Adirondack Regional Airport

KSLK · New York, United States

Climate Adirondack Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Adirondack Regional Airport (KSLK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.6 14 24 45 25 43
February 48.0 57 36 46 55 42
March 57.9 52 50 56 73 66
April 65.4 66 71 60 69 74
May 76.7 80 78 83 81
June 75.2 58 72 86 83
July 76.4 66 77 65 81
August 74.9 60 73 78 77
September 66.8 63 45 73 74
October 62.9 54 80 59 65
November 51.6 41 47 67 65
December 42.8 24 41 52 38
Average 61.8 47.3 54.1 61.6 67.6 68.3

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 61.1 55 52 66 56 74
February 71.0 83 56 63 75 74
March 78.4 72 70 76 91 91
April 85.5 82 89 81 85 92
May 90.5 92 89 94 93
June 89.7 77 89 95 92
July 87.7 79 85 82 90
August 88.6 78 88 90 93
September 84.4 76 73 90 91
October 85.2 80 94 78 89
November 78.2 77 70 88 90
December 70.4 54 71 81 67
Average 81.4 72.8 74.4 79.7 84.9 87.4

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 -4.9 -3 -1 -6 -4 -1
February -1.4 2 0 -1 -3 -2
March 3.1 6 2 4 5 5
April 10.3 11 14 10 12 8
May 17.8 18 21 17 17
June 21.9 22 22 24 23
July 24.8 25 24 22 27
August 23.5 22 25 25 23
September 19.8 21 18 19 19
October 13.7 14 15 15 12
November 4.5 4 8 5 9
December -1.8 2 1 2 0
Average 10.4 3.6 11.9 12.1 11.5 11.6

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 -13.3 -9 -8 -21 -12 -11
February -13.7 -10 -13 -15 -15 -13
March -9.5 -5 -8 -8 -9 -6
April -2.3 -1 0 -1 -2 -3
May 3.4 1 5 3 3
June 8.7 9 9 10 8
July 12.2 13 12 12 14
August 11.1 11 12 14 11
September 7.1 8 8 7 5
October 2.4 4 -1 5 1
November -6.8 -5 -3 -5 -4
December -10.9 -5 -6 -8 -8
Average -2.8 -7.4 0.6 -1.5 0.1 -1.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.2 33 31 29 23 26
February 26.0 14 30 35 29 27
March 21.6 22 32 20 12 16
April 17.4 22 13 20 18 16
May 9.3 7 8 5 7
June 7.6 11 8 4 5
July 5.1 8 5 9 4
August 6.2 10 6 8 8
September 6.0 4 11 6 4
October 12.6 16 6 13 17
November 21.8 19 25 17 13
December 25.4 25 37 14 27
Average 15.2 22.7 16.0 15.9 11.9 12.8

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 5.6 6 5 6 4 6
February 6.9 6 7 8 6 7
March 6.5 6 6 7 7 7
April 6.6 7 6 6 6 8
May 5.8 6 6 6 6
June 5.7 4 6 7 6
July 5.1 4 6 5 5
August 4.8 4 5 5 5
September 4.9 4 4 6 7
October 5.9 5 6 5 6
November 6.1 6 7 5 7
December 5.5 4 6 6 7
Average 5.8 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.6 6.3

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 231° 241° 234° 237° 238°
February 227° 230° 231° 229° 235°
March 248° 238° 237° 239° 222°
April 093° 224° 245° 301° 234°
May 270° 193° 261° 246°
June 058° 235° 230° 236°
July 225° 234° 241° 236°
August 226° 232° 231° 237°
September 208° 240° 219° 221°
October 221° 198° 161° 227°
November 233° 230° 233° 232°
December 237° 224° 229° 225°

Prevailing wind direction

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