Long Island Mac Arthur Airport

KISP · New York, United States

Climate Long Island Mac Arthur Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (KISP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.2 64 74 74 83 82
February 76.1 81 80 75 65 74
March 77.6 73 76 73 85 72
April 74.4 74 67 85 83 74
May 74.4 93 65 81 79
June 76.7 66 77 81 83
July 78.2 73 90 69 75
August 78.0 71 84 76 81
September 75.7 65 83 84 78
October 72.5 85 73 70 62
November 83.2 90 86 97 78
December 73.8 67 67 76 78
Average 76.0 73.0 75.2 78.2 78.8 76.4

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 84.0 76 83 85 93 87
February 82.5 88 88 79 74 82
March 85.0 83 89 76 88 85
April 83.6 86 77 92 90 86
May 82.8 95 75 88 86
June 84.7 82 88 86 92
July 90.1 91 95 87 87
August 91.1 90 94 90 91
September 88.4 79 96 93 92
October 84.4 90 83 89 78
November 92.0 96 93 99 85
December 81.7 72 83 79 86
Average 85.7 83.4 86.1 86.8 88.1 86.6

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 5.2 5 9 3 4 7
February 6.6 6 8 7 3 7
March 9.4 12 10 11 11 11
April 14.6 15 17 14 16 12
May 20.2 20 22 21 19
June 25.0 24 25 26 26
July 28.5 29 29 27 29
August 27.7 26 30 28 28
September 24.2 24 25 25 24
October 18.9 19 18 20 18
November 12.3 12 14 12 15
December 7.5 9 8 9 7
Average 15.8 9.5 17.2 17.4 16.9 16.9

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 -3.9 -1 2 -5 -3 0
February -2.7 -1 -1 -3 -3 0
March 1.2 4 2 2 2 3
April 6.3 6 8 6 6 5
May 11.0 10 12 11 10
June 16.4 16 16 17 17
July 20.8 22 21 20 22
August 20.1 19 21 21 21
September 16.5 17 16 17 16
October 10.9 10 9 13 11
November 3.3 2 5 3 5
December 0.3 3 1 2 0
Average 7.8 2.0 9.1 8.7 8.9 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.1 23 16 18 3 8
February 14.7 10 11 18 29 18
March 12.3 17 12 13 6 11
April 12.1 15 12 8 10 13
May 10.5 4 12 9 6
June 5.6 3 7 4 4
July 4.5 4 2 7 8
August 6.0 7 3 11 8
September 8.4 20 6 9 3
October 12.8 9 17 8 21
November 8.9 4 10 6 12
December 14.3 13 16 9 15
Average 10.5 16.1 9.2 9.8 8.7 9.9

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 10.2 10 9 11 11 10
February 9.6 10 9 10 10 9
March 11.1 11 11 10 11 10
April 10.5 10 10 12 10 12
May 9.1 9 9 9 10
June 8.4 8 9 8 8
July 7.9 8 8 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 7 8
September 8.7 9 9 9 9
October 9.0 8 9 9 8
November 9.4 9 10 9 9
December 9.5 9 11 9 10
Average 9.3 10.1 8.8 9.4 9.0 9.3

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 305° 296° 308° 318° 293°
February 299° 283° 270° 338° 271°
March 318° 308° 265° 282° 360°
April 203° 171° 285° 295° 303°
May 241° 101° 278° 254°
June 172° 216° 207° 224°
July 201° 206° 221° 190°
August 237° 202° 205° 201°
September 028° 284° 276° 109°
October 284° 017° 332° 339°
November 291° 268° 294° 251°
December 302° 329° 288° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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