What is the hottest month in Alfred?

July is the warmest month in Alfred, with an average high of 80.5°F.

What is the coldest month in Alfred?

January is the coldest month in Alfred, with an average low of 11.8°F.

What month does Alfred get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Alfred, with about 3.85 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Alfred in?

Alfred is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Alfred changed recently?

14.2% of Alfred's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Alfred, NY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALFRED, NY US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Alfred has an annual average temperature of 45.1°F with about 37.7 inches of precipitation per year and 82.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.85 in) and February the driest (1.73 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

45.4°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,233

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Alfred

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

52 of 366 (14.2%) of Alfred's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		24
1900s		1
1910s		24
1920s		18
1930s		47
1940s		33
1950s		21
1960s		21
1970s		19
1980s		15
1990s		45
2000s		30
2010s		42
2020s		26

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	31.8°F	11.8°F	21.8°F	2.37 in	18.6 in	17
February	34.7°F	12.5°F	23.6°F	1.73 in	18.1 in	14
March	43.4°F	19.7°F	31.5°F	2.49 in	16.9 in	14
April	56.2°F	30.0°F	43.1°F	3.16 in	3.7 in	14
May	68.9°F	41.0°F	54.9°F	3.35 in	0.1 in	14
June	76.5°F	50.1°F	63.3°F	3.85 in	—	13
July	80.5°F	54.0°F	67.2°F	3.81 in	—	12
August	78.6°F	52.4°F	65.5°F	3.81 in	—	12
September	71.2°F	45.5°F	58.4°F	3.74 in	—	13
October	59.6°F	35.8°F	47.7°F	3.68 in	0.3 in	15
November	46.7°F	26.6°F	36.7°F	2.82 in	6.5 in	15
December	36.4°F	19.4°F	27.9°F	2.89 in	18.0 in	17