Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport

8NC8 · North Carolina, United States

Climate Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Durham Weather Station (KTQV) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 81.7 79 76 86
February 81.5 90 78 79
March 79.9 76 86 79
April 89.0 80 94
May 75.5 82 72
June 91.8 86 95
July 88.1 90 86
August 92.7 92 93
September 84.6 74 89
October 86.8 92 84 100
November 85.6 95 83 93
December 78.1 84 74 82
Average 83.4 81.0 85.1 84.9 82.5

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
January 88.3 85 82 93
February 90.0 94 89 89
March 89.9 84 91 92
April 94.6 89 98
May 88.6 93 87
June 95.7 94 97
July 94.6 96 93
August 97.9 97 99
September 92.7 91 93
October 94.2 95 94 100
November 92.0 97 91 100
December 88.0 90 84 95
Average 91.7 87.4 92.1 92.4 94.8

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
January 11.9 12 14 10
February 15.5 15 17 15
March 18.6 19 18 19
April 22.2 23 22
May 24.5 23 26
June 28.8 28 30
July 31.6 32 32
August 30.4 31 30
September 26.2 26 27
October 21.6 23 21 20
November 17.4 17 18 11
December 14.0 15 11 16
Average 18.7 15.1 21.9 22.0 15.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.9 3 6 0
February 5.6 5 8 4
March 8.1 9 8 8
April 11.5 12 11
May 15.6 15 17
June 19.1 18 20
July 22.5 23 22
August 21.7 22 21
September 18.0 18 18
October 12.0 13 11 17
November 7.7 7 9 3
December 5.6 6 5 7
Average 9.3 5.6 12.6 12.5 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average

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
January 8.0 9 7 8
February 8.0 8 9 8
March 8.4 8 8 9
April 8.1 8 8
May 7.9 9 7
June 6.4 7 6
July 6.1 6 6
August 5.6 6 5
September 6.4 7 6
October 6.0 6 6 9
November 6.8 6 7 7
December 6.0 6 6 7
Average 7.2 8.3 7.0 6.8 6.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 286° 262° 302°
February 280° 255° 212°
March 302° 284° 240°
April 220° 252°
May 011° 171°
June 276° 276°
July 241° 215°
August 271° 228°
September 009° 011°
October 313° 012° 214°
November 003° 338° 233°
December 287° 349° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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