St. Lukes Hospital Anderson Heliport

PS53 · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate St. Lukes Hospital Anderson Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.5 60 69 80 85 83
February 76.4 85 82 69 67 77
March 77.7 73 81 76 79 69
April 79.6 75 75 83 86 82
May 77.7 93 72 85 83
June 81.5 66 81 84 92
July 84.9 82 90 86 82
August 84.2 82 87 84 88
September 77.2 72 83 84 81
October 72.8 85 69 66 70
November 85.8 91 80 94 83
December 72.2 66 60 75 77
Average 78.6 73.2 78.6 78.4 81.5 81.1

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 86.5 77 85 88 93 90
February 83.6 94 89 78 77 83
March 86.2 84 90 81 90 84
April 90.8 91 83 93 93 93
May 88.9 96 88 95 95
June 91.9 82 92 92 97
July 94.9 92 98 95 95
August 94.3 94 95 97 97
September 91.9 90 95 97 92
October 87.2 92 83 88 84
November 95.1 98 92 98 92
December 82.1 75 74 80 90
Average 89.5 86.8 89.0 89.0 91.7 91.3

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 4.2 4 7 1 3 7
February 7.1 8 9 7 2 8
March 10.7 12 10 12 12 14
April 17.3 17 19 15 17 16
May 22.6 22 23 22 21
June 26.9 25 26 28 28
July 30.0 29 31 29 31
August 28.7 27 31 29 29
September 24.8 24 24 25 24
October 19.1 19 17 20 18
November 11.4 11 13 11 14
December 6.4 8 6 9 6
Average 16.6 10.0 17.6 17.3 17.2 17.9

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 -4.7 -3 0 -8 -3 -1
February -3.5 -3 -3 -5 -5 -1
March 0.5 2 0 0 1 3
April 6.1 6 7 5 6 6
May 11.0 8 12 10 10
June 15.7 14 15 17 16
July 19.2 19 19 18 20
August 18.4 17 19 19 19
September 14.3 14 13 14 13
October 9.0 8 6 11 8
November 1.1 0 3 0 3
December -2.8 1 -2 1 -3
Average 6.6 0.8 7.0 6.6 7.4 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.3 20 15 15 6 7
February 12.4 10 5 18 23 12
March 12.6 16 14 16 10 10
April 10.3 13 9 14 6 14
May 9.5 3 13 8 8
June 6.2 7 6 5 2
July 4.1 2 3 3 5
August 4.8 3 2 7 6
September 7.7 13 9 6 3
October 9.7 7 15 7 13
November 7.4 2 12 3 10
December 12.6 16 29 2 13
Average 9.4 14.8 7.5 11.4 7.0 8.1

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 7.6 7 7 7 9 7
February 7.2 6 7 8 7 7
March 8.8 9 9 9 9 7
April 8.4 8 8 9 8 10
May 6.9 6 7 7 8
June 6.5 7 6 6 6
July 5.4 5 6 5 5
August 5.7 6 6 5 6
September 6.0 7 7 7 5
October 6.6 6 7 7 6
November 6.9 6 7 6 7
December 6.7 6 7 6 8
Average 6.9 7.5 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.9

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 298° 296° 299° 311° 296°
February 285° 283° 279° 322° 275°
March 310° 293° 284° 293° 315°
April 264° 240° 290° 291° 302°
May 291° 099° 303° 257°
June 023° 268° 229° 263°
July 247° 243° 279° 253°
August 281° 248° 238° 270°
September 029° 304° 267° 360°
October 282° 016° 284° 290°
November 290° 268° 278° 267°
December 290° 320° 272° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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