Groundhog Mountain Airport

00VI · Virginia, United States

Climate Groundhog Mountain Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (KMWK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.8 79 76 86 78 76
February 76.2 88 81 77 58 74
March 80.7 79 82 84 77 78
April 84.3 85 86 94 95 86
May 81.3 82 77 91 76
June 84.7 78 94 83 83
July 87.2 95 85 90 94
August 85.2 86 86 92 68
September 86.0 85 89 87 76
October 83.1 94 84 97 69
November 86.8 95 80 100 82
December 79.8 82 61 85 82
Average 82.2 82.3 85.0 84.1 86.3 79.6

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 84.5 84 81 90 83 87
February 84.9 94 92 82 66 85
March 90.2 91 89 94 86 90
April 92.8 89 95 99 98 93
May 91.7 96 88 95 89
June 92.2 89 98 92 93
July 91.0 98 90 95 96
August 92.6 92 94 95 83
September 93.0 94 93 92 86
October 92.2 97 94 98 85
November 91.5 95 86 100 87
December 87.6 86 83 91 91
Average 89.8 89.4 92.2 91.6 91.0 89.3

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 9.2 8 11 7 8 10
February 12.9 13 15 12 9 12
March 15.8 18 16 18 14 18
April 20.1 22 21 20 14 20
May 24.1 22 25 23 22
June 27.4 26 29 27 27
July 29.9 30 30 29 31
August 28.8 29 28 30 29
September 26.0 25 25 26 24
October 21.6 21 19 22 22
November 15.3 17 16 14 17
December 10.9 12 9 15 10
Average 20.0 15.1 20.4 20.1 19.3 20.1

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 0.5 -1 2 -3 0 3
February 2.5 2 4 0 1 3
March 4.7 5 4 5 4 8
April 8.5 9 8 8 5 8
May 13.3 11 13 13 12
June 17.2 14 18 18 18
July 20.2 20 20 20 21
August 19.3 19 19 20 20
September 15.8 16 14 16 16
October 10.8 9 8 12 12
November 3.7 2 5 2 7
December 1.9 1 2 3 1
Average 9.7 3.6 9.2 9.3 9.5 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 12.6 15 15 9 10 14
February 11.2 7 10 15 14 17
March 9.1 11 10 6 10 9
April 8.2 5 10 4 2 10
May 6.7 5 8 4 11
June 5.7 6 3 7 10
July 4.3 4 8 4 4
August 5.5 9 4 5 10
September 5.5 5 9 8 7
October 5.4 3 5 3 10
November 5.5 3 11 2 6
December 9.5 14 9 4 8
Average 7.4 9.2 7.5 7.1 5.8 9.6

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 4.1 5 4 4 4 4
February 3.8 4 4 4 5 4
March 5.0 5 5 6 4 4
April 4.6 5 4 5 5 5
May 4.3 5 4 4 5
June 3.4 4 3 3 4
July 2.4 3 2 3 3
August 2.4 3 2 2 3
September 3.2 3 3 3 4
October 3.1 3 3 3 3
November 3.5 4 4 4 3
December 3.1 3 3 3 3
Average 3.7 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.8

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 295° 283° 322° 300° 300°
February 266° 263° 252° 337° 269°
March 320° 290° 236° 004° 224°
April 234° 197° 250° 281° 286°
May 068° 109° 284° 051°
June 022° 298° 151° 185°
July 253° 195° 190° 149°
August 270° 149° 109° 100°
September 046° 038° 178° 075°
October 283° 332° 330° 011°
November 323° 022° 302° 268°
December 323° 039° 219° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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