Highmarket (2 mi W), New York climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Highmarket (2 mi W)'s normal year runs from 4°F January nights to 78°F July afternoons, with 56.8 inches of precipitation and 203 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 4.9°C, January lows of −16°C, July highs of 25°C, 1,443 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHighmarket (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00303851
- Location43.61°N 75.55°W
- Elevation1,804 ft (550 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Highmarket (2 mi W) is 51°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 52%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Highmarket (2 mi W).
- Jan 25° 4°
- Feb 28° 5°
- Mar 36° 13°
- Apr 49° 28°
- May 65° 40°
- Jun 72° 49°
- Jul 78° 53°
- Aug 76° 52°
- Sep 68° 45°
- Oct 54° 35°
- Nov 41° 24°
- Dec 31° 13°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Highmarket (2 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 78°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 4°F. The most precipitation falls in October (6.04 in), the least in February (3.61 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°F | 4°F | 14.1°F | 5.01 | 54.8 | 20 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 28°F | 5°F | 16.3°F | 3.61 | 43.8 | 16 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 36°F | 13°F | 24.6°F | 3.61 | 25.1 | 15 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 49°F | 28°F | 38.5°F | 4.21 | 6.1 | 14 | <1 | 24 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 65°F | 40°F | 52.0°F | 4.67 | 0.3 | 15 | <1 | 7 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 72°F | 49°F | 60.5°F | 4.89 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 78°F | 53°F | 65.4°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 76°F | 52°F | 63.6°F | 4.54 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 68°F | 45°F | 56.4°F | 5.16 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 54°F | 35°F | 44.8°F | 6.04 | 2.6 | 16 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 41°F | 24°F | 32.7°F | 5.14 | 19.3 | 16 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 31°F | 13°F | 22.2°F | 5.42 | 51.1 | 19 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 52°F | 30°F | 40.9°F | 56.82 | 203.1 | 184 | 1 | 189 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4°C | −16°C | −9.9°C | 127 mm | 139 cm |
| February | −2°C | −15°C | −8.7°C | 92 mm | 111 cm |
| March | 2°C | −10°C | −4.1°C | 92 mm | 64 cm |
| April | 10°C | −2°C | 3.6°C | 107 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 18°C | 4°C | 11.1°C | 119 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 7°C | 13.6°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12°C | 2°C | 7.1°C | 153 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.4°C | 131 mm | 49 cm |
| December | −1°C | −10°C | −5.4°C | 138 mm | 130 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303851; 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.
Which months are mildest at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (12).
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 USC00303851.
When is the last frost at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
In Highmarket (2 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 22 in half of years and after June 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 26 in half of years and before September 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
- May 221 year in 10 after June 7; 9 in 10 after May 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 261 year in 10 before September 13; 9 in 10 before October 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 125 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 154 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 7 in half of springs and before October 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Highmarket (2 mi W) in zone 4b in ZIP code 13325, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 3b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −30°F (19 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 USC00303851; 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 at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
In a normal year in Highmarket (2 mi W), 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 189 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 184 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
- 189a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 81high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 184a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 49a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2000) is 94°F, on June 28, 2005; the lowest is −40°F, on January 27, 2004.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2022, with 70.78 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 296.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00303851; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00303851. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Highmarket (2 mi W), 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (49%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 54% | 1.4 |
| February | 59% | 2.2 |
| March | 65% | 3.5 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 71% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.1 |
| October | 61% | 2.5 |
| November | 58% | 1.6 |
| December | 49% | 1.0 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Highmarket (2 mi W) record?
A normal year at Highmarket (2 mi W) brings 8,910 heating degree days, 66% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 164 cooling degree days, 82% 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 1,649 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,577 | 0 |
| February | 1,365 | 0 |
| March | 1,252 | 0 |
| April | 795 | 0 |
| May | 410 | 6 |
| June | 163 | 27 |
| July | 59 | 69 |
| August | 89 | 46 |
| September | 275 | 15 |
| October | 627 | 1 |
| November | 969 | 0 |
| December | 1,328 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,910 | 164 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303851. 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.
Have recent years at Highmarket (2 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 40.1°F, 0.8°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 40.9°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.3°F | −0.6°F | 70.78 | 236.6 |
| 2023 | 42.3°F | +1.4°F | 70.09 | 157.1 |
| 2024 | 43.2°F | +2.3°F | 70.17 | 211.6 |
| 2025 | 40.1°F | −0.8°F | 64.08 | 282.7 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00303851. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Highmarket (2 mi W)'s climate compare?
Highmarket (2 mi W) is warmer than 2 of the 131 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 116. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 40.9°F is warmer than 7%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Highmarket (2 mi W) 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 Highmarket (2 mi W) share this climate record?
3 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.
- Lyons Falls, NY596 people · 10 mi E
- Constableville, NY302 people · 7 mi SE
- Turin, NY214 people · 7 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 Highmarket (2 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
January, with a normal high of 25°F and a normal low of 4°F. The warmest is July (78°F by day, 53°F at night).
Does it snow at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
Yes: 203 inches in a normal year, falling on 80 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (54.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
October, with 6.04 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.61 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Highmarket (2 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Highmarket (2 mi W) in zone 4b in ZIP code 13325, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −30°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 3b.
How late can frost come at Highmarket (2 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 22; in one year in ten it comes after June 7. Waiting until June 7 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
- Lowville, NY14 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- Boonville, NY15 miles from this station, 42.0°F a year
- Camden, NY24 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Rome, NY27 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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