Culberson Hospital Heliport

TE56 · Texas, United States

Climate Culberson Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Culberson County Airport (KVHN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.8 96 97 99 92
February 95.1 94 94 98 94
March 96.4 91 99 99 99
April 99.1 99 100 99
May 97.8 97 100 96
June 97.1 99 98 95
July 99.5 100 100 99
August 96.1 98 93 95 100
September 95.5 98 94 100 90
October 94.9 95 93 99 93
November 91.7 83 91 95 99
December 98.1 99 96 100 98
Average 95.7 93.4 96.4 96.7 96.6 95.6

95th best VFR conditions of United States

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 98.5 97 98 100 99
February 98.2 99 98 99 97
March 99.0 99 99 99 99
April 100.0 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100
June 99.5 99 99 100
July 100.0 100 100 100
August 99.2 99 100 98 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 99
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 98.9 98 99 99 100
December 99.3 100 100 100 98
Average 99.1 98.1 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.3

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 15.7 16 17 16 15
February 18.0 20 18 16 18
March 22.5 22 23 23 22
April 27.6 27 29 25
May 32.3 31 34 32
June 35.9 36 36 36
July 35.4 38 36 33
August 33.9 36 32 32 37
September 31.6 35 30 32 30
October 26.9 27 24 28 28
November 20.6 20 18 22 23
December 17.8 18 18 21 16
Average 25.1 19.2 27.0 26.2 26.6 26.4

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 0.5 1 2 -1 1
February 1.5 4 2 -2 2
March 6.4 8 7 5 7
April 10.7 10 12 10
May 16.2 16 17 16
June 20.9 20 21 21
July 21.7 23 22 21
August 21.2 22 21 20 23
September 17.2 19 17 18 16
October 11.5 13 11 12 10
November 5.6 7 3 6 7
December 2.3 1 4 6 -1
Average 9.8 4.1 11.6 11.1 12.0 10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.9 1 1 1 1
February 2.6 2 1 5 4
March 0.2 0 1 0 0
April 0.1 0 0 1
May 0.2 1 0 0
June 1.0 0 1 2
July 0.6 0 1 1
August 3.3 2 7 3 1
September 0.9 1 1 1 1
October 0.2 0 1 0 0
November 1.6 3 4 0 0
December 1.4 0 2 2 2
Average 1.1 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.3 0.9

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 9.2 10 10 9 9
February 9.4 10 10 9 10
March 10.7 11 11 10 10
April 10.3 10 11 10
May 9.2 9 10 10
June 8.2 8 9 8
July 7.1 7 7 7
August 6.9 7 7 6 7
September 6.9 7 7 7 8
October 8.0 8 7 8 9
November 8.3 8 9 8 9
December 8.0 7 8 9 8
Average 8.6 10.1 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.0

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 261° 252° 291° 258°
February 259° 241° 240° 256°
March 263° 250° 255° 229°
April 282° 271° 297°
May 207° 250° 232°
June 255° 147° 079°
July 097° 123° 087°
August 077° 067° 140° 119°
September 212° 118° 110° 055°
October 197° 220° 236° 311°
November 278° 269° 249° 217°
December 245° 246° 244° 258°

Prevailing wind direction

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