Fredonia, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Fredonia's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 41.1 inches of precipitation and 76 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,044 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFredonia
- Station IDUSC00303033
- Location42.45°N 79.31°W
- Elevation760 ft (232 m)
- Population9,295
On October 22, the normal high in Fredonia is 60°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Fredonia.
- Jan 34° 21°
- Feb 36° 21°
- Mar 45° 28°
- Apr 58° 38°
- May 69° 49°
- Jun 77° 59°
- Jul 81° 64°
- Aug 79° 63°
- Sep 74° 56°
- Oct 62° 46°
- Nov 50° 37°
- Dec 40° 28°
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 Fredonia each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.69 in), the least in February (2.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 21°F | 27.8°F | 3.04 | 26.7 | 14 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 36°F | 21°F | 28.6°F | 2.05 | 13.0 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 45°F | 28°F | 36.3°F | 2.36 | 11.6 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 58°F | 38°F | 48.1°F | 3.58 | 1.4 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 49°F | 59.1°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 77°F | 59°F | 68.2°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 81°F | 64°F | 72.2°F | 3.98 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 79°F | 63°F | 71.0°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 74°F | 56°F | 65.2°F | 4.11 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 46°F | 54.1°F | 4.69 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 37°F | 43.5°F | 3.81 | 5.4 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 40°F | 28°F | 33.7°F | 2.85 | 17.3 | 12 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 43°F | 50.7°F | 41.09 | 75.6 | 120 | 3 | 113 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −6°C | −2.3°C | 77 mm | 68 cm |
| February | 2°C | −6°C | −1.9°C | 52 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 7°C | −2°C | 2.4°C | 60 mm | 29 cm |
| April | 15°C | 3°C | 8.9°C | 91 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 21°C | 10°C | 15.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 15°C | 20.1°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 18°C | 22.3°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 17°C | 21.7°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 14°C | 18.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 8°C | 12.3°C | 119 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | 3°C | 6.4°C | 97 mm | 14 cm |
| December | 4°C | −2°C | 0.9°C | 72 mm | 44 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303033; 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 Fredonia?
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 (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 USC00303033.
When is the last frost in Fredonia?
In Fredonia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 13 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 251 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 185 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 211 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fredonia in zone 6b in ZIP code 14063. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Fredonia's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 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 USC00303033; 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 Fredonia?
In a normal year in Fredonia, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 113 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 120 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
- 113a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 38high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 120a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 25a normal year
The highest temperature in Fredonia's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1914) is 98°F, on July 23, 1933; the lowest is −26°F, on February 15, 1943.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1977, with 56.96 in; the snowiest season is 1976–77, with 142.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00303033; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record PTDN6thr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Fredonia?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Fredonia, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (47%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52% | 1.4 |
| February | 56% | 2.2 |
| March | 60% | 3.3 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 63% | 2.6 |
| November | 58% | 1.6 |
| December | 47% | 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 Fredonia need?
A normal year in Fredonia brings 5,906 heating degree days, 10% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 714 cooling degree days, 21% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,986 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,155 | 0 |
| February | 1,019 | 0 |
| March | 888 | 0 |
| April | 515 | 6 |
| May | 223 | 42 |
| June | 47 | 145 |
| July | 5 | 229 |
| August | 8 | 194 |
| September | 82 | 86 |
| October | 348 | 12 |
| November | 645 | 0 |
| December | 970 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,906 | 714 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303033. 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.
How does Fredonia's climate compare?
Fredonia is warmer than 110 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 47. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.7°F is warmer than 44%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Fredonia is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Fredonia share this climate record?
Cassadaga has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Cassadaga, NY556 people · 7 mi S
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 Fredonia's climate
What is the coldest month in Fredonia?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Fredonia?
Yes: 76 inches in a normal year, falling on 29 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (26.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Fredonia?
October, with 4.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Fredonia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Fredonia in zone 6b in ZIP code 14063. By the same method at Fredonia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Fredonia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 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
- Dunkirk, NY4 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Portland1 SW, NY11 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Perrysburg, NY16 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Westfield, NY17 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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