
November 24.1 23 22 25 26
December 22.3 22 22 26 23
Average 28.6 23.5 30.2 29.4 29.0 29.2

60th highest temperature of United States

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 8.2 7 11 7 6 12
February 10.5 12 11 6 8 9
March 14.1 15 16 11 10 17
April 17.0 17 20 15 18
May 20.7 21 22 20 20
June 22.9 24 23 23 22
July 23.3 24 24 23 23
August 23.6 24 24 23 23
September 21.8 23 21 21 21
October 17.5 19 17 19 16
November 13.6 13 12 13 16
December 11.2 11 15 15 8
Average 16.5 11.1 17.8 16.8 16.3 17.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.6 3 9 2 4 2
February 3.6 13 0 2 3 2
March 5.8 9 6 1 2 5
April 2.8 10 1 1 3
May 1.1 3 0 0 2
June 1.6 1 0 2 1
July 2.1 9 0 2 3
August 2.3 3 4 1 2
September 1.9 0 3 1 5
October 2.6 8 1 0 1
November 8.3 12 12 1 3
December 4.9 5 6 2 1
Average 3.5 7.7 5.2 2.4 1.6 2.3

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 6.8 6 7 4 7 8
February 7.2 8 9 8 8 8
March 8.5 8 9 10 10 9
April 8.7 8 10 9 8
May 8.4 6 10 9 8
June 7.8 8 9 8 10
July 8.0 9 10 7 9
August 7.7 8 8 8 8
September 5.9 5 5 5 8
October 6.5 6 6 7 7
November 5.3 5 6 2 7
December 5.2 5 6 2 8
Average 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.7 7.0 8.0

60th highest wind speed of United States

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 030° 069° 019° 039° 130°
February 111° 142° 051° 102° 119°
March 139° 132° 146° 113° 141°
April 112° 142° 123° 107°
May 135° 155° 142° 145°
June 168° 150° 145° 159°
July 160° 154° 153° 151°
August 143° 141° 147° 155°
September 139° 102° 121° 047°
October 126° 122° 129° 124°
November 060° 077° 131° 109°
December 100° 143° 162° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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