West Virginia International Yeager Airport

KCRW · West Virginia, United States

Climate West Virginia International Yeager Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of West Virginia International Yeager Airport (KCRW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.2 56 56 57 51 62
February 70.3 82 78 74 44 65
March 79.0 81 78 85 91 71
April 83.5 90 85 87 77
May 80.9 75 84 82 79
June 81.4 77 90 87 81
July 81.8 78 71 85 86
August 80.1 70 79 82 82
September 79.1 70 77 81 84
October 74.8 75 79 77 70
November 76.5 82 74 90 79
December 72.9 71 66 82 67
Average 76.6 72.9 75.1 77.6 79.1 75.9

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 85.4 84 85 81 88 94
February 86.6 95 96 89 65 82
March 91.1 91 94 92 95 91
April 94.1 98 95 95 92
May 90.3 90 91 91 90
June 90.9 88 95 94 95
July 91.8 91 86 93 93
August 89.3 89 89 87 92
September 88.7 83 87 88 93
October 88.9 91 92 96 84
November 90.7 93 86 98 91
December 90.4 93 93 95 88
Average 89.9 89.9 90.6 89.8 90.6 90.5

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 7.4 6 11 5 5 10
February 11.5 13 14 11 5 10
March 14.8 17 14 16 17 17
April 20.1 22 19 19 17
May 24.5 23 26 23 22
June 27.7 26 29 28 28
July 30.0 30 29 30 32
August 29.1 28 29 30 30
September 26.6 26 24 26 25
October 20.9 20 19 22 20
November 13.8 15 15 13 17
December 10.0 12 9 14 8
Average 18.8 12.1 20.0 19.5 19.4 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 -2.6 -2 1 -5 -1 1
February 0.7 1 2 -2 -3 0
March 3.1 5 2 3 3 6
April 7.2 7 7 6 6
May 12.9 11 13 10 11
June 16.3 14 16 16 17
July 19.5 19 20 19 21
August 18.6 18 19 20 19
September 15.5 15 14 15 15
October 9.0 9 5 12 9
November 2.2 2 3 1 5
December 0.7 2 2 3 -1
Average 7.8 1.3 8.6 8.3 8.4 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.7 37 25 26 25 23
February 19.7 13 10 22 29 34
March 15.7 16 21 14 7 16
April 11.6 4 13 12 17
May 10.1 10 12 10 15
June 6.5 9 3 8 8
July 4.3 3 9 5 3
August 4.6 6 2 10 3
September 7.2 4 8 9 6
October 9.6 9 8 6 10
November 11.3 8 14 8 9
December 16.9 13 10 8 26
Average 12.6 21.7 9.5 11.0 10.9 13.2

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 5.5 6 5 5 5 5
February 5.7 5 6 6 6 6
March 6.2 6 6 7 6 6
April 5.9 6 6 5 6
May 4.9 4 5 4 5
June 4.4 5 4 4 5
July 4.0 4 4 4 4
August 3.6 4 4 3 4
September 3.7 3 4 4 4
October 4.1 4 4 4 4
November 4.9 5 5 5 5
December 4.7 4 4 5 5
Average 4.9 5.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.8

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 243° 237° 257° 264° 241°
February 246° 237° 244° 284° 253°
March 255° 255° 252° 254° 246°
April 257° 255° 269° 260°
May 258° 218° 267° 252°
June 277° 254° 219° 235°
July 236° 222° 248° 232°
August 246° 241° 205° 248°
September 054° 269° 230° 191°
October 233° 253° 228° 245°
November 237° 242° 241° 243°
December 220° 243° 221° 242°

Prevailing wind direction

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