Aaron Penston Field

1VA7 · Virginia, United States

Climate Aaron Penston Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of William M Tuck Airport (KW78) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.4 81 81 89 79 79
February 78.6 90 85 82 58 81
March 82.4 75 84 81 78 80
April 86.3 86 94 93 88
May 79.1 88 68 91 75
June 84.0 81 95 81 81
July 88.7 90 88 93 93
August 83.2 85 88 84 74
September 77.2 80 85 88 73
October 79.5 91 82 77 71
November 85.2 93 87 100 79
December 79.0 83 74 78 78
Average 82.1 81.4 85.5 84.6 83.9 79.5

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 2020
January 87.8 90 87 93 83 90
February 85.9 95 89 90 67 87
March 91.2 86 92 90 89 94
April 93.6 94 97 96 96
May 89.5 94 85 99 86
June 92.2 90 98 94 90
July 93.7 94 94 97 96
August 91.3 93 93 93 86
September 87.9 90 94 96 85
October 89.1 94 94 95 78
November 90.8 95 92 100 88
December 86.2 89 84 91 87
Average 90.0 89.8 92.0 92.2 92.2 88.6

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 10.0 10 13 9 9 11
February 14.0 14 17 14 9 12
March 16.9 19 17 19 17 19
April 22.1 23 22 22 21
May 25.5 23 26 25 23
June 28.9 27 30 30 28
July 31.8 32 31 31 33
August 27.5 30 30 32 12
September 27.4 27 27 28 23
October 22.2 23 21 24 22
November 15.8 17 18 16 19
December 12.0 14 10 16 11
Average 20.2 14.4 21.8 21.6 21.5 19.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -1.4 0 2 -3 -1 1
February 2.0 1 4 0 0 2
March 4.3 5 4 5 5 8
April 8.3 8 8 7 7
May 13.4 12 14 11 12
June 17.0 15 16 18 18
July 19.5 19 20 20 21
August 16.0 14 19 20 8
September 15.1 11 14 15 13
October 9.5 8 7 12 10
November 2.6 1 5 1 5
December 0.8 1 1 3 0
Average 8.0 2.1 8.1 9.1 9.2 8.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 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 2020
January 4.4 6 4 3 3 5
February 4.8 5 6 6 2 5
March 5.7 5 6 7 4 6
April 5.5 4 6 5 6
May 4.3 5 4 3 5
June 3.2 4 3 2 3
July 2.8 3 4 2 3
August 2.3 3 2 2 1
September 3.1 3 3 3 3
October 3.4 4 3 4 3
November 3.9 4 5 4 4
December 3.2 3 3 2 3
Average 4.1 5.1 4.0 4.1 3.0 3.7

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 269° 265° 261° 278° 286°
February 255° 255° 247° 257° 255°
March 283° 275° 244° 282° 235°
April 229° 255° 277° 270°
May 331° 308° 260° 275°
June 267° 271° 207° 229°
July 245° 227° 222° 243°
August 273° 225° 158° 191°
September 347° 327° 240° 024°
October 269° 311° 274° 291°
November 300° 284° 291° 251°
December 274° 277° 232° 262°

Prevailing wind direction

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