Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)

KROA · Virginia, United States

Climate Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (KROA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.0 77 85 93 83 89
February 83.2 88 88 83 64 87
March 85.7 80 85 87 87 83
April 89.2 87 93 93 94 90
May 82.6 84 72 93 74
June 89.8 78 97 94 90
July 95.1 95 94 98 98
August 88.4 82 89 92 82
September 82.0 81 87 91 76
October 82.2 91 85 78 84
November 86.6 91 80 99 87
December 84.2 80 65 94 91
Average 86.0 83.0 86.0 86.0 89.4 85.7

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 89.4 85 91 93 86 94
February 89.2 91 96 90 76 91
March 92.5 90 91 91 94 96
April 95.4 93 98 97 97 97
May 92.5 95 87 99 88
June 96.4 93 99 98 96
July 98.3 98 98 98 99
August 95.2 92 94 96 95
September 93.8 98 94 98 92
October 92.3 95 92 96 90
November 93.4 94 88 100 93
December 89.8 86 87 95 94
Average 93.1 90.1 94.0 92.8 94.8 93.8

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 8.4 8 12 7 8 9
February 12.9 14 16 12 8 12
March 15.8 18 16 18 17 18
April 21.2 22 23 21 21 19
May 24.8 23 25 24 22
June 28.5 27 30 29 28
July 31.7 32 33 31 33
August 29.9 30 30 32 30
September 26.9 27 26 27 25
October 21.7 22 20 22 22
November 14.8 16 16 14 18
December 10.8 12 9 15 10
Average 20.0 15.6 21.4 20.9 20.8 20.5

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 -1.9 0 3 -3 0 2
February 2.4 3 5 1 0 2
March 4.9 7 5 6 5 8
April 9.3 12 9 10 9 8
May 14.1 12 14 12 13
June 18.0 16 19 18 18
July 20.9 21 22 21 22
August 19.9 20 20 21 21
September 16.6 16 16 17 16
October 11.0 11 8 13 11
November 3.9 4 6 3 7
December 1.9 3 2 4 1
Average 9.6 5.2 10.3 10.2 10.3 10.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 14 13 9 11 9
February 12.6 12 8 16 14 12
March 8.8 9 12 10 6 8
April 8.2 8 8 8 4 9
May 9.3 7 12 7 15
June 6.4 9 3 1 9
July 3.6 2 8 3 2
August 5.8 6 6 2 11
September 7.3 5 8 6 10
October 7.5 6 7 5 10
November 8.1 7 15 3 6
December 9.9 16 9 5 9
Average 8.3 10.5 8.1 8.8 5.2 9.1

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 7.5 8 7 7 7 7
February 7.2 6 8 8 7 7
March 8.0 8 8 9 7 7
April 8.0 8 7 8 9 9
May 6.6 7 6 6 7
June 6.2 7 7 6 6
July 5.3 5 5 6 6
August 5.0 5 5 5 5
September 5.4 5 6 6 5
October 5.7 6 5 6 5
November 6.4 6 6 7 7
December 5.7 5 5 5 7
Average 6.5 7.5 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.5

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 280° 283° 309° 286° 292°
February 282° 276° 262° 278° 270°
March 277° 289° 254° 292° 232°
April 254° 238° 272° 288° 284°
May 298° 022° 267° 276°
June 292° 296° 220° 278°
July 261° 253° 263° 237°
August 277° 248° 157° 232°
September 340° 325° 282° 068°
October 280° 310° 278° 261°
November 291° 273° 284° 276°
December 278° 260° 258° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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