Average Sunshine in New York for December
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 this month 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 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Binghamton | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Buffalo | 1 | 6 | 7 |
New York Central Park | 9 | 9 | 18 |
New York, JFK Airport | 8 | 8 | 16 |
New York, LaGuardia Airport | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Rochester | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Syracuse | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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 monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Albany | 39 |
Binghamton | 29 |
Buffalo | 27 |
New York Central Park | 49 |
Rochester | 30 |
Syracuse | 25 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.