John F Kennedy International Airport

KJFK · New York, United States

Climate John F Kennedy International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of John F Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.1 67 79 76 88 85
February 79.8 88 84 77 67 79
March 80.6 74 82 82 82 74
April 78.3 74 86 85 81
May 77.9 94 73 84 83
June 83.9 76 84 88 91
July 86.9 84 97 80 82
August 84.9 80 90 78 87
September 83.0 70 91 91 91
October 76.2 83 78 76 66
November 88.1 93 86 98 85
December 78.8 73 70 84 85
Average 81.0 76.2 80.9 83.4 83.4 82.5

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 87.4 80 92 85 95 90
February 86.5 95 93 82 78 86
March 88.3 85 93 84 88 88
April 86.3 79 94 92 89
May 86.8 96 83 93 88
June 91.8 88 96 95 95
July 96.0 96 99 94 96
August 97.2 96 99 96 98
September 93.3 84 98 98 97
October 87.9 87 88 97 77
November 95.5 99 94 100 93
December 86.9 80 85 88 94
Average 90.1 86.5 90.2 91.2 92.9 91.0

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 5.3 5 8 3 5 7
February 7.0 7 8 7 4 8
March 9.9 12 10 10 12 12
April 14.9 17 14 16 13
May 20.2 20 21 21 19
June 25.3 24 26 26 26
July 29.0 29 30 28 30
August 28.0 27 30 28 28
September 24.7 24 25 25 24
October 19.1 19 18 21 18
November 12.2 12 14 12 15
December 7.5 9 8 10 7
Average 15.8 7.8 17.3 17.5 17.2 17.3

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 -1.0 0 3 -4 -1 1
February -1.8 0 0 -2 -2 1
March 2.4 5 2 3 3 4
April 7.1 9 7 7 6
May 11.9 11 13 11 10
June 17.4 16 18 18 18
July 21.7 22 22 21 23
August 21.1 20 22 22 21
September 17.6 17 17 18 17
October 12.1 12 11 14 11
November 4.8 4 7 5 7
December 1.6 3 2 4 1
Average 8.7 1.7 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.4 22 14 17 3 8
February 14.2 8 9 18 28 17
March 12.5 18 12 10 7 14
April 11.2 11 6 11 13
May 11.3 5 14 11 6
June 5.2 3 5 4 4
July 4.5 4 1 7 6
August 5.4 6 3 7 7
September 8.4 20 8 5 3
October 11.2 10 13 3 20
November 7.4 2 7 4 11
December 13.2 14 20 5 14
Average 10.2 16.2 8.8 9.1 7.6 9.7

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 11.6 11 11 12 12 12
February 11.0 11 11 12 11 11
March 12.5 12 13 12 13 11
April 12.1 11 13 11 14
May 10.1 10 10 10 11
June 9.8 9 10 10 10
July 9.3 9 10 9 9
August 9.5 10 10 9 10
September 9.8 10 10 11 10
October 10.5 9 10 10 10
November 10.9 10 11 10 11
December 10.9 10 12 10 12
Average 10.7 11.3 10.1 10.8 10.4 10.7

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 308° 289° 301° 312° 290°
February 297° 276° 274° 329° 266°
March 313° 305° 267° 278° 013°
April 171° 281° 281° 295°
May 196° 103° 248° 219°
June 168° 198° 190° 194°
July 193° 188° 192° 187°
August 213° 182° 186° 197°
September 022° 266° 247° 131°
October 276° 352° 260° 314°
November 289° 265° 286° 253°
December 288° 323° 280° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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