Allan C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Air Field

KBKT · Virginia, United States

Climate Allan C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Air Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Allan C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Air Field (KBKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.2 78 85 84 78 77
February 78.7 89 84 84 56 77
March 80.7 76 86 78 78 74
April 86.3 86 90 93 90 86
May 78.3 87 70 89 70
June 81.1 81 91 83 80
July 89.2 91 90 92
August 85.8 86 90 83 86
September 76.6 73 89 87 70
October 76.1 90 73 74 67
November 86.3 93 88 97 82
December 76.9 81 80 80 77
Average 81.4 82.3 85.4 84.4 83.0 76.1

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 86.8 84 89 90 83 89
February 86.0 94 91 90 64 88
March 89.2 85 92 90 86 90
April 92.8 92 95 95 95 95
May 88.6 92 80 95 86
June 89.3 90 96 91 93
July 94.8 96 96 97
August 92.1 92 95 88 94
September 87.0 88 93 93 84
October 86.9 93 92 90 75
November 91.6 93 92 98 90
December 83.8 87 87 89 84
Average 89.2 88.6 91.5 91.3 89.6 87.5

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 9.5 10 12 8 8 11
February 13.1 13 16 14 7 12
March 16.0 18 16 18 17 19
April 21.5 22 23 21 22 20
May 25.1 23 25 25 23
June 27.4 27 30 29 26
July 29.4 31 32 30
August 26.9 30 30 30 29
September 26.9 26 27 27 25
October 22.1 22 20 23 22
November 15.2 16 17 15 18
December 11.2 13 10 16 10
Average 19.7 15.7 21.2 21.2 20.8 18.8

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 -2.9 0 3 -3 -1 0
February 1.2 2 5 1 -1 1
March 3.7 5 5 5 3 6
April 6.6 10 9 8 6 5
May 9.1 12 14 11 4
June 9.5 15 17 11 13
July 11.3 21 20 16
August 10.1 20 20 12 12
September 10.7 16 15 17 4
October 7.7 10 9 12 3
November 2.6 3 6 3 2
December 0.5 2 2 3 -1
Average 5.6 4.2 10.0 9.8 7.5 3.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.4 3 3 5 0 0
February 0.6 0 1 3 0 0
March 0.6 3 1 1 0 0
April 0.7 2 1 3 0 0
May 0.8 2 3 0 0
June 0.7 4 1 0 0
July 0.5 0 3 0
August 0.3 1 1 0 0
September 0.2 1 1 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.6 1 4 0 0
December 0.3 0 3 0 0
Average 0.6 2.0 1.2 2.2

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 6.6 7 6 7 5 7
February 6.9 6 8 8 6 7
March 7.4 7 7 9 7 8
April 7.5 8 7 7 7 8
May 6.6 7 7 6 7
June 5.6 6 5 6 7
July 5.3 5 6 6
August 4.6 5 4 4 5
September 5.1 4 5 5 5
October 5.5 5 5 6 5
November 5.7 5 6 6 6
December 5.2 5 5 5 6
Average 6.2 7.0 5.6 6.2 5.8 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 255° 261° 287° 299° 271°
February 243° 238° 234° 316° 251°
March 283° 274° 239° 272° 237°
April 242° 224° 250° 272° 262°
May 007° 302° 264° 272°
June 278° 269° 222° 199°
July 233° 219° 226°
August 265° 245° 223° 229°
September 353° 320° 245° 010°
October 275° 308° 263° 277°
November 312° 260° 285° 227°
December 249° 290° 228° 261°

Prevailing wind direction

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