Gonzales Memorial Hospital Heliport

30XS · Texas, United States

Climate Gonzales Memorial Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airport (KT20) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.2 58 71 76 69 69
February 60.7 78 65 72 53 67
March 68.5 55 69 85 77 55
April 69.9 61 86 71 60
May 72.6 78 78 65 83
June 78.3 79 87 78 74
July 80.9 83 91 70 64
August 87.9 93 85 86 94
September 84.7 93 93 89 77
October 76.1 79 89 80 79
November 71.2 69 58 81 78
December 67.7 84 49 56 77
Average 73.6 63.6 77.2 80.8 73.1 73.0

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 85.2 79 81 90 87 84
February 81.9 94 86 87 76 86
March 87.5 76 88 94 93 85
April 88.8 87 94 89 79
May 90.7 91 100 86 98
June 93.3 96 99 94 91
July 93.2 97 97 89 84
August 95.8 98 96 94 98
September 94.2 98 98 96 92
October 90.0 92 97 90 92
November 85.9 84 79 90 85
December 86.6 93 79 85 91
Average 89.0 82.5 91.2 92.8 89.3 88.9

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 18.8 17 20 18 19 21
February 20.1 22 21 18 16 20
March 24.7 24 25 25 25 26
April 27.0 26 30 27 27
May 30.9 30 36 29 32
June 34.5 35 38 33 33
July 36.3 38 38 33 37
August 36.8 40 36 34 38
September 33.6 37 34 34 31
October 28.6 29 30 30 29
November 22.7 22 21 23 26
December 20.5 22 21 24 20
Average 27.1 20.9 28.8 28.5 27.2 28.3

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 7.0 5 9 5 7 10
February 9.0 11 10 6 5 7
March 13.5 14 15 9 12 17
April 15.3 15 16 16 15
May 20.2 20 24 20 20
June 23.4 24 24 23 22
July 23.9 25 25 24 25
August 23.5 26 25 24 24
September 21.5 24 20 21 21
October 16.4 18 16 17 16
November 11.3 12 12 10 13
December 8.9 8 13 14 6
Average 15.4 10.0 17.2 16.0 16.1 16.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 4 3 4 4 6
February 4.2 2 3 6 5 6
March 2.8 3 2 1 3 6
April 2.6 2 0 4 5
May 2.8 3 1 6 1
June 1.9 0 0 3 2
July 1.3 1 0 4 3
August 2.0 0 3 1 1
September 3.7 0 1 1 6
October 2.6 5 2 1 1
November 4.7 4 11 5 4
December 4.3 4 1 1 4
Average 3.0 2.8 2.0 2.6 3.2 3.4

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 6.7 7 7 6 7 7
February 7.6 8 8 7 8 8
March 7.4 6 8 9 8 7
April 7.3 8 8 8 6
May 6.8 4 10 8 7
June 6.4 6 7 5 6
July 5.7 6 7 5 7
August 5.9 6 6 5 6
September 5.1 5 4 5 7
October 5.8 7 6 5 6
November 5.7 6 6 5 5
December 6.1 6 6 7 6
Average 6.4 6.8 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.4

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 353° 015° 358° 351° 136°
February 233° 032° 010° 030° 001°
March 133° 136° 185° 123° 139°
April 104° 020° 118° 092°
May 130° 162° 125° 139°
June 171° 165° 150° 144°
July 177° 173° 154° 160°
August 158° 159° 158° 162°
September 144° 122° 101° 027°
October 088° 136° 150° 101°
November 042° 058° 087° 095°
December 100° 143° 182° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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