Tusten, NY climate
Tusten has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 47 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Tusten feels like
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Tusten 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 | 33° | 15° | 3.1" | 13.0" | 11 | 21 | 14° – 32° |
| February | 36° | 17° | 2.5" | 13.2" | 9 | 22 | 13° – 33° |
| March | 45° | 24° | 3.4" | 9.4" | 10 | 14 | 26° – 45° |
| April | 58° | 34° | 3.8" | 1.1" | 11 | 1 | 40° – 51° |
| May | 69° | 44° | 3.9" | 0 | 13 | 0 | 51° – 61° |
| June | 77° | 53° | 4.7" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 62° – 69° |
| July | 81° | 58° | 4.2" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 65° – 73° |
| August | 79° | 56° | 4.3" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 64° – 72° |
| September | 72° | 50° | 4.4" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 58° – 65° |
| October | 61° | 38° | 4.5" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 45° – 56° |
| November | 49° | 30° | 3.3" | 1.3" | 9 | 1 | 34° – 44° |
| December | 37° | 22° | 3.7" | 9.1" | 12 | 13 | 22° – 41° |
| Year | 58° | 37° | 45.6" | 47.1" | 129 | 71 |
“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 Tusten
Tusten gets 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year. June is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 129 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 71 days of the year.
About 156 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 3 and the first one by October 9. That leaves about 156 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 75% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Tusten
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Tusten, 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.
Tusten and its neighbors
Tusten borders 5 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.5°. Damascus has the coldest January nights (15°) and Lackawaxen the hottest July afternoons (82°). Tusten’s January low is 15° and its July high 81°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.