Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field

KGTB · New York, United States

Climate Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field (KGTB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.1 17 22 48 36 50
February 55.9 64 50 47 51 52
March 64.3 60 50 57 83 72
April 73.4 82 72 77 81
May 79.4 80 76 89 80
June 81.0 72 77 87 89
July 84.2 78 90 74 88
August 82.7 69 75 83 85
September 78.6 79 61 84 82
October 72.0 60 88 67 71
November 63.9 58 57 70 80
December 48.4 30 39 58 43
Average 68.1 45.5 62.2 66.8 74.3 75.0

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 66.7 53 56 68 69 77
February 79.0 84 77 65 77 79
March 83.3 79 79 77 94 89
April 88.6 97 86 84 91
May 90.5 90 85 95 92
June 91.8 83 90 96 98
July 93.2 88 95 88 93
August 95.0 90 92 97 96
September 92.0 90 84 97 91
October 87.0 81 97 82 85
November 86.2 88 76 88 96
December 74.3 60 66 82 72
Average 85.2 71.1 81.9 82.6 88.6 89.2

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 -2.4 -1 1 -4 -3 1
February 1.1 4 2 0 -2 0
March 4.6 8 3 6 7 7
April 12.0 15 13 13 10
May 19.1 19 22 19 18
June 23.7 24 23 26 25
July 26.6 27 26 25 29
August 25.6 24 27 27 26
September 21.8 22 21 21 21
October 15.7 16 17 17 14
November 6.7 7 9 7 11
December 1.6 5 1 4 2
Average 11.9 3.5 13.8 13.7 13.5 13.5

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 -10.6 -6 -6 -16 -8 -7
February -8.3 -5 -8 -10 -10 -8
March -4.1 -1 -4 -4 -4 -1
April 2.3 4 2 3 1
May 8.3 6 10 8 7
June 13.4 13 13 14 14
July 17.1 17 17 15 19
August 15.5 14 14 18 16
September 11.6 12 12 12 10
October 6.7 8 5 9 5
November -1.2 0 1 -1 2
December -6.5 -1 -4 -4 -5
Average 3.0 -4.0 4.7 3.5 4.8 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.2 50 40 29 17 24
February 27.9 19 36 44 32 23
March 23.1 27 34 31 8 14
April 18.5 17 24 18 15
May 12.5 16 15 7 10
June 8.9 13 9 8 1
July 7.0 13 8 9 3
August 6.7 11 10 5 6
September 7.5 3 18 9 6
October 16.4 24 13 15 16
November 19.8 20 24 20 12
December 27.0 35 41 16 22
Average 17.7 32.9 21.4 20.9 12.4 11.5

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 7.9 9 7 8 6 7
February 9.6 9 10 12 8 9
March 9.3 9 10 9 10 10
April 9.5 10 10 9 10
May 7.9 8 8 8 8
June 7.7 7 8 9 8
July 7.1 7 8 7 7
August 6.7 7 7 6 7
September 6.8 6 7 7 8
October 7.9 7 8 7 9
November 8.4 9 9 7 10
December 7.8 7 8 8 9
Average 8.1 9.0 7.7 8.3 7.8 8.3

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 223° 250° 229° 304° 227°
February 221° 217° 230° 219° 245°
March 232° 252° 232° 228° 191°
April 226° 233° 273° 250°
May 285° 228° 261° 254°
June 040° 228° 233° 237°
July 237° 240° 003° 237°
August 238° 232° 218° 239°
September 262° 268° 211° 206°
October 238° 199° 166° 215°
November 222° 229° 220° 219°
December 192° 234° 207° 210°

Prevailing wind direction

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