Albion, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Albion's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 35.2 inches of precipitation and 67 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 28°C, 895 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlbion
- Station IDUSC00300055
- Location43.26°N 78.22°W
- Elevation472 ft (144 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population5,704
On October 23, the normal high in Albion is 59°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 44%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Albion.
- Jan 33° 18°
- Feb 35° 18°
- Mar 44° 25°
- Apr 57° 36°
- May 70° 47°
- Jun 79° 57°
- Jul 83° 62°
- Aug 81° 60°
- Sep 75° 54°
- Oct 62° 43°
- Nov 50° 33°
- Dec 39° 24°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Albion each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in October (3.43 in), the least in February (2.30 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 18°F | 25.4°F | 3.04 | 19.5 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 35°F | 18°F | 26.6°F | 2.30 | 17.3 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 44°F | 25°F | 34.8°F | 2.69 | 12.8 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 36°F | 46.6°F | 3.25 | 1.9 | 13 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 58.3°F | 2.98 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 79°F | 57°F | 67.7°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 83°F | 62°F | 72.2°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 81°F | 60°F | 70.6°F | 2.75 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 54°F | 64.0°F | 3.22 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 43°F | 52.5°F | 3.43 | 0.2 | 13 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 33°F | 41.3°F | 2.68 | 4.0 | 13 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 39°F | 24°F | 31.3°F | 2.71 | 11.3 | 14 | <1 | 24 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 40°F | 49.3°F | 35.24 | 67.0 | 143 | 9 | 125 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −8°C | −3.7°C | 77 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 2°C | −8°C | −3.0°C | 58 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 7°C | −4°C | 1.6°C | 68 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 14°C | 2°C | 8.1°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.8°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 17°C | 22.3°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.4°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 12°C | 17.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 6°C | 11.4°C | 87 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | 1°C | 5.2°C | 68 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 4°C | −4°C | −0.4°C | 69 mm | 29 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300055; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Albion?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300055.
When is the last frost in Albion?
In Albion, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 4 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 11 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 170 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albion in zone 6b in ZIP code 14411, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Albion's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (27 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New York · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00300055; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Albion?
In a normal year in Albion, 9 days a year reach 90°F, 125 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 143 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 125a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 44high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 143a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 25a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1938) is 101°F, on July 8, 1988; the lowest is −20°F, on February 18, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 45.08 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 122.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00300055; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00300055. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Albion?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Albion, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (52%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52% | 1.3 |
| February | 57% | 2.1 |
| March | 64% | 3.3 |
| April | 66% | 4.4 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 5.9 |
| July | 78% | 5.9 |
| August | 78% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.1 |
| October | 64% | 2.5 |
| November | 59% | 1.6 |
| December | 52% | 1.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Albion need?
A normal year in Albion brings 6,367 heating degree days, 18% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 674 cooling degree days, 26% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,831 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,226 | 0 |
| February | 1,077 | 0 |
| March | 936 | 0 |
| April | 557 | 4 |
| May | 245 | 36 |
| June | 48 | 131 |
| July | 6 | 231 |
| August | 12 | 186 |
| September | 107 | 78 |
| October | 396 | 9 |
| November | 713 | 0 |
| December | 1,043 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,367 | 674 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300055. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Albion been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 49.1°F, 0.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 49.3°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.8°F | +2.5°F | 38.94 | 59.1 |
| 2022 | 50.1°F | +0.8°F | 32.24 | 58.7 |
| 2024 | 51.5°F | +2.3°F | 37.77 | 73.8 |
| 2025 | 49.1°F | −0.2°F | 30.08 | 116.5 |
Over 68 complete years from 1939 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00300055; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Albion's climate compare?
Albion is warmer than 98 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 13. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.3°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Albion is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Albion share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Medina, NY5,912 people · 9 mi W
- Lyndonville, NY777 people · 10 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Albion's climate
What is the coldest month in Albion?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Albion?
Yes: 67 inches in a normal year, falling on 31 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (19.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Albion?
October, with 3.43 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.30 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Albion in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Albion in zone 6b in ZIP code 14411, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Albion's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Albion?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- New York climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brockport, NY14 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Batavia, NY16 miles from this station, 47.7°F a year
- Lockport, NY21 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Pavilion, NY27 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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