Lake Placid, NY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAKE PLACID 2 S, NY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lake Placid has an annual average temperature of 40.6°F with about 43.8 inches of precipitation per year and 104.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 74.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.81 in) and February the driest (2.29 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Lake Placid
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →9 of 366 (2.5%) of Lake Placid'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 | 1 | |
| 1900s | 0 | |
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 36 | |
| 1930s | 46 | |
| 1940s | 64 | |
| 1950s | 39 | |
| 1960s | 21 | |
| 1970s | 15 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 41 | |
| 2000s | 39 | |
| 2010s | 28 | |
| 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 | 23.3°F | 6.5°F | 14.9°F | 3.10 in | 21.0 in | 19 |
| February | 27.3°F | 8.1°F | 17.7°F | 2.29 in | 21.0 in | 14 |
| March | 35.9°F | 16.1°F | 26.0°F | 2.89 in | 18.9 in | 13 |
| April | 49.2°F | 28.5°F | 38.9°F | 3.39 in | 7.8 in | 14 |
| May | 62.3°F | 39.9°F | 51.1°F | 3.93 in | 0.5 in | 15 |
| June | 70.4°F | 49.3°F | 59.8°F | 4.81 in | — | 15 |
| July | 74.2°F | 54.1°F | 64.1°F | 4.36 in | — | 14 |
| August | 72.5°F | 52.4°F | 62.5°F | 3.96 in | — | 13 |
| September | 66.1°F | 45.3°F | 55.7°F | 3.90 in | — | 12 |
| October | 52.3°F | 35.2°F | 43.8°F | 4.23 in | 2.6 in | 15 |
| November | 39.5°F | 24.9°F | 32.2°F | 3.40 in | 9.6 in | 15 |
| December | 28.5°F | 13.6°F | 21.0°F | 3.50 in | 22.7 in | 19 |
Climate twins of Lake Placid
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).