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Martin Van Buren National Historic Site visitation by month and year

August is the busiest month at Martin Van Buren, when the average temperature nearby is 71 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 25 degrees. August runs about 4.8 times the visits of January. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 23.4 percent, from 20,623 in 2019 to 15,807 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Martin Van Buren06001.2k1.8k2.4kJanuary: 454 visits on average, 25.0°FJanFebruary: 551 visits on average, 27.1°FFebMarch: 652 visits on average, 35.9°FMarApril: 612 visits on average, 47.9°FAprMay: 949 visits on average, 59.4°FMayJune: 1,360 visits on average, 68.2°FJunJuly: 2,114 visits on average, 72.5°FJulAugust: 2,190 visits on average, 71.2°FAugSeptember: 1,586 visits on average, 63.6°FSepOctober: 1,890 visits on average, 51.5°FOctNovember: 622 visits on average, 41.2°FNovDecember: 516 visits on average, 31.0°FDecJanuary: 25.0°F averageFebruary: 27.1°F averageMarch: 35.9°F averageApril: 47.9°F averageMay: 59.4°F averageJune: 68.2°F averageJuly: 72.5°F averageAugust: 71.2°F averageSeptember: 63.6°F averageOctober: 51.5°F averageNovember: 41.2°F averageDecember: 31.0°F average20°F30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in2.0 in4.0 in6.0 inJanuary: 2.17 in precipitationFebruary: 2.17 in precipitationMarch: 2.92 in precipitationApril: 3.34 in precipitationMay: 3.80 in precipitationJune: 4.45 in precipitationJuly: 3.76 in precipitationAugust: 4.41 in precipitationSeptember: 4.59 in precipitationOctober: 4.33 in precipitationNovember: 3.18 in precipitationDecember: 2.85 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Valatie 1 N, 5 miles from the park's reference point at 300 feet, station USC00308746 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1982 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Martin Van Buren05k10k15k20k25k198019902000201020201982: 10,5381983: 6,8881984: 5,3701985: 5,3351986: 4,9431987: 11,1241988: 12,4991989: 12,0871990: 11,5691991: 15,3701992: 14,4821993: 13,8161994: 13,8751995: 19,4021996: 17,8071997: 23,0081998: 20,0871999: 20,3252000: 14,0662001: 15,9502002: 16,0362003: 14,5942004: 13,6862005: 10,4452006: 24,7352007: 19,6782008: 21,2162009: 23,2162010: 21,0552011: 19,2872012: 22,0622013: 16,2292014: 19,1872015: 18,5472016: 22,1002017: 22,0232018: 18,6422019: 20,6232020: 11,4802021: 9,8232022: 11,7022023: 12,4382024: 17,7122025: 15,8072025: 16k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
202515,807-10.8%
202417,712+42.4%
202312,438+6.3%
202211,702+19.1%
20219,823-14.4%
202011,480-44.3%
201920,623+10.6%
201818,642-15.4%
201722,023-0.3%
201622,100+19.2%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00308746, 300 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.