Baylor Medical Center Heliport

02TE · Texas, United States

Climate Baylor Medical Center Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mid-Way Regional Airport (KJWY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.7 78 77 88 72 66
February 64.2 86 72 71 51 83
March 72.3 68 73 83 82 54
April 73.0 70 75 72 75
May 74.1 79 73 59 76
June 83.7 97 93 75 87
July 93.5 96 100 88 88
August 92.2 99 90 86 98
September 84.3 90 98 95 70
October 77.6 75 89 80 70
November 72.6 72 66 93 74
December 72.5 86 56 71 71
Average 78.0 75.5 80.5 83.0 76.7 76.1

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 88.2 92 88 92 85 81
February 82.3 93 84 91 76 87
March 90.0 90 90 96 97 78
April 91.5 94 97 87 88
May 91.1 94 93 83 88
June 95.5 98 99 91 97
July 97.5 97 100 95 96
August 96.7 99 96 93 100
September 94.0 96 99 98 88
October 89.2 91 96 93 86
November 85.9 82 81 97 90
December 85.0 92 76 87 82
Average 91.0 91.5 91.6 93.9 90.0 88.8

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 14.3 10 17 15 14 17
February 16.4 20 18 15 13 14
March 21.2 21 21 22 21 21
April 23.9 23 26 23 24
May 28.6 29 31 26 29
June 32.9 31 36 32 33
July 35.5 37 39 33 34
August 34.9 38 35 34 36
September 31.9 34 32 33 28
October 25.9 26 27 28 25
November 19.4 19 17 22 22
December 16.5 17 17 22 16
Average 24.3 17.4 25.3 26.2 25.2 25.5

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 3.0 -1 5 1 4 6
February 5.3 9 6 1 3 4
March 10.0 11 11 7 9 13
April 12.3 13 15 11 11
May 17.6 18 19 17 17
June 21.6 19 23 22 21
July 23.0 23 25 22 22
August 23.1 23 24 23 23
September 19.9 21 20 19 19
October 13.5 15 13 16 12
November 8.1 9 7 9 10
December 5.9 6 9 11 4
Average 12.9 6.8 13.5 13.8 14.1 14.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 6 7 3 9 8
February 7.1 5 8 6 4 4
March 4.4 6 5 3 2 9
April 4.8 4 2 6 6
May 6.6 7 1 14 7
June 2.4 3 0 2 2
July 1.5 1 0 2 4
August 3.6 0 4 6 0
September 3.7 3 2 1 8
October 7.0 3 8 2 6
November 4.7 5 10 0 1
December 6.2 6 3 3 9
Average 4.8 5.9 4.5 3.2 4.6 5.1

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 8.2 9 8 8 8 7
February 8.6 9 8 8 9 9
March 8.5 7 8 10 9 8
April 8.5 7 10 8 7
May 7.1 5 9 6 8
June 6.6 3 7 5 7
July 5.9 6 7 5 6
August 5.7 6 6 6 5
September 5.2 5 4 5 6
October 6.8 7 6 7 7
November 6.9 6 6 8 7
December 7.2 6 7 8 7
Average 7.2 8.4 6.6 7.3 6.7 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 296° 246° 308° 306° 201°
February 238° 239° 305° 297° 291°
March 175° 194° 218° 177° 171°
April 161° 180° 150° 201°
May 162° 177° 147° 159°
June 110° 170° 174° 173°
July 185° 181° 170° 168°
August 204° 170° 172° 168°
September 167° 152° 138° 022°
October 224° 202° 208° 138°
November 198° 182° 196° 170°
December 241° 223° 196° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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