Mary Walker LZ Airport

KAPH · Virginia, United States

Climate Mary Walker LZ Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shannon Airport (KEZF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.9 71 84 89 83 83
February 82.9 85 87 86 76 80
March 83.0 79 86 82 80 79
April 88.3 90 90 91 87
May 79.0 91 69 87 75
June 86.9 80 92 86 89
July 92.4 94 91 97 94
August 87.8 90 93 81 82
September 79.2 78 90 89 75
October 79.9 92 77 78 72
November 88.2 85 87 99 90
December 81.1 72 78 88 88
Average 83.8 78.0 86.1 85.5 86.7 82.9

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 78 91 95 86 90
February 89.4 88 93 92 84 86
March 90.6 86 89 88 90 92
April 94.3 94 92 96 94
May 90.5 97 85 97 91
June 93.6 92 96 92 96
July 96.9 97 98 98 98
August 95.5 96 98 95 92
September 91.4 91 97 97 90
October 90.8 94 93 93 80
November 93.6 86 95 100 96
December 87.0 75 87 95 93
Average 91.3 84.1 91.8 93.1 94.2 91.7

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 8.6 9 12 6 8 10
February 12.7 12 14 13 9 12
March 15.3 17 15 17 17 18
April 21.2 23 21 21 19
May 24.8 23 25 25 23
June 29.1 28 29 30 30
July 32.0 32 31 32 34
August 30.4 30 31 31 30
September 26.8 27 27 28 23
October 21.9 22 20 23 22
November 15.1 15 17 15 19
December 10.7 12 10 15 10
Average 19.8 12.5 21.1 20.7 21.3 20.8

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 -1.2 -1 2 -3 -1 1
February 1.6 1 3 0 -1 2
March 3.5 5 3 3 4 7
April 8.4 10 6 8 7
May 12.1 12 10 12 12
June 17.5 16 18 19 19
July 21.0 21 20 21 22
August 19.7 17 20 21 21
September 16.4 17 16 16 13
October 10.9 10 8 13 11
November 3.2 2 5 2 6
December 0.5 1 0 3 0
Average 8.6 1.7 9.4 8.9 10.1 10.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.9 11 13 9 10 7
February 10.5 10 9 10 16 13
March 8.6 11 9 8 8 6
April 8.0 10 7 3 10
May 8.5 5 10 6 7
June 5.4 7 4 5 4
July 4.7 2 6 4 4
August 6.6 7 6 8 13
September 6.8 8 3 4 8
October 6.5 4 8 5 12
November 6.7 2 9 4 9
December 9.3 9 13 2 9
Average 7.8 10.6 7.0 7.4 5.8 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 5.6 6 5 6 5 5
February 5.9 5 6 6 6 6
March 6.7 6 7 8 6 6
April 6.3 6 6 6 7
May 5.3 5 5 5 6
June 4.9 5 5 5 5
July 4.0 4 4 4 4
August 3.9 4 4 3 4
September 4.4 4 5 5 4
October 4.7 4 5 5 4
November 4.8 4 5 5 5
December 4.2 3 4 4 6
Average 5.1 5.6 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.1

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 286° 280° 290° 311° 293°
February 255° 241° 245° 281° 244°
March 296° 285° 233° 282° 243°
April 215° 274° 291° 283°
May 012° 029° 290° 317°
June 269° 254° 205° 201°
July 208° 208° 207° 225°
August 232° 202° 135° 210°
September 350° 314° 238° 002°
October 279° 297° 275° 251°
November 300° 256° 295° 238°
December 278° 280° 212° 259°

Prevailing wind direction

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