Newark Liberty International Airport

KEWR · New Jersey, United States

Climate Newark Liberty International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.3 89 69 78 78 88
February 79.3 82 87 83 78 65
March 79.6 74 81 82 80
April 79.3 79 74 86 87
May 77.5 74 94 72 85
June 85.9 92 74 87 90
July 86.2 86 86 96 80
August 85.4 80 79 92 84
September 81.1 78 70 90 88
October 77.6 97 85 78 74
November 87.7 84 91 87 99
December 78.2 76 73 73 83
Average 81.9 85.2 81.3 80.6 83.8 83.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 88.9 94 80 90 88 97
February 86.0 89 92 92 83 77
March 87.6 83 88 84 90
April 89.3 87 82 96 93
May 87.8 91 96 84 92
June 94.4 98 87 97 97
July 95.7 96 96 100 92
August 96.7 91 97 99 98
September 92.8 93 80 97 96
October 89.0 100 89 85 95
November 95.4 95 99 94 100
December 86.1 83 82 89 90
Average 91.1 91.3 91.1 89.9 91.6 93.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.5 3.3 6.2 10.0 2.7 4.7
February 8.0 5.9 8.8 10.0 8.0 3.7
March 11.3 13.4 11.8 12.8 12.8
April 17.2 17.8 19.8 16.3 18.1
May 22.9 24.1 23.0 23.8 24.0
June 28.3 30.6 26.6 29.0 30.0
July 31.1 31.6 31.5 32.8 30.5
August 29.5 29.6 28.6 31.3 30.5
September 25.8 25.3 25.6 25.5 26.8
October 20.3 21.8 21.3 18.1 22.1
November 13.4 16.0 13.0 15.3 13.3
December 8.0 7.2 10.5 8.3 11.0
Average 17.0 4.5 19.4 19.4 19.0 19.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -2.6 -4.7 0.5 3.7 -6.7 -2.3
February -1.8 -2.9 0.7 0.7 -3.9 -3.7
March 2.7 4.7 3.1 3.1 3.0
April 8.0 8.6 9.8 7.9 7.5
May 13.3 14.8 12.3 14.5 12.9
June 18.5 20.3 17.3 18.8 19.5
July 22.3 23.1 22.6 23.3 21.8
August 21.1 20.3 20.8 22.1 22.5
September 17.4 16.8 17.8 16.5 18.8
October 11.7 11.3 12.3 9.4 14.1
November 4.8 7.5 4.0 6.7 4.5
December 1.3 0.3 4.0 2.0 3.9
Average 8.7 -3.7 10.8 10.7 10.0 10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.6 7 25 15 16 5
February 14.5 11 10 9 20 26
March 14.1 18 15 13 9
April 12.4 15 12 10 10
May 12.5 14 5 13 13
June 5.6 1 6 6 6
July 4.7 6 5 2 4
August 6.3 9 7 2 6
September 9.0 8 23 7 5
October 11.2 0 12 17 6
November 8.3 8 3 9 6
December 14.3 17 15 20 6
Average 10.1 8.9 10.4 10.2 10.2 8.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.2 11 9 9 10 11
February 9.6 10 9 9 10 9
March 10.7 11 11 11 10
April 10.0 10 9 11 10
May 8.4 8 8 8 9
June 8.4 9 8 8 8
July 7.5 7 7 8 7
August 7.6 7 8 8 7
September 8.2 7 9 8 9
October 8.6 8 8 9 8
November 9.4 10 8 10 9
December 9.1 9 8 10 8
Average 9.1 10.8 8.6 8.4 9.1 8.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 279° 298° 288° 298° 308°
February 295° 312° 284° 284° 324°
March 314° 305° 284° 295°
April 316° 258° 295° 293°
May 127° 279° 050° 304°
June 247° 324° 257° 229°
July 195° 213° 242° 268°
August 253° 274° 221° 230°
September 030° 360° 291° 283°
October 306° 286° 341° 302°
November 287° 285° 276° 283°
December 288° 293° 316° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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