Camden, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Camden's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 49.9 inches of precipitation and 151 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.3°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,268 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCamden
- Station IDUSC00301110
- Location43.33°N 75.84°W
- Elevation580 ft (177 m)
- Population2,149
On October 23, the normal high in Camden is 56°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 50%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Camden.
- Jan 29° 11°
- Feb 31° 11°
- Mar 39° 20°
- Apr 54° 32°
- May 67° 43°
- Jun 76° 52°
- Jul 81° 56°
- Aug 79° 55°
- Sep 73° 48°
- Oct 59° 38°
- Nov 46° 29°
- Dec 35° 19°
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 Camden each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in October (5.07 in), the least in March (3.34 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F | 11°F | 19.8°F | 3.86 | 41.4 | 18 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 31°F | 11°F | 20.9°F | 3.35 | 38.0 | 15 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 39°F | 20°F | 29.6°F | 3.34 | 17.1 | 14 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 32°F | 42.9°F | 4.09 | 2.9 | 14 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 55.1°F | 4.32 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 76°F | 52°F | 63.8°F | 4.41 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 81°F | 56°F | 68.4°F | 4.49 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 79°F | 55°F | 67.2°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 4.28 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 38°F | 48.7°F | 5.07 | 1.1 | 16 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 29°F | 37.5°F | 4.44 | 15.6 | 14 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 35°F | 19°F | 27.0°F | 4.26 | 35.2 | 18 | <1 | 28 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 35°F | 45.1°F | 49.93 | 151.3 | 167 | 4 | 162 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −12°C | −6.8°C | 98 mm | 105 cm |
| February | −1°C | −12°C | −6.2°C | 85 mm | 97 cm |
| March | 4°C | −7°C | −1.3°C | 85 mm | 43 cm |
| April | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 104 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 13°C | 20.2°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 9.3°C | 129 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 3.1°C | 113 mm | 40 cm |
| December | 1°C | −7°C | −2.8°C | 108 mm | 89 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301110; 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 Camden?
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 USC00301110.
When is the last frost in Camden?
In Camden, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 12 in half of years and after May 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 22 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 121 year in 10 after May 29; 9 in 10 after April 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 144 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 171 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camden in zone 5a in ZIP code 13316, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Camden's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (20 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 USC00301110; 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 Camden?
In a normal year in Camden, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 162 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 167 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 162a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 59high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 167a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 39a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1960) is 98°F, on August 30, 2022; the lowest is −41°F, on February 11, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1972, with 64.89 in; the snowiest season is 2008–09, with 244.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00301110; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00301110. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Camden?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Camden, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (49%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 54% | 1.4 |
| February | 59% | 2.2 |
| March | 65% | 3.5 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 71% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.1 |
| October | 61% | 2.5 |
| November | 58% | 1.6 |
| December | 49% | 1.0 |
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 Camden need?
A normal year in Camden brings 7,590 heating degree days, 41% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 367 cooling degree days, 60% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,184 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,401 | 0 |
| February | 1,236 | 0 |
| March | 1,097 | 0 |
| April | 665 | 2 |
| May | 326 | 19 |
| June | 104 | 66 |
| July | 27 | 132 |
| August | 41 | 107 |
| September | 184 | 39 |
| October | 506 | 2 |
| November | 825 | 0 |
| December | 1,178 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,590 | 367 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301110. 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 Camden been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 46.7°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.1°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.7°F | +1.6°F | 52.10 | – |
Over 39 complete years from 1962 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.1°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00301110; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Camden's climate compare?
Camden is warmer than 23 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 104. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.1°F is warmer than 20%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Camden 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 Camden 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.
- Sylvan Beach, NY887 people · 11 mi SE
- Cleveland, NY730 people · 7 mi S
- North Bay, NY150 people · 9 mi SE
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 Camden's climate
What is the coldest month in Camden?
January, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Camden?
Yes: 151 inches in a normal year, falling on 52 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (41.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Camden?
October, with 5.07 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is March with 3.34 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Camden in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Camden in zone 5a in ZIP code 13316, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Camden's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Camden?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 12; in one year in ten it comes after May 29. Waiting until May 29 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
- Brewerton, NY19 miles from this station, 46.4°F a year
- Syracuse, NY20 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Pulaski, NY22 miles from this station, 44.6°F a year
- Rome, NY22 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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