Norfolk International Airport

KORF · Virginia, United States

Climate Norfolk International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norfolk International Airport (KORF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.3 77 78 76 82 85
February 79.1 80 82 82 60 83
March 80.7 67 85 76 83 77
April 86.9 82 86 94 90 86
May 75.0 76 61 89 64
June 83.8 66 94 86 87
July 90.2 88 85 97 95
August 86.8 81 92 86 82
September 81.2 72 89 91 76
October 77.3 88 67 77 73
November 82.1 89 80 92 82
December 81.3 76 80 82 84
Average 81.7 76.3 80.1 81.4 85.2 81.1

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 87.9 88 89 87 87 90
February 86.2 89 90 88 69 89
March 89.3 79 91 87 89 87
April 94.8 93 93 96 96 97
May 87.0 83 76 97 81
June 92.7 78 96 97 95
July 96.6 93 93 99 100
August 94.5 90 97 95 92
September 94.7 91 96 98 96
October 90.6 96 83 96 80
November 92.0 92 91 97 87
December 90.7 84 92 90 90
Average 91.3 87.3 88.7 89.9 93.2 90.6

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 10.8 12 14 9 10 13
February 14.0 12 15 13 10 14
March 16.0 17 16 17 18 19
April 21.5 22 23 20 21 21
May 24.9 22 24 26 23
June 28.8 27 28 30 29
July 31.9 32 32 32 34
August 30.2 30 30 30 31
September 27.3 27 28 27 26
October 22.6 22 20 23 23
November 16.5 16 17 15 20
December 13.1 14 12 15 13
Average 20.8 15.7 21.4 21.1 21.4 22.1

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 4 5 -1 3 5
February 4.5 4 7 2 3 5
March 6.9 8 7 7 8 9
April 11.6 12 13 11 12 10
May 16.0 15 16 15 14
June 20.7 19 20 22 21
July 23.3 24 23 23 25
August 22.9 23 23 23 24
September 20.0 20 20 19 21
October 14.6 13 12 16 16
November 8.0 8 10 7 10
December 4.8 5 5 6 4
Average 12.3 6.9 13.2 12.5 12.7 13.8

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 14 5 16 7 5
February 10.5 16 7 5 20 10
March 9.4 19 14 9 4 9
April 7.0 8 16 5 2 9
May 10.0 14 21 3 7
June 5.0 8 3 6 8
July 4.9 4 9 4 2
August 6.8 12 4 7 6
September 5.1 8 6 3 9
October 6.8 8 9 3 8
November 7.6 10 9 6 5
December 8.8 11 8 5 13
Average 8.0 13.7 9.7 8.7 5.6 7.3

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 8.7 9 8 10 8 9
February 9.4 9 10 10 10 9
March 9.6 9 10 9 10 10
April 9.7 10 10 9 9 10
May 9.1 10 9 9 9
June 8.0 8 7 8 9
July 8.0 8 9 8 7
August 7.2 7 7 7 8
September 8.5 8 10 8 9
October 8.1 7 8 9 8
November 8.3 8 8 9 7
December 7.9 7 8 8 8
Average 8.6 9.2 8.3 8.8 8.5 8.6

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 265° 248° 349° 310° 315°
February 353° 318° 257° 350° 260°
March 026° 344° 228° 022° 351°
April 235° 169° 262° 279° 264°
May 042° 043° 017° 037°
June 103° 078° 188° 146°
July 190° 216° 215° 181°
August 077° 131° 119° 174°
September 023° 033° 082° 038°
October 326° 359° 015° 018°
November 018° 028° 330° 220°
December 300° 348° 307° 257°

Prevailing wind direction

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