Niagara Falls, NY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NIAGARA FALLS, NY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Niagara Falls has an annual average temperature of 49.3°F with about 34.7 inches of precipitation per year and 72.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.6°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.38 in) and February the driest (2.10 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Niagara Falls
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All-time records →74 of 366 (20.2%) of Niagara Falls'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.
| 1980s | 4 | |
| 1990s | 124 | |
| 2000s | 108 | |
| 2010s | 130 | |
| 2020s | 0 |
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 | 33.4°F | 18.6°F | 26.0°F | 2.59 in | 22.3 in | 18 |
| February | 34.5°F | 18.8°F | 26.7°F | 2.10 in | 16.3 in | 15 |
| March | 42.9°F | 26.0°F | 34.4°F | 2.44 in | 11.6 in | 13 |
| April | 55.8°F | 36.0°F | 45.9°F | 3.10 in | 2.2 in | 13 |
| May | 68.8°F | 47.9°F | 58.3°F | 3.14 in | — | 13 |
| June | 77.6°F | 58.3°F | 68.0°F | 2.99 in | — | 11 |
| July | 82.2°F | 63.4°F | 72.8°F | 3.38 in | — | 11 |
| August | 80.4°F | 61.4°F | 70.9°F | 2.80 in | — | 10 |
| September | 73.9°F | 53.6°F | 63.7°F | 3.25 in | — | 10 |
| October | 61.2°F | 42.8°F | 52.0°F | 3.27 in | 0.2 in | 14 |
| November | 48.9°F | 33.4°F | 41.2°F | 2.89 in | 4.1 in | 13 |
| December | 38.5°F | 25.4°F | 32.0°F | 2.76 in | 15.7 in | 16 |
Climate twins of Niagara Falls
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).