Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport

KPHF · Virginia, United States

Climate Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (KPHF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.2 81 76 80 80 87
February 77.8 85 79 80 58 77
March 80.5 69 85 74 83 76
April 87.1 84 93 91 86
May 74.4 78 59 89 68
June 83.0 71 92 83 86
July 88.7 89 80 94 93
August 86.8 85 91 84 86
September 78.0 67 83 90 76
October 75.1 84 66 76 63
November 81.7 89 69 95 83
December 79.1 74 81 78 81
Average 80.8 77.6 79.8 79.0 84.1 80.2

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 85.5 89 88 86 86 90
February 84.5 89 89 88 66 81
March 87.8 80 89 84 87 88
April 93.5 92 95 97 93
May 85.9 84 71 97 85
June 91.3 83 95 88 95
July 95.2 96 90 96 98
August 93.5 91 95 91 95
September 92.0 86 90 96 94
October 86.0 91 82 91 69
November 88.9 91 76 99 89
December 87.1 83 89 85 88
Average 89.2 85.5 88.6 86.6 90.5 89.2

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 10.1 11 13 9 8 13
February 13.1 12 14 13 8 14
March 15.4 16 15 17 17 19
April 21.1 22 20 20 21
May 24.6 22 24 24 23
June 28.6 26 28 28 29
July 31.3 31 31 30 34
August 30.1 29 30 30 31
September 27.3 26 27 27 27
October 22.3 22 19 23 23
November 16.0 16 17 15 20
December 12.2 13 11 15 11
Average 20.0 12.9 20.9 20.7 20.4 22.0

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 0.8 1 3 -2 0 3
February 2.6 2 4 1 0 4
March 5.0 6 4 6 5 9
April 9.9 11 9 8 9
May 14.4 13 15 11 14
June 19.1 17 18 19 21
July 22.2 22 22 21 24
August 21.5 21 20 22 24
September 18.2 17 17 17 19
October 12.1 11 9 14 12
November 5.2 4 6 4 8
December 2.3 3 1 3 2
Average 10.2 3.0 10.6 10.4 10.4 12.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.5 11 12 14 9 6
February 12.6 11 15 9 19 13
March 9.8 15 8 12 9 9
April 7.4 12 4 3 9
May 8.2 11 15 4 7
June 6.0 8 3 6 9
July 5.0 3 7 5 5
August 6.2 9 5 8 11
September 6.6 8 7 4 12
October 8.4 7 8 5 13
November 8.3 8 11 8 8
December 9.2 8 13 6 14
Average 8.4 12.3 8.7 8.6 6.8 9.2

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 8.1 9 7 9 8 8
February 8.2 8 9 8 8 8
March 9.1 9 9 9 9 9
April 9.2 9 9 9 10
May 8.3 9 8 8 9
June 7.3 7 7 7 8
July 7.2 7 7 7 7
August 6.4 7 6 6 7
September 7.0 6 7 7 7
October 6.9 6 6 8 6
November 7.1 7 7 8 7
December 7.0 6 7 7 8
Average 7.8 8.5 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.7

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 264° 256° 310° 298° 286°
February 248° 263° 228° 329° 244°
March 339° 296° 241° 312° 237°
April 195° 266° 278° 267°
May 048° 037° 034° 024°
June 136° 203° 207° 183°
July 209° 218° 223° 211°
August 182° 203° 207° 198°
September 351° 025° 199° 042°
October 286° 332° 271° 005°
November 001° 080° 287° 228°
December 242° 306° 251° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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