Batavia, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Batavia's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 36.6 inches of precipitation and 74 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.7°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 27°C, 929 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBatavia
- Station IDUSC00300443
- Location43.03°N 78.17°W
- Elevation913 ft (278 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population15,071
On October 23, the normal high in Batavia is 57°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 47%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Batavia.
- Jan 31° 16°
- Feb 33° 17°
- Mar 42° 24°
- Apr 56° 35°
- May 68° 47°
- Jun 76° 56°
- Jul 80° 61°
- Aug 79° 59°
- Sep 72° 52°
- Oct 60° 42°
- Nov 48° 32°
- Dec 36° 22°
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 Batavia each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.69 in), the least in February (1.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 16°F | 23.4°F | 2.47 | 23.0 | 15 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 33°F | 17°F | 24.9°F | 1.90 | 18.6 | 12 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 42°F | 24°F | 33.4°F | 2.43 | 11.4 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 35°F | 45.3°F | 3.17 | 1.7 | 13 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 47°F | 57.3°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 76°F | 56°F | 66.3°F | 3.69 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 80°F | 61°F | 70.4°F | 3.53 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 79°F | 59°F | 68.9°F | 3.25 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 72°F | 52°F | 62.4°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 42°F | 50.9°F | 3.60 | 0.4 | 15 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 32°F | 39.7°F | 2.92 | 5.8 | 12 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 36°F | 22°F | 29.3°F | 2.76 | 13.0 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 39°F | 47.7°F | 36.57 | 73.9 | 151 | 6 | 131 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −9°C | −4.8°C | 63 mm | 58 cm |
| February | 1°C | −9°C | −3.9°C | 48 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 6°C | −4°C | 0.8°C | 62 mm | 29 cm |
| April | 13°C | 2°C | 7.4°C | 81 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 16°C | 21.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 15°C | 20.5°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 10.5°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 9°C | 0°C | 4.3°C | 74 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 2°C | −5°C | −1.5°C | 70 mm | 33 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300443; 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 Batavia?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August 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 USC00300443.
When is the last frost in Batavia?
In Batavia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 1 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 31 year in 10 after May 18; 9 in 10 after April 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 165 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 188 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 23 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Batavia in zone 6a in ZIP code 14020, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Batavia's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (23 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 USC00300443; 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 Batavia?
In a normal year in Batavia, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 131 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 151 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 131a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 45high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 151a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 21a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1932) is 103°F, on July 13, 1936; the lowest is −28°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1977, with 49.06 in; the snowiest season is 2014–15, with 153.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00300443; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00300443. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Batavia?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Batavia, 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 Batavia need?
A normal year in Batavia brings 6,808 heating degree days, 27% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 525 cooling degree days, 42% 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 2,571 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,290 | 0 |
| February | 1,124 | 0 |
| March | 981 | 0 |
| April | 594 | 3 |
| May | 272 | 33 |
| June | 65 | 103 |
| July | 14 | 180 |
| August | 23 | 144 |
| September | 135 | 57 |
| October | 443 | 6 |
| November | 759 | 0 |
| December | 1,108 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,808 | 525 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00300443. 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 Batavia been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 48.6°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 47.7°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.1°F | +2.4°F | 36.94 | 45.8 |
| 2022 | 48.6°F | +0.9°F | 30.91 | 81.7 |
| 2023 | 50.2°F | +2.5°F | 31.76 | 26.0 |
| 2024 | 51.2°F | +3.5°F | 37.25 | 48.3 |
| 2025 | 48.6°F | +0.9°F | 29.88 | 44.0 |
Over 70 complete years from 1933 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00300443; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Batavia's climate compare?
Batavia is warmer than 68 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 16. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.7°F is warmer than 31%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Batavia 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 Batavia share this climate record?
3 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.
- Oakfield, NY1,790 people · 6 mi NW
- Corfu, NY689 people · 13 mi W
- Elba, NY590 people · 3 mi N
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 Batavia's climate
What is the coldest month in Batavia?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Batavia?
Yes: 74 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (23.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Batavia?
June, with 3.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Batavia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Batavia in zone 6a in ZIP code 14020, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Batavia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Batavia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; 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
- New York climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pavilion, NY12 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Wyoming, NY14 miles from this station, 45.5°F a year
- Albion, NY16 miles from this station, 49.3°F a year
- Brockport, NY17 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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