Lee Massey Airport

WV01 · West Virginia, United States

Climate Lee Massey Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.6 38 49 52 44 49
February 63.1 64 64 61 45 62
March 70.5 71 64 75 88 65
April 77.6 80 75 87 75
May 75.8 69 74 82 75
June 81.6 71 84 86 78
July 82.1 81 65 87 89
August 80.6 67 77 86 82
September 77.1 68 76 86 74
October 74.0 71 73 71 73
November 71.2 72 66 79 81
December 62.5 55 50 75 55
Average 71.3 57.4 68.0 70.3 77.7 72.4

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 72.1 64 73 70 75 82
February 80.0 81 79 77 62 78
March 85.0 85 83 86 95 82
April 92.0 95 87 96 91
May 89.2 87 88 91 93
June 94.2 90 95 96 91
July 92.8 94 85 95 95
August 92.8 88 89 95 93
September 90.5 86 92 96 90
October 88.2 90 83 88 88
November 89.1 87 87 96 92
December 83.2 77 70 92 82
Average 86.8 76.6 86.0 85.0 90.5 88.7

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 5.1 4 9 3 3 7
February 9.8 11 12 9 5 8
March 12.4 15 12 15 14 15
April 17.7 19 18 17 15
May 21.7 20 23 21 20
June 24.8 23 26 26 24
July 27.2 27 27 27 29
August 26.1 25 26 27 26
September 23.5 23 22 23 22
October 18.3 18 16 19 19
November 11.6 12 13 11 15
December 8.0 9 7 12 6
Average 16.3 9.9 17.4 17.1 17.1 17.0

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 -3.2 -3 0 -6 -3 -1
February 0.1 1 2 -2 -3 -1
March 1.9 4 1 3 3 5
April 6.4 7 6 6 5
May 11.8 10 13 10 10
June 15.1 13 15 16 15
July 17.7 17 18 17 19
August 17.0 17 17 18 18
September 13.9 13 13 14 14
October 8.6 8 6 11 9
November 1.8 2 3 0 5
December 0.0 1 1 3 -2
Average 6.8 0.2 7.7 7.4 7.5 7.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.9 39 26 24 22 20
February 20.0 23 21 19 19 28
March 17.7 24 21 17 10 16
April 12.2 10 18 7 14
May 11.5 12 15 10 10
June 8.9 9 6 7 13
July 6.8 5 14 5 4
August 7.7 10 8 9 8
September 6.9 5 11 5 9
October 10.8 11 15 12 9
November 9.6 11 13 4 5
December 16.8 24 21 9 16
Average 14.0 28.4 13.0 14.4 9.5 12.2

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 8.3 9 8 8 7 8
February 8.2 8 9 9 8 8
March 8.9 9 9 10 8 9
April 8.3 7 9 8 9
May 7.5 7 7 7 9
June 6.5 7 6 6 6
July 5.5 6 6 6 5
August 5.4 6 5 5 6
September 6.0 5 6 7 6
October 6.7 6 7 7 6
November 7.4 7 8 7 8
December 7.2 7 7 7 8
Average 7.3 8.4 7.0 7.2 6.8 7.2

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 261° 246° 276° 270° 248°
February 269° 256° 257° 241° 250°
March 262° 278° 257° 243° 237°
April 259° 262° 282° 279°
May 285° 221° 283° 218°
June 285° 285° 238° 259°
July 270° 247° 289° 270°
August 276° 263° 252° 253°
September 339° 307° 312° 150°
October 282° 276° 218° 226°
November 262° 213° 264° 241°
December 244° 203° 221° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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