Albany International Airport

KALB · New York, United States

Climate Albany International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Albany International Airport (KALB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.5 51 49 78 67 84
February 78.4 84 82 73 73 74
March 78.8 66 81 72 88 81
April 79.2 79 85 80 82
May 85.2 93 85 88 91
June 84.9 68 86 90 91
July 84.9 75 95 71 90
August 88.3 77 94 89 91
September 82.5 75 79 88 86
October 77.3 79 85 73 77
November 83.1 89 82 86 89
December 70.8 52 76 67 76
Average 79.5 66.8 75.1 83.4 80.7 84.8

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 83.9 75 76 87 90 92
February 86.6 97 89 84 80 82
March 88.8 85 88 83 95 90
April 93.0 90 93 92 97
May 94.3 99 92 94 97
June 94.0 88 95 97 95
July 93.1 87 98 87 96
August 95.1 92 98 96 95
September 91.2 86 88 97 95
October 88.2 89 91 87 84
November 91.7 95 91 96 94
December 81.2 71 85 79 87
Average 90.2 85.6 87.8 91.1 91.2 92.6

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 1.2 2 4 -1 -2 4
February 3.8 7 5 3 -1 4
March 7.8 10 8 9 9 11
April 14.6 18 15 14 13
May 21.4 22 24 19 21
June 26.0 25 26 26 28
July 28.7 30 30 24 30
August 27.0 26 30 26 26
September 23.3 24 23 23 21
October 17.2 19 17 18 15
November 8.9 9 12 9 11
December 3.8 7 4 6 3
Average 14.2 6.0 16.3 16.2 14.4 15.5

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 -6.0 -4 -2 -11 -7 -4
February -5.1 -3 -5 -7 -8 -4
March -2.5 1 -1 -2 -2 1
April 4.2 6 4 3 4
May 10.0 8 12 8 10
June 14.8 15 15 15 16
July 18.4 19 19 16 19
August 17.2 17 19 17 16
September 13.2 14 13 13 11
October 7.8 9 6 10 5
November 0.3 0 3 0 1
December -3.0 0 -2 -1 -4
Average 4.9 -2.1 6.8 6.0 5.2 5.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.2 29 31 18 16 14
February 18.9 9 20 20 33 20
March 16.6 19 21 19 8 14
April 17.4 15 19 18 22
May 11.9 7 7 13 5
June 8.2 11 8 6 4
July 8.0 10 7 16 3
August 6.3 9 4 8 6
September 8.4 13 15 4 6
October 12.5 15 8 11 15
November 13.3 7 13 12 12
December 20.1 29 18 14 18
Average 13.6 18.7 14.8 12.1 12.7 10.8

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 7.7 7 6 8 8 8
February 8.7 9 8 10 7 8
March 9.2 8 8 9 11 8
April 8.9 8 9 8 10
May 7.2 7 7 7 9
June 6.7 6 8 7 6
July 5.8 6 7 6 6
August 6.0 7 6 6 6
September 5.7 5 6 7 7
October 6.6 6 5 5 7
November 8.0 8 8 7 9
December 7.3 6 8 8 8
Average 7.3 7.8 6.5 7.5 7.1 7.6

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 265° 285° 264° 280° 270°
February 256° 244° 227° 268° 275°
March 278° 285° 253° 258° 243°
April 233° 266° 288° 284°
May 271° 168° 267° 257°
June 299° 240° 195° 227°
July 194° 235° 264° 220°
August 213° 217° 193° 245°
September 308° 250° 207° 186°
October 234° 201° 268° 201°
November 242° 229° 249° 222°
December 258° 283° 242° 243°

Prevailing wind direction

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