Watertown International Airport

KART · New York, United States

Climate Watertown International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Watertown International Airport (KART) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.4 32 40 52 45 57
February 63.2 71 60 53 62 62
March 71.8 60 65 71 90 76
April 78.9 91 79 83 85
May 81.9 87 80 89 85
June 83.4 70 84 88 94
July 86.4 83 92 78 88
August 84.7 77 79 86 87
September 83.9 83 72 90 84
October 77.5 75 95 68 77
November 73.1 75 64 75 87
December 57.5 40 52 71 56
Average 73.4 54.2 71.8 74.6 78.8 79.8

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 73.2 68 75 70 81 79
February 78.4 90 83 67 75 77
March 84.1 74 83 83 96 88
April 90.0 97 90 91 92
May 91.8 96 90 96 94
June 92.5 83 95 95 99
July 95.0 94 95 93 95
August 95.3 93 95 97 95
September 94.2 93 93 98 91
October 91.0 91 99 82 94
November 90.1 94 80 91 99
December 79.2 72 72 89 85
Average 87.4 76.9 88.4 87.0 91.2 91.3

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 -1.6 1 2 -3 -1 2
February 1.9 5 3 1 -2 1
March 5.4 9 4 6 8 8
April 12.1 15 13 13 10
May 18.9 19 22 18 18
June 23.7 24 24 26 25
July 26.7 27 27 25 29
August 25.8 24 28 27 26
September 22.0 23 21 22 22
October 15.7 17 16 16 15
November 7.8 8 10 8 12
December 2.6 6 2 5 3
Average 12.4 4.7 14.3 14.2 13.7 14.0

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 -10.4 -7 -5 -18 -9 -6
February -9.8 -5 -8 -11 -12 -8
March -5.7 -1 -4 -4 -4 -2
April 1.8 3 2 3 1
May 7.3 6 9 7 6
June 13.0 13 13 15 13
July 16.6 17 16 15 19
August 15.7 15 16 18 15
September 11.0 11 12 12 9
October 6.0 8 4 8 4
November -1.3 -1 1 0 2
December -6.5 -1 -4 -3 -4
Average 2.6 -5.7 4.4 3.1 4.2 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.2 33 30 26 13 18
February 21.9 12 25 34 26 16
March 18.3 19 26 23 9 17
April 14.9 10 18 16 13
May 10.5 10 12 6 6
June 8.0 10 8 7 1
July 5.7 6 6 8 3
August 5.8 9 9 6 6
September 5.6 5 8 9 5
October 15.5 21 9 14 18
November 15.8 15 21 17 9
December 22.6 26 32 13 25
Average 14.1 21.2 15.0 15.9 11.0 10.3

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 7.8 8 7 8 6 7
February 9.0 8 10 10 8 9
March 8.7 9 9 8 10 8
April 8.9 8 9 8 10
May 7.2 7 7 7 8
June 7.0 6 7 8 7
July 6.6 6 7 6 7
August 6.2 6 6 6 6
September 6.2 6 6 6 7
October 7.4 7 7 6 8
November 8.2 8 9 7 9
December 7.5 6 8 8 9
Average 7.6 8.4 7.1 7.6 7.1 7.9

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 258° 301° 288° 319° 260°
February 239° 242° 249° 261° 248°
March 253° 275° 250° 247° 230°
April 243° 243° 274° 261°
May 266° 272° 255° 259°
June 333° 243° 233° 247°
July 240° 243° 320° 241°
August 249° 249° 243° 254°
September 275° 293° 225° 230°
October 242° 220° 001° 228°
November 247° 241° 248° 233°
December 294° 343° 230° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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