Langley Air Force Base

KLFI · Virginia, United States

Climate Langley Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Langley Air Force Base (KLFI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.5 76 78 76 80 86
February 79.0 82 80 82 54 82
March 80.4 66 86 75 82 76
April 87.3 85 93 92 85
May 74.2 78 56 91 65
June 82.9 66 91 83 86
July 91.0 93 85 96 93
August 87.4 84 93 86 83
September 81.9 69 86 89 83
October 77.2 88 62 77 73
November 83.8 85 79 95 84
December 81.3 75 77 81 82
Average 81.6 74.0 80.4 79.5 84.9 81.3

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 88.4 86 89 87 89 92
February 86.2 90 90 90 65 85
March 88.2 77 91 84 87 89
April 95.0 94 94 99 95
May 86.3 84 71 98 82
June 92.0 79 95 92 95
July 97.4 98 94 97 99
August 95.8 94 98 96 94
September 95.2 91 96 99 97
October 90.1 96 80 95 81
November 92.1 90 89 99 89
December 89.9 85 89 89 89
Average 90.8 83.4 89.9 88.7 93.0 90.8

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 10.2 11 14 9 8 12
February 13.2 13 14 13 8 13
March 15.3 17 16 17 17 18
April 20.8 22 21 20 20
May 24.4 22 24 25 22
June 28.3 27 29 28 28
July 31.1 31 31 31 33
August 30.0 30 31 31 30
September 27.3 27 28 27 25
October 22.6 23 19 24 22
November 16.1 15 18 16 19
December 12.4 14 12 15 12
Average 20.1 13.5 21.3 21.1 21.0 21.0

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 1.7 3 4 -1 2 4
February 3.6 4 5 2 1 4
March 6.0 8 6 7 6 8
April 10.8 12 10 10 9
May 15.6 14 16 13 14
June 20.1 18 20 20 20
July 22.9 23 23 22 24
August 22.0 22 22 23 22
September 19.6 19 19 19 19
October 13.5 12 11 15 14
November 6.5 6 8 6 8
December 3.4 4 3 5 3
Average 11.3 4.6 12.3 11.9 12.0 12.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 11 11 17 7 5
February 12.6 13 23 9 23 11
March 9.3 16 7 14 6 8
April 6.5 9 4 2 8
May 8.2 8 16 4 8
June 5.3 9 4 5 8
July 4.4 5 10 5 1
August 5.8 11 4 6 8
September 4.8 8 5 3 6
October 7.1 5 13 5 9
November 7.9 13 12 3 4
December 8.5 9 13 4 13
Average 7.8 13.2 9.2 9.9 5.4 7.0

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 9.0 10 8 10 9 9
February 9.2 9 10 9 10 9
March 10.2 10 9 10 10 11
April 10.2 9 10 9 12
May 9.5 10 10 9 11
June 8.2 9 8 8 9
July 7.9 8 9 8 8
August 7.4 8 7 7 8
September 8.1 8 9 8 8
October 7.8 8 8 8 8
November 8.1 8 7 9 7
December 8.0 7 8 8 9
Average 8.8 9.5 8.4 8.6 8.4 9.1

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 275° 257° 335° 307° 286°
February 352° 279° 249° 336° 253°
March 343° 283° 244° 042° 359°
April 139° 259° 260° 264°
May 065° 042° 128° 047°
June 121° 157° 191° 137°
July 206° 200° 230° 185°
August 132° 189° 170° 146°
September 045° 060° 161° 053°
October 302° 360° 295° 026°
November 019° 046° 306° 233°
December 233° 309° 278° 261°

Prevailing wind direction

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