La Guardia Airport

KLGA · New York, United States

Climate La Guardia Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Guardia Airport (KLGA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.4 65 74 78 86 84
February 79.0 88 83 75 65 77
March 79.2 71 78 79 82 74
April 78.8 73 84 87 80
May 78.5 95 71 85 84
June 84.2 76 82 90 93
July 86.5 85 95 78 85
August 85.9 75 93 82 88
September 81.6 66 91 90 86
October 75.5 83 76 75 68
November 87.3 91 84 97 85
December 77.0 67 71 84 85
Average 80.4 74.1 78.9 82.3 83.6 82.7

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 87.8 81 86 89 95 90
February 86.8 93 93 81 81 88
March 87.6 83 88 82 89 89
April 87.8 83 92 94 89
May 88.6 96 85 94 90
June 93.4 89 96 98 98
July 96.4 96 99 93 98
August 97.0 97 99 96 99
September 93.0 81 96 98 98
October 88.5 88 87 95 81
November 95.5 99 94 99 92
December 86.1 78 84 90 93
Average 90.4 85.6 89.7 90.8 93.7 92.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 5 9 4 5 7
February 7.9 8 9 8 5 8
March 10.7 12 11 12 12 13
April 16.2 19 15 17 14
May 21.9 22 22 22 21
June 27.1 25 27 29 29
July 30.5 30 31 29 32
August 29.1 28 31 29 30
September 25.4 25 25 26 25
October 19.9 20 18 21 19
November 12.8 12 15 13 16
December 8.0 10 8 11 8
Average 16.8 8.3 18.3 18.2 18.3 18.5

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 0.0 1 4 -3 1 1
February 0.8 2 1 -1 -1 2
March 3.3 5 4 3 4 5
April 8.3 10 8 9 7
May 13.5 13 14 13 12
June 19.0 18 19 20 20
July 23.0 23 23 22 24
August 22.4 21 23 23 23
September 18.9 19 18 20 19
October 13.5 14 12 15 13
November 6.4 6 8 7 9
December 2.7 5 3 5 3
Average 9.9 2.5 11.4 10.9 11.4 11.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.7 24 17 14 4 8
February 14.7 8 8 21 28 17
March 13.5 19 14 18 7 14
April 11.6 12 9 10 14
May 11.1 4 15 11 7
June 5.0 5 4 4 2
July 4.5 4 1 6 4
August 5.5 7 3 6 6
September 9.1 23 7 5 3
October 11.0 12 13 4 18
November 7.4 3 11 5 10
December 14.0 16 22 4 13
Average 10.5 17.1 9.9 10.4 7.6 9.1

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 10.8 10 10 11 11 11
February 10.2 10 10 11 10 10
March 11.4 12 11 11 11 10
April 10.9 10 12 10 12
May 9.4 9 9 9 10
June 8.8 9 9 8 9
July 8.2 8 8 8 8
August 8.5 9 8 8 9
September 9.2 10 9 10 9
October 9.5 8 10 9 9
November 10.2 9 10 10 10
December 10.2 9 11 9 11
Average 9.8 10.6 9.2 9.7 9.4 9.7

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 317° 313° 312° 320° 299°
February 321° 298° 293° 338° 295°
March 329° 320° 294° 303° 010°
April 022° 314° 302° 312°
May 322° 065° 324° 306°
June 019° 220° 202° 244°
July 200° 198° 306° 195°
August 267° 184° 158° 199°
September 029° 323° 292° 052°
October 302° 019° 357° 355°
November 301° 280° 292° 264°
December 318° 331° 300° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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