Highmarket, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Highmarket's primary NOAA station, HIGHMARKET 2W.
The climate verdict for Highmarket
Water is the standout signal in Highmarket, New York: 56.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 41°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 41°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 56.8"
- annual precipitation · 203" snow
- 127 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Highmarket: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00303851 · Highmarket, NY 41°F mean · 56.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 41°F
- RANK-COOL #480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Munising
- PRCP-WET 56.8"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,910 HDD
- STN-1 USC00303851
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Munising, 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.
- Highmarket (this station) 41°F
- Cold Andover, ME 41°F
- Hot Bayfield Fish H…, WI 41°F
- Near Munising, MI 41°F
- Near Pinkham Notch, NH 41°F
Climate Living Index · Highmarket
Highmarket: 14/100 · grade F
Highmarket publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Highmarket, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 183 calendar days | 23/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 56.8 in · 21.8 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 127 days/year | 10/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 40.9°F · 26.6° from 67.5°F | 7/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 203.1 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Highmarket · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Highmarket is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 14.1°F and warmest-month mean 65.4°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
- 65.4°F
- Coldest month
- 14.1°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 Highmarket sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Highmarket's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 93%
- Among 6,861 stations, Highmarket sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 9% wettest
- Highmarket's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Highmarket is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Highmarket compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Highmarket's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°F (-4°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 5.0" | 54.8" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 3.6" | 43.8" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 36°F (2°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 3.6" | 25.1" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 49°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 4.2" | 6.1" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 0.3" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| July | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 6.0" | 2.6" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 5.1" | 19.3" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (-1°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 5.4" | 51.1" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 183 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 2°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 24, then returns to freezing around October 25, covering 183 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 5, when 64% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 25 at 40%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 184 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 18 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 Highmarket.
Where Highmarket Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 57 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 183 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Highmarket earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 54.8"
20.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 43.8"
16.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 25.1"
15.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.1"
14.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
14.5 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
16.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.3"
15.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 51.1"
19.4 days with precipitation
Highmarket spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Highmarket has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 51.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 6.0" and March 3.6". 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 Highmarket's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 184 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 56.8" between them, or roughly 0.31 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 Highmarket
Highmarket averages 203.1 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 80 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: 203.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 80 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 36% 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
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
127 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,910
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
164
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Highmarket 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 (41°F here).
- Danforth, ME 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Fessenden, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Munising, MI 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Ottertail, MN 41°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (56.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lakeland, FL 56.8" · 0.0" off
- Ripley, TN 56.8" · 0.0" off
- Columbia, TN 56.8" · 0.0" off
- Guntersville, AL 56.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Highmarket
heating led · wet · mid swing
Highmarket's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,910 annual heating degree days against 164 for cooling. Its 51.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 127 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. Highmarket coldest normal
January
Averaging 14°F (-10°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Highmarket typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Highmarket snow peak
January
Highmarket averages 203.1 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 Highmarket's primary station: HIGHMARKET 2W (USC00303851). 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 Highmarket; 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 Highmarket 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.