{
    "dataset": "Ilystics weather delay days \u2014 Virginia Beach, VA",
    "landingPage": "https://ilystics.com/weather-delay-days/virginia-beach-va",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Ilystics LLC, https://ilystics.com",
    "sourceData": "NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily (GHCND), U.S. Government public domain",
    "algorithmVersion": "v2.3.0",
    "generatedAt": "2026-08-23T17:12:22+00:00",
    "baseline": {
        "startYear": 2016,
        "endYear": 2025,
        "observedDays": 3653
    },
    "location": {
        "metro": "Virginia Beach",
        "state": "VA",
        "lat": 36.8529,
        "lng": -75.978
    },
    "soilBasis": {
        "effectiveSoil": "sand",
        "baseDryingDays": 0,
        "label": "Sand, 0.0 base drying day(s)"
    },
    "station": [],
    "scope": "Soil-dependent site work only: earthwork, grading, excavation, foundations and underground utilities. Enclosed and vertical construction is not modelled.",
    "readMe": "Monthly figures are independent baselines and must not be summed into an annual total: doing so assumes a jobsite never improves over a year. See https://ilystics.com/weather-delay-days for the full explanation.",
    "months": [
        {
            "month": 1,
            "monthName": "January",
            "avgPrecipInches": 4.29,
            "lostWorkdaysMean": 5,
            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 6,
            "abnormalThreshold": 7,
            "dryingDaysPerRainDay": 0.14,
            "workdayCoveragePct": 100,
            "lostWorkdaysByYear": {
                "2016": 2,
                "2017": 7,
                "2018": 6,
                "2019": 7,
                "2020": 4,
                "2021": 5,
                "2022": 6,
                "2023": 6,
                "2024": 5,
                "2025": 6
            }
        },
        {
            "month": 2,
            "monthName": "February",
            "avgPrecipInches": 4.22,
            "lostWorkdaysMean": 5,
            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 6,
            "abnormalThreshold": 8,
            "dryingDaysPerRainDay": 0.06,
            "workdayCoveragePct": 100,
            "lostWorkdaysByYear": {
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                "2017": 2,
                "2018": 7,
                "2019": 6,
                "2020": 5,
                "2021": 8,
                "2022": 3,
                "2023": 3,
                "2024": 3,
                "2025": 9
            }
        },
        {
            "month": 3,
            "monthName": "March",
            "avgPrecipInches": 4.27,
            "lostWorkdaysMean": 5,
            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 5,
            "abnormalThreshold": 7,
            "dryingDaysPerRainDay": 0.09,
            "workdayCoveragePct": 100,
            "lostWorkdaysByYear": {
                "2016": 5,
                "2017": 4,
                "2018": 8,
                "2019": 5,
                "2020": 5,
                "2021": 3,
                "2022": 7,
                "2023": 5,
                "2024": 6,
                "2025": 3
            }
        },
        {
            "month": 4,
            "monthName": "April",
            "avgPrecipInches": 3.82,
            "lostWorkdaysMean": 4,
            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 4,
            "abnormalThreshold": 5,
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            "workdayCoveragePct": 100,
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                "2017": 5,
                "2018": 3,
                "2019": 4,
                "2020": 7,
                "2021": 5,
                "2022": 3,
                "2023": 1,
                "2024": 2,
                "2025": 3
            }
        },
        {
            "month": 5,
            "monthName": "May",
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            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 8,
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            "dryingDaysPerRainDay": 0.11,
            "workdayCoveragePct": 100,
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                "2017": 9,
                "2018": 7,
                "2019": 3,
                "2020": 8,
                "2021": 3,
                "2022": 6,
                "2023": 8,
                "2024": 5,
                "2025": 10
            }
        },
        {
            "month": 6,
            "monthName": "June",
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            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 6,
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            "workdayCoveragePct": 100,
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                "2021": 5,
                "2022": 5,
                "2023": 7,
                "2024": 4,
                "2025": 7
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        },
        {
            "month": 7,
            "monthName": "July",
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            "abnormalThreshold": 8,
            "dryingDaysPerRainDay": 0.24,
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            "lostWorkdaysByYear": {
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                "2020": 5,
                "2021": 4,
                "2022": 4,
                "2023": 6,
                "2024": 9,
                "2025": 6
            }
        },
        {
            "month": 8,
            "monthName": "August",
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                "2024": 3,
                "2025": 5
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        },
        {
            "month": 9,
            "monthName": "September",
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            "lostWorkdaysMedian": 6,
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                "2021": 2,
                "2022": 7,
                "2023": 6,
                "2024": 5,
                "2025": 7
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        },
        {
            "month": 10,
            "monthName": "October",
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                "2025": 8
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        },
        {
            "month": 11,
            "monthName": "November",
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                "2025": 3
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        },
        {
            "month": 12,
            "monthName": "December",
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        }
    ]
}