New York Weather Station

KNYC · New York, United States

Climate New York Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of New York Weather Station (KNYC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.6 58 75 72 86 83
February 77.0 84 80 70 64 75
March 77.5 71 76 77 81 71
April 77.4 68 83 88 77
May 77.7 93 68 86 85
June 79.9 63 81 78 93
July 81.7 79 89 71 82
August 82.6 70 86 81 89
September 76.5 58 86 85 84
October 69.8 77 71 70 65
November 84.4 88 78 97 81
December 75.0 66 66 82 80
Average 77.4 70.7 73.9 78.1 80.4 81.0

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 85.6 75 85 84 94 91
February 84.3 90 91 76 76 86
March 86.9 82 88 81 91 87
April 87.3 80 93 93 87
May 88.0 96 82 94 93
June 90.9 84 94 88 98
July 93.0 90 93 89 96
August 94.3 91 93 97 97
September 90.2 73 93 94 97
October 83.8 82 81 92 81
November 93.5 96 88 99 90
December 85.8 77 84 92 91
Average 88.2 82.2 85.8 87.2 91.5 91.6

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 5.4 6 9 3 4 8
February 7.8 8 9 8 4 8
March 10.8 13 11 12 12 13
April 16.5 19 16 17 14
May 21.7 22 22 22 21
June 26.3 25 26 28 27
July 29.4 30 30 28 31
August 28.4 27 30 28 28
September 24.6 24 25 25 24
October 18.9 19 17 20 18
November 12.2 12 14 12 16
December 7.6 10 8 10 7
Average 16.4 8.8 18.1 17.9 17.6 17.8

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 -1.5 1 4 -4 -1 1
February 0.6 2 2 -1 -1 1
March 2.9 5 4 3 4 4
April 7.6 10 8 8 5
May 12.3 13 14 12 10
June 17.4 17 18 19 16
July 21.3 22 23 20 22
August 20.3 20 22 22 21
September 17.4 18 17 18 15
October 12.1 12 11 13 11
November 5.4 5 7 5 8
December 2.0 5 2 4 1
Average 9.0 2.5 11.0 10.3 10.3 9.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.0 23 15 18 2 7
February 11.2 9 7 19 21 11
March 11.6 20 14 12 6 10
April 10.2 13 8 10 14
May 9.4 6 14 9 5
June 4.8 5 4 5 3
July 6.0 8 5 8 5
August 5.5 8 4 6 5
September 9.6 29 9 4 2
October 10.0 17 12 2 15
November 6.4 2 12 3 10
December 11.5 14 17 4 12
Average 9.6 17.4 11.5 10.4 6.5 7.8

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 4.7 5 5 5 6 5
February 4.5 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.5 6 6 6 6 6
April 5.0 4 6 5 6
May 3.5 3 4 4 2
June 3.0 4 4 3 1
July 2.9 2 3 3 3
August 3.2 3 3 3 4
September 3.4 5 4 2 4
October 3.5 4 4 4 4
November 3.8 4 5 4 5
December 4.3 4 5 5 6
Average 4.0 5.3 3.9 4.5 4.0 3.9

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 339° 289° 307° 306° 285°
February 318° 301° 297° 337° 279°
March 341° 299° 295° 295° 032°
April 028° 301° 276° 314°
May 022° 061° 351° 285°
June 038° 315° 258° 243°
July 271° 338° 001° 298°
August 353° 317° 035° 311°
September 044° 337° 307° 010°
October 321° 040° 039° 013°
November 299° 281° 288° 278°
December 331° 357° 294° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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