Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Heliport

28TS · Texas, United States

Climate Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Skylark Field (KILE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.0 61 85 86 40 67
February 66.1 78 70 84 60 64
March 73.5 69 83 84 82 52
April 72.9 68 75 80 67
May 74.8 78 84 61 82
June 86.3 90 97 79 90
July 95.6 99 100 84 97
August 94.2 99 90 94 98
September 85.4 88 97 97 74
October 78.3 77 93 86 78
November 71.8 72 68 84 69
December 67.9 81 64 77 42
Average 77.6 69.2 82.6 86.1 77.6 74.4

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 82.0 74 88 95 48 85
February 84.5 91 86 93 78 85
March 90.5 90 92 96 94 81
April 91.1 90 95 92 84
May 92.9 93 97 86 97
June 96.6 96 100 94 98
July 98.8 100 100 93 100
August 98.3 100 96 99 100
September 95.2 94 99 100 89
October 91.7 93 98 95 91
November 86.5 86 78 90 87
December 79.3 88 84 96 44
Average 90.4 85.1 92.3 94.6 89.3 87.5

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 15.4 14 19 16 10 18
February 18.0 22 20 16 13 17
March 23.1 23 24 23 23 24
April 24.8 25 28 18 25
May 28.7 23 32 26 30
June 33.9 36 36 32 33
July 36.2 39 39 32 36
August 36.2 40 36 34 37
September 31.2 36 33 33 29
October 24.1 27 28 28 26
November 20.5 20 19 21 22
December 16.8 19 19 23 9
Average 25.0 19.6 27.3 27.4 24.6 25.4

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 2 7 3 4 7
February 6.0 9 7 2 2 5
March 11.3 12 12 8 11 14
April 13.2 12 18 9 13
May 18.0 13 20 18 18
June 22.5 23 24 22 22
July 24.0 25 25 23 25
August 24.0 25 24 24 24
September 19.8 23 21 20 19
October 12.3 16 14 16 13
November 9.0 10 9 8 11
December 6.0 5 10 12 2
Average 13.4 7.5 14.9 14.9 14.1 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.2 5 7 6 2 2
February 5.9 2 7 4 7 9
March 2.3 2 0 2 1 7
April 2.2 5 1 1 5
May 1.6 1 1 1 3
June 1.3 0 2 2 2
July 0.7 0 0 0 2
August 1.4 0 2 0 1
September 1.7 1 0 0 3
October 3.8 2 1 0 0
November 3.9 1 11 2 0
December 5.0 4 6 0 0
Average 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.8 1.2 2.6

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 7.9 8 9 8 5 9
February 9.3 9 10 9 10 9
March 9.8 9 10 11 10 9
April 10.1 9 13 10 9
May 9.2 7 11 8 10
June 8.2 8 9 7 9
July 6.8 8 8 7 8
August 6.7 9 8 8 8
September 5.7 7 6 7 8
October 7.4 9 8 8 8
November 7.6 8 7 8 7
December 7.1 7 8 9 3
Average 8.1 8.9 8.3 8.8 8.0 8.1

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 318° 261° 296° 324° 195°
February 216° 237° 317° 335° 312°
March 156° 161° 186° 159° 154°
April 118° 163° 133° 143°
May 141° 162° 115° 141°
June 167° 156° 151° 157°
July 172° 173° 156° 158°
August 155° 149° 158° 158°
September 152° 121° 109° 032°
October 133° 152° 174° 110°
November 158° 112° 145° 155°
December 197° 174° 180° 305°

Prevailing wind direction

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