Cayuga Heights, NY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ITHACA CORNELL UNIV, NY US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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.

Pleasant months
3 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
46.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,930
Cooling need
189

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Climate change signal

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

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