Franklinville, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Franklinville's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 44.6 inches of precipitation and 109 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.5°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,133 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFranklinville
- Station IDUSC00303025
- Location42.33°N 78.46°W
- Elevation1,590 ft (485 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,644
On October 23, the normal high in Franklinville is 56°F and the normal low 36°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 Franklinville.
- Jan 31° 14°
- Feb 33° 13°
- Mar 41° 20°
- Apr 55° 32°
- May 67° 43°
- Jun 75° 52°
- Jul 79° 56°
- Aug 78° 55°
- Sep 71° 48°
- Oct 59° 38°
- Nov 47° 29°
- Dec 36° 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 Franklinville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.59 in), the least in February (2.49 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 14°F | 22.1°F | 3.33 | 29.8 | 20 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 33°F | 13°F | 23.1°F | 2.49 | 21.5 | 16 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 41°F | 20°F | 30.8°F | 2.98 | 17.1 | 16 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 32°F | 43.3°F | 3.46 | 3.9 | 15 | <1 | 19 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 54.9°F | 3.81 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 6 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 75°F | 52°F | 63.7°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 79°F | 56°F | 67.7°F | 4.59 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 78°F | 55°F | 66.3°F | 4.00 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 71°F | 48°F | 59.7°F | 4.28 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 38°F | 48.6°F | 4.28 | 0.5 | 16 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 29°F | 37.8°F | 3.69 | 11.9 | 16 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 36°F | 21°F | 28.5°F | 3.55 | 23.9 | 20 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 35°F | 45.5°F | 44.59 | 108.6 | 187 | 1 | 169 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −10°C | −5.5°C | 85 mm | 76 cm |
| February | 0°C | −10°C | −4.9°C | 63 mm | 55 cm |
| March | 5°C | −6°C | −0.7°C | 76 mm | 43 cm |
| April | 13°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 88 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 20°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 3.2°C | 94 mm | 30 cm |
| December | 2°C | −6°C | −1.9°C | 90 mm | 61 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303025; 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 Franklinville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August 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 USC00303025.
When is the last frost in Franklinville?
In Franklinville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 14 in half of years and after May 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 6 in half of years and before September 23 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 141 year in 10 after May 30; 9 in 10 after April 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 61 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 144 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 2 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Franklinville in zone 5b in ZIP code 14737, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Franklinville's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (30 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 USC00303025; 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 Franklinville?
In a normal year in Franklinville, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 169 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 187 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
- 169a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 57high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 187a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 43a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 99°F, on July 9, 1936; the lowest is −45°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 56.05 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 207.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00303025; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00303025. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Franklinville?
Over a year 67% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Franklinville, 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 much heating and cooling does Franklinville need?
A normal year in Franklinville brings 7,386 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 2,129 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,330 | 0 |
| February | 1,175 | 0 |
| March | 1,059 | 0 |
| April | 650 | 1 |
| May | 331 | 20 |
| June | 106 | 65 |
| July | 37 | 119 |
| August | 51 | 91 |
| September | 191 | 32 |
| October | 513 | 3 |
| November | 816 | 0 |
| December | 1,130 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,386 | 329 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303025. 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 Franklinville been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 49.8°F, 4.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.5°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.7°F | +2.2°F | 37.65 | 57.0 |
| 2022 | 46.3°F | +0.8°F | 33.16 | 90.0 |
| 2023 | 49.8°F | +4.3°F | 28.04 | 28.5 |
Over 71 complete years from 1932 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00303025; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Franklinville's climate compare?
Franklinville is warmer than 31 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.5°F is warmer than 21%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Franklinville 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 Franklinville share this climate record?
8 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.
- Arcade, NY1,920 people · 14 mi N
- Cuba, NY1,504 people · 12 mi SE
- Yorkshire, NY1,042 people · 13 mi N
- Delevan, NY1,028 people · 11 mi N
- Lime Lake, NY726 people · 7 mi N
- Machias, NY675 people · 6 mi N
- West Valley, NY526 people · 9 mi NW
- Rushford, NY396 people · 12 mi E
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 Franklinville's climate
What is the coldest month in Franklinville?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Franklinville?
Yes: 109 inches in a normal year, falling on 51 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (29.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Franklinville?
July, with 4.59 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.49 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Franklinville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Franklinville in zone 5b in ZIP code 14737, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Franklinville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Franklinville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 30. Waiting until May 30 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
- Olean, NY17 miles from this station, 46.3°F a year
- Salamanca, NY18 miles from this station, 45.8°F a year
- Little Valley, NY19 miles from this station, 44.9°F a year
- Allegany, NY22 miles from this station, 46.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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