Days of Sunshine Per Year in New York
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a place in New York state is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
Place | Sunny Days |
Partly Sunny Days |
Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Albany | 69 | 111 | 180 |
Binghamton | 52 | 102 | 154 |
Buffalo | 54 | 103 | 157 |
New York Central Park | 107 | 127 | 234 |
New York, JFK Airport | 98 | 116 | 214 |
New York, LaGuardia Airport | 96 | 117 | 213 |
Rochester | 61 | 104 | 165 |
Syracuse | 63 | 98 | 161 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Albany | 53 |
Binghamton | 49 |
Buffalo | 48 |
New York Central Park | 58 |
Rochester | 51 |
Syracuse | 46 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.