Newport State Airport

KUUU · Rhode Island, United States

Climate Newport State Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Newport State Airport (KUUU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.6 64 39 68 78 78
February 71.6 72 70 59 66 75
March 73.2 61 75 63 83 71
April 70.6 60 85 78 71
May 73.6 85 61 80 82
June 73.1 63 80 76 75
July 70.9 57 74 61 72
August 74.3 67 72 75 76
September 72.2 63 71 83 74
October 68.7 78 61 68 65
November 80.6 86 80 93 75
December 71.5 61 65 72 72
Average 71.8 65.3 66.8 70.1 75.8 73.9

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 78.1 75 45 79 90 89
February 80.0 84 83 67 79 82
March 82.2 79 86 67 87 82
April 80.5 72 89 89 83
May 81.3 92 70 86 86
June 80.6 81 85 79 83
July 80.5 72 79 78 82
August 83.8 82 84 82 87
September 81.8 75 85 89 83
October 81.6 84 70 82 79
November 88.6 92 87 99 84
December 80.3 71 80 79 81
Average 81.4 79.2 78.0 78.5 84.3 83.3

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 4.1 3 7 3 3 6
February 5.4 5 6 6 3 6
March 7.8 9 8 9 9 10
April 12.5 14 13 13 11
May 17.7 18 18 18 18
June 22.7 21 23 24 24
July 26.5 26 27 25 28
August 26.1 24 27 26 27
September 22.4 22 22 23 23
October 17.4 18 17 18 17
November 11.2 10 13 11 14
December 6.5 8 7 8 7
Average 14.0 5.7 15.1 15.5 15.0 15.9

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 -3.4 -2 1 -6 -3 0
February -2.2 -2 -2 -3 -3 0
March 0.4 2 1 1 0 3
April 5.1 6 5 5 4
May 9.6 9 11 9 9
June 14.8 14 15 15 16
July 19.0 20 19 18 21
August 18.9 18 19 19 20
September 15.3 15 14 16 15
October 9.9 10 9 11 7
November 3.3 2 5 3 5
December -1.9 2 1 1 0
Average 6.7 -1.4 7.8 7.7 7.7 8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.6 20 21 14 4 3
February 13.0 10 11 20 18 11
March 12.2 19 18 13 4 8
April 11.2 9 5 8 17
May 8.1 5 6 6 4
June 5.6 7 5 4 4
July 4.0 5 2 7 2
August 5.4 6 5 8 5
September 10.0 21 12 9 4
October 11.7 12 14 9 16
November 9.6 7 12 6 11
December 14.8 18 22 10 14
Average 10.0 16.5 10.9 9.6 7.5 7.9

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 8.6 8 8 10 9 8
February 8.3 9 9 8 9 7
March 9.6 10 9 9 9 9
April 9.0 8 9 9 11
May 7.8 8 8 8 8
June 6.7 7 7 6 6
July 6.3 6 7 6 6
August 6.4 7 7 6 7
September 7.3 7 7 7 7
October 7.4 6 7 6 7
November 7.9 7 8 7 8
December 8.3 8 11 7 8
Average 7.8 8.7 7.3 7.9 7.4 7.8

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 339° 323° 315° 325° 302°
February 307° 310° 264° 341° 277°
March 336° 326° 257° 269° 044°
April 167° 265° 309° 335°
May 185° 106° 296° 253°
June 158° 200° 195° 180°
July 184° 202° 192° 182°
August 173° 190° 180° 185°
September 053° 341° 273° 097°
October 334° 039° 023° 017°
November 310° 260° 305° 254°
December 345° 336° 297° 311°

Prevailing wind direction

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