Colden (1 mi W), New York climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Colden (1 mi W)'s normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 77°F July afternoons, with 53.3 inches of precipitation and 168 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.7°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 25°C, 1,353 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationColden (1 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00301625
- Location42.65°N 78.71°W
- Elevation1,535 ft (468 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Colden (1 mi W) is 54°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 54%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Colden (1 mi W).
- Jan 30° 16°
- Feb 31° 16°
- Mar 39° 23°
- Apr 53° 34°
- May 65° 46°
- Jun 73° 55°
- Jul 77° 59°
- Aug 76° 58°
- Sep 70° 51°
- Oct 57° 41°
- Nov 45° 32°
- Dec 35° 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 at Colden (1 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 77°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in October (5.39 in), the least in March (3.65 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 16°F | 22.7°F | 4.84 | 50.5 | 23 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 31°F | 16°F | 23.1°F | 3.88 | 37.2 | 20 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 39°F | 23°F | 30.9°F | 3.65 | 18.6 | 16 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 53°F | 34°F | 43.2°F | 4.45 | 8.2 | 16 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 65°F | 46°F | 55.4°F | 4.14 | 0.1 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 73°F | 55°F | 64.2°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 77°F | 59°F | 68.3°F | 4.38 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 76°F | 58°F | 66.7°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 70°F | 51°F | 60.8°F | 4.63 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 57°F | 41°F | 49.1°F | 5.39 | 0.4 | 17 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 45°F | 32°F | 38.4°F | 4.81 | 14.0 | 16 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 23°F | 28.7°F | 4.53 | 38.6 | 22 | <1 | 27 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 38°F | 45.9°F | 53.26 | 167.6 | 196 | 1 | 144 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −9°C | −5.2°C | 123 mm | 128 cm |
| February | −1°C | −9°C | −4.9°C | 99 mm | 94 cm |
| March | 4°C | −5°C | −0.6°C | 93 mm | 47 cm |
| April | 12°C | 1°C | 6.2°C | 113 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 18°C | 8°C | 13.0°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23°C | 13°C | 17.9°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 15°C | 20.2°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 14°C | 19.3°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 11°C | 16.0°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 5°C | 9.5°C | 137 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | 0°C | 3.6°C | 122 mm | 36 cm |
| December | 2°C | −5°C | −1.8°C | 115 mm | 98 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301625; 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.
Which months are mildest at Colden (1 mi W)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (13).
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 USC00301625.
When is the last frost at Colden (1 mi W)?
In Colden (1 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 4 in half of years and after May 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 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 41 year in 10 after May 19; 9 in 10 after April 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before November 3
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 24 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Colden (1 mi W) in zone 6a in ZIP code 14025, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (15 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 USC00301625; 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 at Colden (1 mi W)?
In a normal year in Colden (1 mi W), 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 144 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 196 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 144a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 65high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 196a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 42a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2005) is 92°F, on July 22, 2011; the lowest is −17°F, on February 14, 2016.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 68.97 in; the snowiest season is 2013–14, with 250.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00301625; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00301625. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Colden (1 mi W)?
Over a year 67% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Colden (1 mi W), 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (48%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 51% | 1.4 |
| February | 55% | 2.1 |
| March | 60% | 3.3 |
| April | 64% | 4.4 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 72% | 5.9 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.1 |
| October | 61% | 2.5 |
| November | 57% | 1.6 |
| December | 48% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Colden (1 mi W) record?
A normal year at Colden (1 mi W) brings 7,268 heating degree days, 35% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 359 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 2,243 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,313 | 0 |
| February | 1,172 | 0 |
| March | 1,059 | 1 |
| April | 655 | 1 |
| May | 318 | 20 |
| June | 94 | 69 |
| July | 28 | 130 |
| August | 41 | 94 |
| September | 169 | 41 |
| October | 497 | 4 |
| November | 798 | 0 |
| December | 1,125 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,268 | 359 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301625. 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.
Have recent years at Colden (1 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 46.7°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.1°F | +2.2°F | 45.63 | 133.1 |
| 2022 | 46.4°F | +0.5°F | 57.81 | 211.8 |
| 2023 | 48.3°F | +2.4°F | 50.10 | 89.2 |
| 2024 | 49.3°F | +3.4°F | 49.56 | 164.9 |
| 2025 | 46.7°F | +0.8°F | 50.34 | 171.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00301625. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Colden (1 mi W)'s climate compare?
Colden (1 mi W) is warmer than 41 of the 131 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 115. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.9°F is warmer than 23%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Colden (1 mi W) 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 Colden (1 mi W) share this climate record?
6 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.
- Hamburg, NY9,835 people · 8 mi NW
- Springville, NY4,194 people · 10 mi S
- Highland-on-the-Lake, NY3,701 people · 14 mi W
- Eden, NY3,164 people · 10 mi W
- Wanakah, NY3,071 people · 12 mi NW
- North Boston, NY2,590 people · 4 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 Colden (1 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Colden (1 mi W)?
January, with a normal high of 30°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (77°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow at Colden (1 mi W)?
Yes: 168 inches in a normal year, falling on 73 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (50.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Colden (1 mi W)?
October, with 5.39 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is March with 3.65 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Colden (1 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Colden (1 mi W) in zone 6a in ZIP code 14025, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Colden (1 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 4; in one year in ten it comes after May 19. Waiting until May 19 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
- Colden (1 mi N), NY2 miles from this station, 45.8°F a year
- Wales, NY9 miles from this station, 46.5°F a year
- Perrysburg, NY19 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Buffalo, NY21 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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