Auburn, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Auburn's normal year runs from 15°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 44.3 inches of precipitation and 109 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.6°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,124 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAuburn
- Station IDUSC00300321
- Location42.93°N 76.54°W
- Elevation770 ft (235 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population25,963
On October 23, the normal high in Auburn is 57°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 56%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Auburn.
- Jan 31° 15°
- Feb 33° 16°
- Mar 42° 23°
- Apr 55° 34°
- May 69° 45°
- Jun 77° 55°
- Jul 81° 60°
- Aug 80° 59°
- Sep 72° 52°
- Oct 59° 41°
- Nov 48° 32°
- Dec 37° 23°
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 Auburn each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.47 in), the least in February (2.48 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 15°F | 23.3°F | 2.93 | 29.1 | 19 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 33°F | 16°F | 24.7°F | 2.48 | 25.9 | 16 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 42°F | 23°F | 32.1°F | 3.23 | 17.2 | 15 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 34°F | 44.6°F | 3.68 | 3.1 | 15 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 56.9°F | 3.77 | 0.2 | 14 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 77°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 81°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 4.31 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 4.26 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 72°F | 52°F | 61.9°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 41°F | 50.3°F | 4.47 | 0.4 | 17 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 32°F | 39.5°F | 3.59 | 8.8 | 16 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 23°F | 29.9°F | 3.57 | 24.7 | 20 | <1 | 26 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 38°F | 47.4°F | 44.26 | 109.4 | 180 | 8 | 143 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −9°C | −4.8°C | 74 mm | 74 cm |
| February | 1°C | −9°C | −4.1°C | 63 mm | 66 cm |
| March | 5°C | −5°C | 0.1°C | 82 mm | 44 cm |
| April | 13°C | 1°C | 7.0°C | 93 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 20°C | 7°C | 13.8°C | 96 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 25°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 16°C | 21.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 11°C | 16.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 5°C | 10.2°C | 114 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 9°C | 0°C | 4.2°C | 91 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 3°C | −5°C | −1.2°C | 91 mm | 63 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300321; 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 Auburn?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (11).
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 USC00300321.
When is the last frost in Auburn?
In Auburn, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 18 in half of years and before October 3 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 21 year in 10 after May 18; 9 in 10 after April 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 166 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 192 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 22 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Auburn in zone 6a in ZIP code 13024, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Auburn's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (21 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 USC00300321; 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 Auburn?
In a normal year in Auburn, 8 days a year reach 90°F, 143 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 180 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 143a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 48high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 180a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 32a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 101°F, on June 28, 1933; the lowest is −32°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 62.50 in; the snowiest season is 2003–04, with 153.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00300321; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00300321. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Auburn?
Over a year 67% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Auburn, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (49%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 53% | 1.4 |
| February | 57% | 2.2 |
| March | 61% | 3.3 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 72% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 73% | 4.1 |
| October | 62% | 2.6 |
| November | 59% | 1.7 |
| December | 49% | 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 Auburn need?
A normal year in Auburn brings 6,892 heating degree days, 28% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 534 cooling degree days, 41% 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 2,530 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,291 | 0 |
| February | 1,128 | 0 |
| March | 1,019 | 0 |
| April | 615 | 3 |
| May | 280 | 29 |
| June | 69 | 103 |
| July | 13 | 191 |
| August | 22 | 150 |
| September | 146 | 54 |
| October | 461 | 5 |
| November | 764 | 0 |
| December | 1,087 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,892 | 534 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300321. 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 Auburn been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 47.6°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 47.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49.4°F | +2.0°F | 55.48 | 92.8 |
| 2022 | 47.9°F | +0.5°F | 49.01 | 80.2 |
| 2023 | 49.5°F | +2.1°F | 51.41 | 57.5 |
| 2024 | 50.3°F | +2.9°F | 49.71 | 81.4 |
| 2025 | 47.6°F | +0.2°F | 41.57 | 107.8 |
Over 109 complete years from 1827 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.3°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00300321; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Auburn's climate compare?
Auburn is warmer than 65 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 70. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.4°F is warmer than 29%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Auburn is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 Auburn share this climate record?
9 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.
- Skaneateles, NY2,530 people · 6 mi E
- Melrose Park, NY1,951 people · 2 mi SE
- Marcellus, NY1,774 people · 11 mi E
- Weedsport, NY1,761 people · 8 mi N
- Port Byron, NY1,214 people · 8 mi NW
- Jordan, NY1,208 people · 10 mi N
- Elbridge, NY957 people · 9 mi NE
- Cayuga, NY541 people · 9 mi W
- Savannah, NY436 people · 14 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 Auburn's climate
What is the coldest month in Auburn?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Auburn?
Yes: 109 inches in a normal year, falling on 52 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (29.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Auburn?
October, with 4.47 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.48 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Auburn in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Auburn in zone 6a in ZIP code 13024, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Auburn's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Auburn?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 18. Waiting until May 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Auburn in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- New York climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Aurora, NY15 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Geneva, NY25 miles from this station, 47.0°F a year
- Syracuse, NY25 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Tully, NY26 miles from this station, 44.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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