Downtown Manhattan/Wall St. Heliport

KJRB · New York, United States

Climate Downtown Manhattan/Wall St. Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Downtown Manhattan/Wall St. Heliport (KJRB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.8 62 77 0 85 0
February 76.2 85 80 74 63 49
March 80.4 71 83 77 81 72
April 79.9 66 86 86 78
May 76.8 93 70 84 84
June 84.1 76 89 89 92
July 80.9 84 95 80 81
August 81.7 74 89 78 85
September 79.3 63 90 89 87
October 68.6 82 75 69 67
November 71.6 89 85 97 82
December 63.8 69 69 81
Average 76.1 72.5 77.9 81.8 81.4 73.7

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 67.4 81 92 0 95 0
February 85.0 94 94 85 82 54
March 90.1 85 96 82 91 90
April 89.4 78 93 94 92
May 88.4 96 85 95 91
June 94.3 92 99 97 98
July 91.7 97 100 95 98
August 96.5 96 99 96 98
September 93.9 84 97 97 98
October 83.3 89 88 93 84
November 80.3 98 95 100 92
December 73.3 85 83 93
Average 87.5 86.6 91.5 91.3 93.9 84.6

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 6 1 2 6 8
February 8.2 8 9 8 5 8
March 11.1 13 11 12 13 13
April 16.3 17 16 17 15
May 21.7 22 23 23 21
June 26.9 25 27 28 28
July 28.7 30 31 30 32
August 26.5 28 8 30 30
September 22.3 25 0 27 26
October 17.7 21 0 22 19
November 11.5 14 0 17 17
December 7.1 10 0 8
Average 16.1 8.9 18.0 11.1 19.8 18.7

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 0.2 1 0 2 0 2
February 1.1 2 2 0 -1 2
March 3.5 5 4 4 4 6
April 8.3 9 9 8 7
May 13.1 12 14 13 12
June 18.2 16 20 19 19
July 20.7 20 23 22 24
August 19.7 21 5 23 23
September 16.2 19 0 19 19
October 11.9 13 0 15 13
November 5.7 6 0 10 9
December 2.3 5 0 2
Average 9.3 2.7 10.6 6.6 12.3 11.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 26 13 0 3 0
February 10.5 11 5 18 20 4
March 10.9 20 6 12 7 11
April 10.5 13 10 10 14
May 10.4 6 12 11 6
June 3.2 2 3 2 2
July 3.0 4 1 3 4
August 4.7 6 2 5 5
September 7.7 23 5 4 2
October 7.6 11 9 4 13
November 4.8 3 5 3 9
December 9.1 13 15 13
Average 8.6 18.8 8.6 8.2 6.5 6.6

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 6.7 7 6 0 6 7
February 6.4 6 6 7 7 7
March 6.7 7 6 7 6 7
April 6.4 7 7 5 7
May 6.3 6 6 6 6
June 4.8 6 6 5 6
July 4.6 5 6 5 5
August 5.0 6 6 6 6
September 5.9 7 6 6 6
October 6.7 6 7 7 6
November 6.2 6 6 6 6
December 6.9 7 7 7
Average 6.0 6.4 5.9 6.4 5.7 6.4

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 291° 278° 360° 292° 272°
February 255° 247° 262° 355° 263°
March 005° 248° 278° 256° 006°
April 052° 084° 246° 232°
May 216° 050° 228° 265°
June 069° 208° 225° 223°
July 216° 219° 231° 225°
August 210° 203° 201° 229°
September 034° 254° 226° 149°
October 260° 010° 327° 290°
November 257° 254° 245° 246°
December 292° 347° 251°

Prevailing wind direction

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