Cold Spring, NY

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

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Cold Spring has an annual average temperature of 52.2°F with about 51.5 inches of precipitation per year and 35.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.7°F). October is typically the wettest month (5.29 in) and February the driest (2.95 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
3 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
47.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,379
Cooling need
753

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

18 of 366 (4.9%) of Cold Spring'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
23
1900s
3
1910s
27
1920s
40
1930s
43
1940s
30
1950s
40
1960s
24
1970s
30
1980s
21
1990s
31
2000s
28
2010s
19
2020s
7

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 35.8°F 20.7°F 28.2°F 3.82 in 11.1 in 10
February 38.9°F 22.4°F 30.6°F 2.95 in 7.1 in 8
March 47.4°F 29.5°F 38.5°F 4.04 in 9.6 in 9
April 60.4°F 40.5°F 50.4°F 4.00 in 0.4 in 11
May 71.5°F 50.6°F 61.1°F 3.84 in 12
June 79.9°F 59.8°F 69.8°F 4.61 in 11
July 85.2°F 65.4°F 75.3°F 4.57 in 10
August 83.3°F 63.9°F 73.6°F 4.96 in 10
September 76.0°F 56.7°F 66.4°F 4.57 in 8
October 63.4°F 45.6°F 54.5°F 5.29 in 10
November 51.4°F 35.5°F 43.5°F 4.23 in 0.5 in 9
December 40.7°F 27.1°F 33.9°F 4.59 in 7.0 in 10

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