Clinton, NY climate
Clinton has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 59 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Clinton feels like
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Clinton weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 17° | 3.1" | 14.6" | 11 | 21 | 16° – 33° |
| February | 38° | 19° | 2.5" | 14.6" | 9 | 21 | 15° – 35° |
| March | 47° | 27° | 3.3" | 12.4" | 11 | 17 | 30° – 48° |
| April | 60° | 37° | 3.5" | 1.8" | 11 | 2 | 43° – 54° |
| May | 71° | 47° | 3.7" | 0 | 13 | 0 | 55° – 65° |
| June | 79° | 57° | 4.4" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 65° – 72° |
| July | 84° | 62° | 4.4" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 68° – 77° |
| August | 82° | 60° | 4.4" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 67° – 74° |
| September | 74° | 53° | 4.4" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 60° – 68° |
| October | 62° | 41° | 4.5" | 0.1" | 11 | 0 | 47° – 58° |
| November | 50° | 32° | 3.3" | 2.8" | 10 | 3 | 37° – 46° |
| December | 40° | 24° | 3.7" | 12.9" | 11 | 14 | 24° – 43° |
| Year | 60° | 40° | 45.1" | 59.2" | 133 | 78 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Clinton
Clinton gets 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year. October is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 133 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 78 days of the year.
About 155 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 4 and the first one by October 7. That leaves about 155 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 76% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Clinton
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Clinton, 93% of that work is heating and 7% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Clinton and its neighbors
Clinton borders 6 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 1.3°. Stanford has the coldest January nights (16°) and Rhinebeck the hottest July afternoons (85°). Clinton’s January low is 17° and its July high 84°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.