Syracuse Hancock International Airport

KSYR · New York, United States

Climate Syracuse Hancock International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.3 40 33 67 49 63
February 66.4 68 58 67 67 64
March 73.0 67 62 74 86 81
April 80.0 88 77 86 84
May 84.8 90 87 88 88
June 86.8 70 92 89 94
July 90.0 82 96 83 92
August 90.2 77 91 93 93
September 86.8 83 75 91 94
October 79.2 77 93 76 79
November 78.8 79 78 82 91
December 62.6 45 62 74 66
Average 77.1 58.7 71.6 81.3 81.8 83.8

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 79.6 71 80 81 78 85
February 81.9 84 76 78 84 83
March 87.8 88 84 84 95 95
April 94.6 94 94 96 96
May 95.4 99 96 97 96
June 93.9 78 98 98 99
July 97.3 93 99 97 98
August 97.9 97 97 98 99
September 96.1 96 89 99 100
October 94.1 94 99 91 95
November 92.9 94 97 95 99
December 84.2 77 78 89 92
Average 90.9 81.3 88.8 91.7 93.8 95.2

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 0.8 1 3 -1 0 4
February 3.7 7 6 4 0 2
March 7.0 10 6 9 10 10
April 13.9 18 13 15 11
May 20.9 21 23 21 20
June 25.3 25 25 28 27
July 28.4 29 29 27 30
August 27.1 26 29 29 28
September 23.4 24 22 24 24
October 17.3 18 18 19 16
November 8.9 9 12 9 13
December 3.9 7 4 7 4
Average 13.9 5.8 15.9 15.8 15.9 15.8

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 -7.7 -4 -2 -12 -5 -4
February -6.8 -3 -5 -7 -7 -5
March -3.9 1 -2 -2 -2 0
April 3.7 6 3 5 3
May 9.3 8 10 9 9
June 14.6 15 14 17 15
July 18.3 19 18 18 20
August 17.4 17 18 20 18
September 13.3 14 13 14 12
October 8.1 10 6 11 7
November 0.9 1 4 1 3
December -3.4 1 -2 0 -2
Average 4.8 -2.3 6.8 5.6 6.9 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 37.7 45 48 29 37 28
February 31.2 26 33 40 35 29
March 24.6 28 30 28 16 18
April 19.9 17 23 19 22
May 12.3 8 9 13 9
June 8.2 11 5 7 3
July 6.6 8 4 10 3
August 6.5 10 8 9 5
September 8.1 5 21 9 5
October 16.5 20 5 20 18
November 22.4 19 20 22 18
December 34.4 50 34 21 27
Average 19.2 32.5 19.9 17.2 16.7 13.7

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 8.6 8 8 8 8 9
February 9.2 9 9 11 7 9
March 9.5 9 10 10 10 9
April 9.3 9 10 9 10
May 7.3 7 7 7 8
June 7.3 7 8 7 7
July 6.5 6 7 7 7
August 6.7 7 7 6 7
September 6.3 6 7 7 7
October 7.4 7 7 7 7
November 8.7 8 10 8 9
December 8.3 8 9 8 9
Average 8.0 8.8 7.5 8.1 7.5 8.0

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 255° 276° 267° 286° 258°
February 263° 260° 248° 255° 260°
March 279° 282° 270° 271° 262°
April 256° 279° 290° 276°
May 295° 257° 291° 277°
June 319° 272° 239° 281°
July 263° 268° 295° 268°
August 267° 267° 274° 274°
September 303° 281° 248° 227°
October 250° 211° 302° 246°
November 249° 239° 253° 236°
December 273° 248° 234° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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