Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's primary NOAA station, DOBBS FERRY-ARDSLEY.
The climate verdict for Dobbs Ferry-ardsley
Water is the standout signal in Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, New York: 51.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. At 53/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 53/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.2"
- annual precipitation · 33" snow
- 189 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00302129 · Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, NY 53°F mean · 51.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,774
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smyrna
- PRCP-WET 51.2"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,119 HDD
- STN-1 USC00302129
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Smyrna, WA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NY station list.
- Hot Farmingdale, NY 54°F
- Near Yerington, NV 54°F
- Dobbs Ferry-ard… (this station) 53°F
- Cold Aztec Ruins Nat…, NM 53°F
- Near Smyrna, WA 53°F
Climate Living Index · Dobbs Ferry-ardsley
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley: 55/100 · grade C
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 110 calendar days | 70/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 189 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.4°F · 14.1° from 67.5°F | 54/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 51.2 in · 16.2 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 32.7 inches/year | 36/100 · F |
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.4°F and warmest-month mean 75.0°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 75.0°F
- Coldest month
- 31.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Dobbs Ferry-ardsley sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 55th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 17% wettest
- Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 51st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dobbs Ferry-ardsley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
53 31st percentile score exceeds 31% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 3.9" | 9.4" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 10.9" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.4" | 5.8" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.3" | 0.7" | 5.7 | 0.2 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| October | 65°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.9" | 0.3" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.7" | 5.6" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 110 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 20, then returns to freezing around December 2, covering 110 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is April 21, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 2 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 125 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dobbs Ferry-ardsley.
Where Dobbs Ferry-ardsley Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 9.4"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.9"
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.8"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
12.5 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.6"
10.9 days with precipitation
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dobbs Ferry-ardsley has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 4.7" and February 3.3". The three wettest months together take 27% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, it arrives in quantity
51.2" of precipitation falls across only about 124 wet days here, averaging 0.41 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 124 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- April, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Dobbs Ferry-ardsley
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley averages 32.7 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 15 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 32.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 15 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 6% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
189 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,119
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
917
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Dobbs Ferry-ardsley on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (53°F here).
- Carlinville, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Clayton, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Doylestown, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Fulton, MO 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Williamsburg, VA 51.2" · 0.0" off
- Daytona Beach, FL 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Oceana, WV 51.2" · 0.0" off
- Booneville, KY 51.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Dobbs Ferry-ardsley
heating led · wet · mid swing
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,119 annual heating degree days against 917 for cooling. Its 43.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's frost-free season lasts about 189 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Dobbs Ferry-ardsley coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Dobbs Ferry-ardsley typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Dobbs Ferry-ardsley snow peak
February
Dobbs Ferry-ardsley averages 32.7 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Dobbs Ferry-ardsley's primary station: DOBBS FERRY-ARDSLEY (USC00302129). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Dobbs Ferry-ardsley; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Dobbs Ferry-ardsley comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.