New Market Airport

8W2 · Virginia, United States

Climate New Market Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luray Caverns Airport (KLUA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.3 77 89 90 83 86
February 84.5 88 90 83 68 85
March 86.9 80 90 88 91 85
April 90.2 93 91 92 94 91
May 83.5 91 80 87 83
June 89.0 81 95 91 90
July 90.8 97 90 96 80
August 87.2 96 92 93 67
September 80.1 79 87 89 78
October 85.5 95 89 74 82
November 89.2 94 87 97 89
December 85.4 88 79 94 86
Average 86.4 84.6 90.0 88.2 88.5 83.1

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 94.7 93 99 96 92 95
February 92.0 94 96 92 87 90
March 93.9 91 96 95 97 94
April 96.0 97 97 95 98 95
May 94.2 97 93 95 97
June 94.6 93 97 95 94
July 93.5 97 95 97 80
August 90.6 98 95 96 71
September 90.8 91 91 94 91
October 93.6 97 93 89 92
November 95.1 98 93 98 97
December 91.9 93 92 98 92
Average 93.5 93.8 96.0 93.9 94.8 90.1

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 7.1 7 10 5 6 9
February 11.2 12 13 11 6 11
March 14.2 16 14 16 16 17
April 20.1 22 22 19 20 17
May 23.9 23 25 23 21
June 28.0 27 28 29 28
July 30.8 32 30 31 32
August 29.6 31 30 31 29
September 26.0 27 26 26 24
October 21.0 22 19 22 21
November 13.7 15 15 13 17
December 9.4 11 8 14 8
Average 18.9 13.9 20.5 19.6 19.7 19.6

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 -3.8 -3 -1 -5 -2 0
February 0.0 -2 0 -1 -1 1
March 2.0 2 0 3 3 5
April 6.6 8 5 6 6 6
May 11.6 8 12 10 11
June 15.8 12 17 17 17
July 18.3 17 18 19 20
August 17.6 16 18 19 18
September 14.0 12 13 14 12
October 8.7 7 5 12 8
November 1.8 -1 4 1 5
December -1.5 -1 0 2 -1
Average 7.1 1.2 6.2 7.7 8.2 8.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.2 14 9 9 7 9
February 11.0 10 8 12 14 11
March 7.5 6 10 7 5 6
April 7.7 4 7 9 5 9
May 8.1 5 8 6 7
June 5.0 6 5 4 5
July 4.1 2 7 3 3
August 5.2 4 5 4 8
September 7.2 7 8 8 4
October 6.7 4 8 7 7
November 6.1 6 8 3 6
December 8.7 8 5 1 11
Average 7.1 8.0 6.1 7.5 5.4 6.8

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 4.9 5 5 5 3 4
February 5.4 4 6 6 5 5
March 5.8 5 6 7 5 5
April 5.4 5 5 5 5 6
May 4.4 4 4 4 5
June 4.1 5 4 4 4
July 3.2 4 3 3 3
August 3.0 4 3 3 2
September 3.6 3 4 4 3
October 4.0 4 5 4 4
November 4.4 4 5 4 5
December 3.7 3 4 4 5
Average 4.4 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.0 4.2

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 257° 245° 251° 280° 257°
February 241° 243° 236° 269° 242°
March 270° 259° 236° 259° 233°
April 241° 219° 250° 260° 274°
May 356° 360° 303° 275°
June 300° 246° 220° 284°
July 218° 217° 236° 253°
August 235° 225° 198° 261°
September 004° 288° 239° 175°
October 247° 230° 257° 250°
November 260° 245° 254° 239°
December 246° 228° 221° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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