What is the hottest month in Rensselaer Falls?

July is the warmest month in Rensselaer Falls, with an average high of 79.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Rensselaer Falls?

January is the coldest month in Rensselaer Falls, with an average low of 6.6°F.

What month does Rensselaer Falls get the most rain?

October is typically the wettest month in Rensselaer Falls, with about 4.85 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Rensselaer Falls in?

Rensselaer Falls is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Rensselaer Falls changed recently?

9.8% of Rensselaer Falls's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Rensselaer Falls, NY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CANTON 4 SE, NY US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Rensselaer Falls has an annual average temperature of 44.6°F with about 38.2 inches of precipitation per year and 77.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 79.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.6°F). October is typically the wettest month (4.85 in) and February the driest (1.99 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

52.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,563

HDD/yr

Cooling need

201

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

36 of 366 (9.8%) of Rensselaer 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.

1890s		38
1900s		11
1920s		16
1930s		25
1940s		56
1950s		36
1960s		16
1970s		33
1980s		23
1990s		20
2000s		39
2010s		30
2020s		23

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	26.9°F	6.6°F	16.8°F	2.23 in	18.9 in	13
February	29.9°F	8.4°F	19.1°F	1.99 in	17.5 in	11
March	38.9°F	19.0°F	29.0°F	2.29 in	12.5 in	11
April	53.3°F	32.5°F	42.9°F	3.05 in	3.5 in	12
May	66.7°F	45.2°F	55.9°F	3.15 in	—	13
June	75.2°F	54.6°F	64.9°F	3.82 in	—	13
July	79.6°F	59.2°F	69.4°F	3.92 in	—	13
August	78.0°F	56.7°F	67.3°F	3.41 in	—	11
September	70.8°F	48.8°F	59.8°F	3.94 in	—	12
October	57.8°F	38.2°F	48.0°F	4.85 in	0.2 in	14
November	45.3°F	28.2°F	36.7°F	2.91 in	5.1 in	12
December	33.5°F	16.0°F	24.8°F	2.63 in	19.6 in	14