Potsdam, NY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLTON 2 N, NY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Potsdam has an annual average temperature of 44°F with about 42 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 79.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.1°F). October is typically the wettest month (4.57 in) and February the driest (2.35 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →242 of 366 (66.1%) of Potsdam'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.
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 1 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 0 | |
| 1990s | 0 | |
| 2000s | 0 | |
| 2010s | 241 | |
| 2020s | 118 |
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 | 25.9°F | 6.1°F | 16.0°F | 2.69 in | — | 15 |
| February | 28.5°F | 8.6°F | 18.6°F | 2.35 in | — | 13 |
| March | 37.5°F | 18.0°F | 27.8°F | 2.78 in | — | 12 |
| April | 52.6°F | 31.5°F | 42.1°F | 3.56 in | — | 13 |
| May | 66.8°F | 43.9°F | 55.4°F | 3.57 in | — | 14 |
| June | 75.4°F | 53.9°F | 64.7°F | 4.02 in | — | 13 |
| July | 79.7°F | 58.2°F | 69.0°F | 4.32 in | — | 13 |
| August | 78.3°F | 56.6°F | 67.5°F | 3.66 in | — | 12 |
| September | 70.7°F | 48.2°F | 59.5°F | 4.07 in | — | 12 |
| October | 57.0°F | 38.1°F | 47.6°F | 4.57 in | — | 15 |
| November | 43.9°F | 27.3°F | 35.6°F | 3.37 in | — | 14 |
| December | 32.0°F | 15.6°F | 23.8°F | 3.07 in | — | 15 |
Climate twins of Potsdam
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).