Lee County Airport

0VG · Virginia, United States

Climate Lee County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lee County Airport (K0VG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.1 70 56 59 68 91
February 70.6 67 69 68 80
March 87.2 86 84 100 84 89
April 88.8 89 86 93 90
May 87.0 86 86 87 92
June 88.8 84 94 93 94
July 84.5 82 75 87 87
August 82.0 63 81 85 78
September 85.4 82 86 83 80
October 82.8 88 83 66 84
November 84.6 87 77 92
December 73.1 73 57 65
Average 83.2 83.6 79.5 79.7 81.7 86.7

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 84.3 96 77 76 78 93
February 85.1 89 80 87 83
March 94.1 97 91 100 95 92
April 95.7 95 96 97 97
May 94.4 96 92 98 94
June 93.4 92 97 95 94
July 91.8 91 90 95 92
August 89.2 81 88 91 87
September 91.9 91 92 89 93
October 93.2 97 96 86 92
November 95.1 97 91 98
December 88.4 93 68 88
Average 92.3 96.6 91.2 89.3 92.3 91.8

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 8.2 4 11 6 8 10
February 12.1 14 12 9 10
March 15.8 18 16 15 18 17
April 20.6 21 20 20 19
May 25.0 23 26 24 23
June 28.1 26 30 28 28
July 30.5 30 30 30 32
August 29.2 28 30 30 29
September 26.6 26 25 26 26
October 21.4 21 20 21 22
November 14.1 15 15 13
December 11.1 11 10 14
Average 19.7 14.1 19.7 20.5 20.5 21.6

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 -2.5 -1 1 -3 -1 1
February 0.8 2 -1 -1 1
March 2.9 4 2 2 3 6
April 5.8 6 6 4 6
May 10.6 10 14 11 10
June 13.2 14 16 17 16
July 16.4 18 20 18 19
August 17.0 18 18 18 19
September 13.4 14 13 13 15
October 7.9 8 4 10 9
November 0.4 0 3 -2
December 0.4 0 2 2
Average 6.7 2.2 7.2 8.1 7.9 10.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 2 10 8 8 13
February 12.5 8 4 11 23
March 8.9 8 6 0 7 15
April 8.2 6 6 5 10
May 7.8 5 7 4 10
June 5.4 5 2 4 2
July 3.3 1 6 3 3
August 4.2 9 2 8 3
September 5.0 2 6 5 7
October 5.4 3 2 8 2
November 4.7 5 6 1
December 8.0 10 12 4
Average 7.0 6.7 5.4 4.7 5.5 8.2

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 2.5 3 4 3 2 0
February 3.1 4 4 3 2
March 4.2 6 5 8 3 4
April 4.0 5 5 4 4
May 3.4 4 4 3 3
June 2.9 4 4 2 3
July 2.2 3 3 3 2
August 1.8 3 3 2 2
September 2.1 2 3 2 2
October 2.2 3 4 3 1
November 2.0 3 4 2
December 2.1 3 2 3
Average 3.1 5.1 3.5 3.6 2.6 2.3

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 283° 234° 245° 237° 360°
February 232° 236° 244° 243°
March 245° 247° 245° 225° 235°
April 238° 243° 235° 241°
May 260° 204° 228° 230°
June 240° 245° 175° 209°
July 232° 228° 219° 218°
August 222° 230° 206° 212°
September 276° 311° 216° 193°
October 237° 244° 209° 211°
November 244° 228° 222°
December 236° 221° 226°

Prevailing wind direction

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