Cayuga Heights, NY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ITHACA CORNELL UNIV, NY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Cayuga Heights has an annual average temperature of 46.3°F with about 38.3 inches of precipitation per year and 62.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 79.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.6°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.98 in) and February the driest (1.98 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →33 of 366 (9%) of Cayuga Heights'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 | 22 | |
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 38 | |
| 1920s | 33 | |
| 1930s | 55 | |
| 1940s | 31 | |
| 1950s | 23 | |
| 1960s | 18 | |
| 1970s | 14 | |
| 1980s | 10 | |
| 1990s | 27 | |
| 2000s | 20 | |
| 2010s | 30 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
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 | 31.0°F | 14.6°F | 22.8°F | 2.24 in | 16.6 in | 16 |
| February | 33.1°F | 15.1°F | 24.1°F | 1.98 in | 14.5 in | 13 |
| March | 40.8°F | 21.8°F | 31.3°F | 2.78 in | 12.0 in | 14 |
| April | 54.5°F | 32.9°F | 43.7°F | 3.40 in | 2.8 in | 14 |
| May | 67.3°F | 44.0°F | 55.6°F | 3.20 in | — | 15 |
| June | 75.7°F | 53.4°F | 64.6°F | 3.98 in | — | 14 |
| July | 79.9°F | 57.9°F | 68.9°F | 3.90 in | — | 13 |
| August | 78.5°F | 56.3°F | 67.4°F | 3.77 in | — | 12 |
| September | 71.6°F | 48.8°F | 60.2°F | 3.83 in | — | 12 |
| October | 59.0°F | 38.9°F | 49.0°F | 3.70 in | 0.2 in | 15 |
| November | 46.8°F | 30.4°F | 38.6°F | 2.94 in | 4.6 in | 14 |
| December | 36.2°F | 22.0°F | 29.1°F | 2.57 in | 12.2 in | 16 |
Climate twins of Cayuga Heights
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