Plattsburgh International Airport

KPBG · New York, United States

Climate Plattsburgh International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Plattsburgh International Airport (KPBG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.2 57 57 72 68 74
February 82.4 90 77 80 85 79
March 85.0 78 83 84 94 92
April 87.0 80 89 92 88 91
May 92.0 96 91 94 97
June 90.1 73 88 98 93
July 90.7 80 96 81 94
August 92.7 84 86 95 94
September 90.4 85 76 96 94
October 88.3 91 97 79 94
November 86.2 88 83 95 95
December 74.0 53 71 77 79
Average 85.7 76.8 79.9 85.7 88.3 90.6

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 85.1 76 84 78 87 87
February 88.6 98 83 83 90 86
March 91.7 87 87 91 98 97
April 95.1 93 92 95 97 99
May 97.2 99 94 99 100
June 96.0 89 96 99 98
July 96.9 92 98 95 98
August 96.9 93 96 97 97
September 96.6 96 91 99 98
October 95.5 94 98 91 98
November 93.7 98 93 99 97
December 86.9 78 81 91 93
Average 93.4 88.7 90.5 91.9 95.7 95.9

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 -2.5 -1 1 -5 -2 0
February 0.8 3 1 0 -2 0
March 4.8 7 4 6 7 7
April 12.2 12 16 12 14 11
May 19.5 20 21 20 19
June 24.1 23 23 27 25
July 26.8 27 27 24 29
August 25.8 24 27 27 25
September 21.4 22 20 22 20
October 15.4 16 16 16 14
November 6.7 6 9 7 11
December 1.6 4 3 3 2
Average 12.2 5.4 13.3 13.6 13.6 13.8

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 -10.4 -7 -5 -17 -9 -8
February -9.0 -6 -10 -11 -12 -9
March -5.7 -2 -3 -4 -4 -2
April 2.0 2 3 2 3 0
May 7.7 6 8 8 7
June 12.9 13 13 15 13
July 16.4 17 16 15 18
August 15.2 14 16 17 15
September 11.2 12 11 12 9
October 5.8 8 3 8 5
November -2.3 -2 1 -1 1
December -6.0 -2 -4 -6 -4
Average 2.6 -4.8 4.2 3.0 3.9 3.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.9 21 14 18 8 11
February 13.6 3 20 19 10 17
March 12.3 12 19 12 6 10
April 13.8 20 12 11 16 8
May 8.8 7 7 6 3
June 10.1 11 20 6 5
July 6.9 11 6 11 5
August 6.5 12 7 7 9
September 6.2 3 8 6 7
October 11.2 12 2 14 15
November 11.9 6 12 10 10
December 13.2 13 23 8 11
Average 10.8 14.2 11.5 11.0 8.7 8.6

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 6.1 5 6 7 5 5
February 7.4 8 8 9 7 7
March 8.0 8 8 8 9 8
April 7.7 8 7 8 7 9
May 7.0 8 7 6 8
June 6.4 6 7 7 6
July 5.5 5 5 6 6
August 5.4 5 5 5 5
September 5.7 4 6 6 7
October 6.2 5 6 5 7
November 6.2 6 6 5 7
December 5.7 5 6 6 7
Average 6.5 7.2 6.1 6.6 6.2 6.7

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 006° 352° 006° 347° 055°
February 070° 131° 180° 085° 172°
March 355° 358° 242° 181° 122°
April 074° 130° 324° 003° 350°
May 035° 105° 060° 059°
June 045° 139° 173° 139°
July 135° 153° 096° 122°
August 142° 077° 135° 145°
September 088° 002° 152° 135°
October 149° 138° 095° 157°
November 198° 192° 194° 172°
December 357° 355° 288° 225°

Prevailing wind direction

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