Richmond International Airport

KRIC · Virginia, United States

Climate Richmond International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Richmond International Airport (KRIC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.3 77 84 82 84 84
February 80.0 86 82 86 59 80
March 82.6 77 85 78 80 79
April 87.8 87 88 91 92 88
May 78.2 85 63 90 74
June 85.2 72 92 86 89
July 91.5 90 91 93 96
August 87.5 85 94 85 81
September 80.8 77 90 91 78
October 78.8 91 70 82 73
November 86.7 92 86 97 86
December 80.7 79 80 84 82
Average 83.6 81.6 83.9 83.7 85.8 82.7

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 89.0 87 92 90 88 93
February 86.4 88 89 95 68 87
March 90.3 85 91 86 88 93
April 94.1 92 94 94 97 96
May 89.5 92 78 98 91
June 93.3 86 97 93 94
July 96.5 95 98 96 99
August 94.6 93 98 94 92
September 91.0 90 98 96 91
October 90.1 94 93 92 79
November 92.2 93 91 99 92
December 87.0 87 84 92 89
Average 91.2 88.1 91.3 92.0 92.2 91.5

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 9.9 11 14 8 9 11
February 13.3 13 16 14 8 13
March 16.2 18 16 18 17 19
April 21.9 22 23 22 22 20
May 25.6 24 26 26 23
June 29.3 28 30 30 29
July 32.2 32 32 31 34
August 30.7 31 31 31 30
September 28.0 28 29 28 26
October 22.5 23 20 24 22
November 15.9 16 18 16 19
December 11.8 14 11 16 11
Average 20.8 16.1 22.1 21.8 21.4 21.3

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 0.4 1 3 -2 0 2
February 2.4 2 4 1 0 3
March 4.9 7 5 6 5 8
April 9.8 11 11 9 9 8
May 14.6 13 15 12 13
June 18.8 17 19 19 19
July 21.9 23 22 22 23
August 21.1 21 21 22 22
September 17.9 18 17 18 17
October 12.1 12 10 14 12
November 4.5 4 7 4 7
December 2.0 3 2 4 1
Average 10.2 5.1 11.0 10.7 10.7 11.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.2 13 13 12 8 7
February 14.0 13 12 12 23 14
March 10.5 15 8 13 14 7
April 7.7 6 8 8 4 10
May 8.2 5 14 5 10
June 5.7 9 3 6 7
July 5.0 2 7 8 2
August 5.2 7 5 5 9
September 7.1 6 4 5 12
October 8.7 6 6 10 16
November 7.4 6 8 4 7
December 10.7 8 15 6 11
Average 8.5 11.4 7.3 8.4 7.7 9.0

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 8.2 9 8 8 8 8
February 8.2 8 9 9 8 9
March 9.2 9 9 10 8 9
April 8.9 9 8 9 9 10
May 8.0 8 8 7 9
June 7.2 7 7 7 8
July 6.8 7 7 7 7
August 6.3 7 6 6 7
September 7.0 7 7 7 7
October 7.0 7 7 7 7
November 7.2 7 7 8 7
December 6.7 6 6 6 8
Average 7.7 8.5 7.5 7.6 7.4 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 265° 269° 311° 315° 280°
February 270° 250° 232° 323° 254°
March 294° 285° 235° 269° 234°
April 233° 205° 267° 278° 277°
May 025° 011° 281° 317°
June 079° 267° 211° 193°
July 224° 204° 207° 194°
August 244° 194° 153° 210°
September 352° 337° 231° 027°
October 277° 317° 267° 305°
November 331° 252° 293° 222°
December 256° 310° 227° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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