KJHW — Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Jamestown city page · full 10-year analysis →
Some chance of fog — peaks at 34% around 6 am Saturday.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
150 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
August and September
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=709)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport spends 150 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in August and September. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~15 hJanFebruary: ~13 hFebMarch: ~13 hMarApril: ~8 hAprMay: ~11 hMayJune: ~7 hJunJuly: ~16 hJulAugust: ~19 hAugSeptember: ~17 hSepOctober: ~10 hOctNovember: ~5 hNovDecember: ~16 hDec
Fog season is year-round, peaking in August; fog is mostly a 3 AM–8 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 10 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Runway infrastructure

endapproach lightsbest approachlengthRVR
075,300 ft
25MALSRCAT I5,300 ft
134,499 ft
314,499 ft

From FAA NASR / curated AIP Canada research. Approach-light class and minima tier drive how low an approach can be flown — details in the chase board.

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.