Cooperstown, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cooperstown's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 73°F July afternoons, with 47.6 inches of precipitation and 86 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.0°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 23°C, 1,209 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCooperstown
- Station IDUSC00301752
- Location42.72°N 74.93°W
- Elevation1,257 ft (383 m)
- Population1,844
On October 23, the normal high in Cooperstown is 49°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 45%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cooperstown.
- Jan 23° 14°
- Feb 26° 14°
- Mar 35° 22°
- Apr 48° 34°
- May 60° 45°
- Jun 68° 54°
- Jul 73° 59°
- Aug 71° 57°
- Sep 64° 50°
- Oct 52° 39°
- Nov 39° 30°
- Dec 29° 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 in Cooperstown each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 73°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.95 in), the least in February (3.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°F | 14°F | 18.4°F | 3.10 | 21.7 | 15 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 26°F | 14°F | 20.2°F | 3.06 | 18.8 | 12 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 35°F | 22°F | 28.4°F | 3.61 | 17.6 | 13 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 48°F | 34°F | 41.0°F | 4.18 | 2.8 | 12 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 60°F | 45°F | 52.7°F | 3.71 | 0.1 | 13 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 68°F | 54°F | 61.3°F | 4.73 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 73°F | 59°F | 65.8°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 71°F | 57°F | 64.1°F | 4.57 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 64°F | 50°F | 57.0°F | 4.21 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 52°F | 39°F | 45.6°F | 4.95 | 0.4 | 14 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 39°F | 30°F | 34.6°F | 3.24 | 5.9 | 13 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 29°F | 21°F | 25.0°F | 3.59 | 18.2 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 49°F | 37°F | 42.8°F | 47.59 | 85.5 | 152 | 3 | 155 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −10°C | −7.6°C | 79 mm | 55 cm |
| February | −3°C | −10°C | −6.6°C | 78 mm | 48 cm |
| March | 1°C | −5°C | −2.0°C | 92 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 9°C | 1°C | 5.0°C | 106 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 16°C | 7°C | 11.5°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20°C | 12°C | 16.3°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23°C | 15°C | 18.8°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22°C | 14°C | 17.8°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18°C | 10°C | 13.9°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11°C | 4°C | 7.6°C | 126 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 4°C | −1°C | 1.4°C | 82 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −2°C | −6°C | −3.9°C | 91 mm | 46 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301752; 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 Cooperstown?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July and August. Of those, July 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 USC00301752.
When is the last frost in Cooperstown?
In Cooperstown, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 7 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 7 in half of years and before September 24 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 71 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 71 year in 10 before September 24; 9 in 10 before October 24
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 154 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 178 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before October 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cooperstown in zone 5b in ZIP code 13326, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cooperstown's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (29 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 USC00301752; 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 Cooperstown?
In a normal year in Cooperstown, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 155 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 152 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 155a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 56high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 152a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 26a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 99°F, on July 10, 1936; the lowest is −34°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 61.47 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 147.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00301752; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00301752. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cooperstown?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cooperstown, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 1.6 |
| February | 64% | 2.5 |
| March | 68% | 3.7 |
| April | 66% | 4.6 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 70% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 75% | 4.2 |
| October | 65% | 2.7 |
| November | 62% | 1.8 |
| December | 55% | 1.3 |
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 Cooperstown need?
A normal year in Cooperstown brings 8,232 heating degree days, 53% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 188 cooling degree days, 79% 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 1,736 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,443 | 0 |
| February | 1,256 | 0 |
| March | 1,136 | 0 |
| April | 719 | 1 |
| May | 391 | 8 |
| June | 147 | 36 |
| July | 53 | 78 |
| August | 81 | 53 |
| September | 253 | 13 |
| October | 602 | 0 |
| November | 912 | 0 |
| December | 1,240 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,232 | 188 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00301752. 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 Cooperstown been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 45.3°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 42.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.3°F | +3.5°F | 57.45 | 49.5 |
| 2022 | 45.5°F | +2.7°F | 56.13 | 60.3 |
| 2023 | 47.2°F | +4.4°F | 55.23 | 54.5 |
| 2024 | 47.5°F | +4.7°F | 49.56 | 45.5 |
| 2025 | 45.3°F | +2.5°F | 45.26 | 84.6 |
Over 138 complete years from 1854 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.5°F per century (+0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00301752; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cooperstown's climate compare?
Cooperstown is warmer than 7 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 90. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 42.8°F is warmer than 12%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown share this climate record?
12 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.
- Richfield Springs, NY1,090 people · 10 mi N
- Worcester, NY1,017 people · 12 mi SE
- West Winfield, NY729 people · 18 mi NW
- Milford, NY394 people · 9 mi S
- Hartwick, NY352 people · 8 mi SW
- Hartwick Seminary, NY322 people · 5 mi S
- Fly Creek, NY205 people · 3 mi W
- Unadilla Forks, NY178 people · 18 mi NW
- Burlington Flats, NY151 people · 13 mi W
- Garrattsville, NY144 people · 13 mi W
- Schuyler Lake, NY88 people · 7 mi NW
- Westford, NY79 people · 8 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 Cooperstown's climate
What is the coldest month in Cooperstown?
January, with a normal high of 23°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (73°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Cooperstown?
Yes: 86 inches in a normal year, falling on 41 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (21.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cooperstown?
October, with 4.95 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cooperstown in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cooperstown in zone 5b in ZIP code 13326, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cooperstown's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Cooperstown?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 7; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 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
- Cherry Valley, NY12 miles from this station, 45.3°F a year
- Emmons, NY17 miles from this station, 44.5°F a year
- Little Falls, NY24 miles from this station, 45.5°F a year
- Cobleskill, NY25 miles from this station, 45.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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