French Creek, NY climate
French Creek has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 225 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in French Creek feels like
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French Creek 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 | 31° | 16° | 3.7" | 61.7" | 21 | 27 | 15° – 34° |
| February | 34° | 17° | 2.7" | 36.0" | 15 | 24 | 10° – 34° |
| March | 42° | 24° | 3.1" | 37.5" | 15 | 19 | 26° – 46° |
| April | 56° | 34° | 3.8" | 7.7" | 13 | 4 | 40° – 51° |
| May | 68° | 45° | 4.1" | 0.1" | 12 | 0 | 49° – 62° |
| June | 76° | 54° | 4.4" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 61° – 69° |
| July | 79° | 58° | 4.7" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 64° – 73° |
| August | 78° | 57° | 4.0" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 63° – 72° |
| September | 71° | 51° | 4.7" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 57° – 66° |
| October | 59° | 41° | 4.9" | 2.0" | 11 | 1 | 46° – 57° |
| November | 47° | 32° | 4.0" | 26.6" | 14 | 10 | 34° – 45° |
| December | 36° | 23° | 4.1" | 52.9" | 17 | 21 | 20° – 40° |
| Year | 57° | 38° | 48.1" | 224.5" | 160 | 106 |
“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 French Creek
French Creek gets 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year. October is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 160 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 106 days of the year.
About 155 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 7 and the first one by October 10. That leaves about 155 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 76% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in French Creek
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In French Creek, 94% of that work is heating and 6% 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.
French Creek and its neighbors
French Creek borders 4 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.6°. Clymer has the coldest January nights (16°) and Wayne the hottest July afternoons (79°). French Creek’s January low is 16° and its July high 79°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.