Emmons, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Emmons's primary NOAA station, EMMONS.
The climate verdict for Emmons
Emmons, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 45°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.8"
- annual precipitation · 83" snow
- 139 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Emmons: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00305113 · Emmons, NY 45°F mean · 44.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,166
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ St James 4ssw B…
- PRCP-MID 44.8"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,687 HDD
- STN-1 USC00305113
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: St James 4ssw Beaver, MI (+ 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.
- Emmons (this station) 45°F
- Hot Stanford, MT 45°F
- Near St James 4ssw B…, MI 45°F
- Near Corning, NY 45°F
- Near Bath, ME 45°F
Climate Living Index · Emmons
Emmons: 29/100 · grade F
Emmons publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Emmons, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 44.8 in · 9.8 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 171 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.5°F · 23.0° from 67.5°F | 18/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 83.0 inches/year | 5/100 · F |
Emmons · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Emmons is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 20.8°F and warmest-month mean 66.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 66.8°F
- Coldest month
- 20.8°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 Emmons sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Emmons's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 83%
- Among 6,861 stations, Emmons sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Emmons compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Emmons's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Emmons's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 33 complete annual observations from 1984 to 2021, EMMONS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.32°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Emmons primary station fitted change +0.32 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 3.3" | 20.7" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 2.8" | 19.5" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 41°F (5°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.5" | 14.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.9" | 3.3" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.7" | 0.3" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 58°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.9" | 0.8" | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.3" | 6.3" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 3.6" | 17.6" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 171 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 171 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 January 11, when 56% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 1 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 159 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Emmons.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 20.7"
17.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.5"
13.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.5"
13.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
14.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
13.0 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
12.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.3"
13.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.6"
16.4 days with precipitation
Emmons spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Emmons has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.7" and February 2.8". The three wettest months together take 29% 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.
How Emmons's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 158 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 44.8" between them, or roughly 0.28 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Emmons
Emmons averages 83.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 51 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: 83.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 51 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 19% 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 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,687
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
261
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Emmons 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 (45°F here).
- Amidon, ND 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Cadillac, MI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Cavendish, VT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Clintonville, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Athens, TX 44.8" · 0.0" off
- Northfield, VT 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Altoona, PA 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Springfield, MO 44.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Emmons
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Emmons's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,687 annual heating degree days against 261 for cooling. Its 46.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 139 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Emmons coldest normal
January
Averaging 21°F (-6°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Emmons typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Emmons snow peak
January
Emmons averages 83.0 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Emmons's primary station: EMMONS (USC00305113). 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 Emmons; 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 Emmons 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.