Fulton Oswego County, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fulton Oswego County's primary NOAA station, FULTON OSWEGO CO AP.
The climate verdict for Fulton Oswego County
Fulton Oswego County, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.6"
- annual precipitation
- 167 days
- frost-free growing season
Fulton Oswego County: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00054773 · Fulton Oswego County, NY 47°F mean · 39.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,921
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Massacre Rocks…
- PRCP-MID 39.6"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,898 HDD
- STN-1 USW00054773
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Massacre Rocks State Park, ID (+ 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.
- Fulton Oswego C… (this station) 47°F
- Cold Union City Filt…, PA 47°F
- Hot Allegan, MI 47°F
- Near Massacre Rocks…, ID 47°F
- Near Barre Falls Dam, MA 47°F
Climate Living Index · Fulton Oswego County
Fulton Oswego County: 48/100 · grade D
Fulton Oswego County publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fulton Oswego County, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.6 in · 4.6 from 35 in | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 145 calendar days | 50/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 167 days/year | 39/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.3°F · 20.2° from 67.5°F | 29/100 · F |
Fulton Oswego County · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fulton Oswego County is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.2°F and warmest-month mean 70.0°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
- 70.0°F
- Coldest month
- 23.2°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 Fulton Oswego County sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fulton Oswego County's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 72%
- Among 6,861 stations, Fulton Oswego County sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 57th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 67th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fulton Oswego County compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fulton Oswego County's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (-1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.7" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (0°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.2" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 41°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 2.6" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.3" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.5" | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 3.6" | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.5" | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.8" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.2" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 145 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 8, then returns to freezing around November 16, covering 145 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 December 12, when 60% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 28 at 44%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 182 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fulton Oswego County.
Where Fulton Oswego County Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Fulton Oswego County 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
16.9 days with precipitation
15.1 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
16.7 days with precipitation
18.2 days with precipitation
Fulton Oswego County 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 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fulton Oswego County has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.5" and February 2.2". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Fulton Oswego County's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 181 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 39.6" between them, or roughly 0.22 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
167 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,898
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
468
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Fulton Oswego County 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 (47°F here).
- Alton, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Atkinson, NE 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlotte, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Emmetsburg, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Reedsburg, WI 39.6" · 0.0" off
- Woodstock, VA 39.5" · 0.0" off
- Kewanee, IL 39.6" · 0.0" off
- White Hall, IL 39.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fulton Oswego County's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Fulton Oswego County's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,898 annual heating degree days against 468 for cooling. Its 46.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Fulton Oswego County's frost-free season lasts about 167 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fulton Oswego County's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.8°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Fulton Oswego County's 39.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fulton Oswego County's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Fulton Oswego County, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Fulton Oswego County's primary station: FULTON OSWEGO CO AP (USW00054773). 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 Fulton Oswego County; 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 Fulton Oswego County 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.