Conklingville Dam, New York climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Conklingville Dam's normal year runs from 12°F January nights to 77°F July afternoons, with 45.7 inches of precipitation and 60 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.6°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 25°C, 1,161 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationConklingville Dam
- Station IDUSC00301708
- Location43.32°N 73.93°W
- Elevation808 ft (246 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Conklingville Dam is 54°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Conklingville Dam.
- Jan 29° 12°
- Feb 32° 13°
- Mar 40° 22°
- Apr 53° 34°
- May 66° 46°
- Jun 73° 55°
- Jul 77° 60°
- Aug 76° 59°
- Sep 69° 51°
- Oct 57° 40°
- Nov 45° 31°
- Dec 34° 21°
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 Conklingville Dam each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 77°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 12°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.71 in), the least in February (2.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F | 12°F | 20.3°F | 3.48 | 15.8 | 12 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 32°F | 13°F | 22.5°F | 2.89 | 13.2 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 40°F | 22°F | 30.9°F | 3.61 | 14.0 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 53°F | 34°F | 43.7°F | 3.86 | 2.0 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 66°F | 46°F | 55.7°F | 3.94 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 73°F | 55°F | 64.1°F | 4.71 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 77°F | 60°F | 68.7°F | 4.21 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 76°F | 59°F | 67.2°F | 3.77 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 69°F | 51°F | 59.9°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 57°F | 40°F | 48.5°F | 4.49 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 45°F | 31°F | 37.8°F | 3.45 | 3.1 | 9 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 21°F | 27.5°F | 4.06 | 11.9 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 37°F | 45.6°F | 45.70 | 60.3 | 123 | 1 | 153 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −11°C | −6.5°C | 88 mm | 40 cm |
| February | 0°C | −10°C | −5.3°C | 73 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 4°C | −6°C | −0.6°C | 92 mm | 36 cm |
| April | 12°C | 1°C | 6.5°C | 98 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19°C | 8°C | 13.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23°C | 13°C | 17.8°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 16°C | 20.4°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 15°C | 19.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 11°C | 15.5°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 4°C | 9.2°C | 114 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | −1°C | 3.2°C | 88 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 1°C | −6°C | −2.5°C | 103 mm | 30 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301708; 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 Conklingville Dam?
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 (8).
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 USC00301708.
When is the last frost at Conklingville Dam?
In Conklingville Dam, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 2 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
- April 301 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 2; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 169 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Conklingville Dam in zone 5a in ZIP code 12835, 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 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (19 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New York · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00301708; 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 Conklingville Dam?
In a normal year in Conklingville Dam, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 153 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 123 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
- 153a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 51high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 123a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 21a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1971) is 95°F, on July 10, 1988; the lowest is −30°F, on February 18, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2000, with 53.18 in; the snowiest season is 1970–71, with 121.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00301708; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00301708. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Conklingville Dam?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Conklingville Dam, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 1.5 |
| February | 64% | 2.4 |
| March | 66% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 70% | 5.7 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 64% | 2.6 |
| November | 64% | 1.7 |
| December | 56% | 1.2 |
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 Conklingville Dam record?
A normal year at Conklingville Dam brings 7,385 heating degree days, 37% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 329 cooling degree days, 64% 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 2,160 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,387 | 0 |
| February | 1,190 | 0 |
| March | 1,059 | 0 |
| April | 641 | 1 |
| May | 301 | 13 |
| June | 87 | 58 |
| July | 17 | 130 |
| August | 32 | 99 |
| September | 179 | 27 |
| October | 513 | 1 |
| November | 816 | 0 |
| December | 1,164 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,385 | 329 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301708. 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 Conklingville Dam been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 47.1°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.6°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.0°F | +2.4°F | 51.43 | 42.5 |
| 2025 | 47.1°F | +1.5°F | – | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00301708. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Conklingville Dam's climate compare?
Conklingville Dam is warmer than 35 of the 131 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 80. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.6°F is warmer than 22%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Conklingville Dam 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 Conklingville Dam share this climate record?
5 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.
- Corinth, NY2,638 people · 7 mi SE
- Lake Luzerne, NY1,171 people · 4 mi E
- Hadley, NY1,151 people · 4 mi E
- Northville, NY994 people · 14 mi SW
- Wells, NY597 people · 19 mi W
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 Conklingville Dam's climate
What is the coldest month at Conklingville Dam?
January, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 12°F. The warmest is July (77°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow at Conklingville Dam?
Yes: 60 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (15.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Conklingville Dam?
June, with 4.71 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Conklingville Dam in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Conklingville Dam in zone 5a in ZIP code 12835, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Conklingville Dam?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 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
- Glens Falls, NY16 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Saratoga Springs, NY20 miles from this station, 48.9°F a year
- Gloversville, NY29 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
- Whitehall, NY31 miles from this station, 47.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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