Spring Valley, NY climate
Spring Valley has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 21°, and about 36 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Spring Valley feels like
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Spring Valley 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 | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 21° | 3.5" | 11.1" | 10 | 19° – 36° |
| February | 40° | 23° | 2.9" | 7.1" | 8 | 18° – 38° |
| March | 48° | 29° | 4.0" | 9.6" | 9 | 33° – 48° |
| April | 61° | 39° | 4.1" | 0.4" | 11 | 46° – 55° |
| May | 71° | 49° | 3.9" | 0 | 12 | 56° – 65° |
| June | 79° | 59° | 4.6" | 0 | 11 | 66° – 72° |
| July | 84° | 64° | 4.6" | 0 | 10 | 69° – 78° |
| August | 82° | 62° | 4.7" | 0 | 10 | 68° – 76° |
| September | 75° | 55° | 4.5" | 0 | 8 | 63° – 70° |
| October | 64° | 44° | 4.6" | 0 | 10 | 49° – 60° |
| November | 52° | 35° | 3.7" | 0.5" | 9 | 38° – 48° |
| December | 42° | 27° | 4.2" | 7.0" | 10 | 27° – 45° |
| Year | 61° | 42° | 49.2" | 35.7" | 118 |
“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 Spring Valley
Spring Valley gets 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year. August is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 118 days a year.
About 188 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 19 and the first one by October 23. That leaves about 188 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 62% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Spring Valley
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Spring Valley, 87% of that work is heating and 13% 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.
Spring Valley and its neighbors
Spring Valley borders 2 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.4°. New Hempstead has the coldest January nights (20°) and Chestnut Ridge the hottest July afternoons (84°). Spring Valley’s January low is 21° and its July high 84°.