Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport

KROC · New York, United States

Climate Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport (KROC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.2 29 25 45 46 57
February 62.8 68 58 65 62 47
March 72.5 68 57 71 86 76
April 77.7 89 79 79 80
May 85.5 89 86 93 87
June 88.6 70 94 94 98
July 89.3 82 94 81 94
August 92.3 82 91 93 96
September 87.6 85 74 91 90
October 78.7 81 91 72 72
November 78.8 81 77 88 89
December 61.6 48 60 75 60
Average 75.9 55.0 71.9 79.1 81.5 80.9

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 75.7 59 77 70 81 80
February 82.3 91 81 77 81 73
March 87.4 81 82 83 95 96
April 91.8 97 96 91 92
May 94.4 96 93 98 95
June 94.5 81 97 98 100
July 96.4 92 99 93 99
August 98.2 95 98 98 100
September 96.0 95 87 97 99
October 91.9 96 99 82 93
November 93.5 94 94 97 97
December 84.3 75 85 88 91
Average 89.7 76.8 88.7 90.6 92.2 93.6

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 1.1 2 3 -2 1 3
February 3.6 6 6 2 -1 2
March 7.1 10 5 8 10 9
April 13.2 16 13 14 10
May 20.1 20 22 20 18
June 25.2 24 26 27 26
July 27.8 27 28 26 30
August 26.7 25 28 28 27
September 23.1 23 21 23 22
October 16.8 18 16 18 15
November 8.8 9 11 9 12
December 4.0 7 3 6 4
Average 13.7 5.9 15.2 15.1 15.1 14.8

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 -6.7 -3 -1 -11 -4 -4
February -5.2 -2 -5 -8 -8 -4
March -2.5 1 -2 -2 -1 1
April 3.5 5 4 4 2
May 9.3 7 10 8 8
June 14.7 14 14 16 15
July 17.8 18 17 17 19
August 16.9 16 17 19 17
September 13.5 13 13 14 12
October 8.1 9 5 11 7
November 1.1 1 3 1 4
December -2.1 2 -2 0 -2
Average 5.0 -2.4 6.5 5.4 6.4 6.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.9 51 49 48 41 34
February 34.9 25 34 45 40 40
March 22.6 25 31 27 11 15
April 19.8 13 20 22 23
May 11.4 11 9 8 12
June 7.0 12 5 6 3
July 6.1 8 5 8 4
August 5.4 8 5 7 2
September 6.1 6 11 6 4
October 14.7 18 8 16 14
November 19.1 19 18 17 15
December 31.3 31 27 26 27
Average 18.9 33.4 18.7 17.5 15.7 14.4

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 9.3 9 8 9 8 9
February 10.5 10 11 11 10 10
March 10.5 10 11 11 11 10
April 9.9 10 10 9 10
May 8.3 7 8 8 9
June 8.3 8 8 9 8
July 7.2 7 8 7 8
August 7.3 7 7 6 8
September 7.3 7 7 8 8
October 8.3 8 8 8 9
November 9.4 9 10 8 10
December 8.7 8 9 9 10
Average 8.8 9.7 8.3 8.8 8.4 8.9

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 263° 271° 289° 289° 265°
February 267° 265° 271° 268° 273°
March 276° 283° 277° 274° 254°
April 263° 282° 294° 296°
May 320° 302° 315° 295°
June 346° 281° 264° 282°
July 276° 271° 313° 275°
August 285° 275° 267° 269°
September 281° 287° 263° 245°
October 271° 252° 277° 254°
November 265° 247° 257° 251°
December 263° 250° 248° 257°

Prevailing wind direction

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