Honeoye, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Honeoye's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 37.2 inches of precipitation and 55 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.7°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 27°C, 945 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHoneoye
- Station IDUSC00303955
- Location42.79°N 77.51°W
- Elevation800 ft (244 m)
- Population (census place)660
On October 24, the normal high in Honeoye is 58°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 49%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Honeoye.
- Jan 33° 16°
- Feb 35° 16°
- Mar 43° 23°
- Apr 57° 34°
- May 69° 45°
- Jun 77° 54°
- Jul 81° 58°
- Aug 80° 57°
- Sep 73° 50°
- Oct 61° 40°
- Nov 49° 31°
- Dec 38° 23°
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 Honeoye each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.30 in), the least in February (1.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 16°F | 24.4°F | 2.16 | 13.4 | 17 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 35°F | 16°F | 25.8°F | 1.89 | 13.8 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 43°F | 23°F | 33.1°F | 2.67 | 11.9 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 34°F | 45.1°F | 3.08 | 1.7 | 14 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 57.1°F | 3.21 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 77°F | 54°F | 65.4°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 81°F | 58°F | 69.4°F | 4.30 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 57°F | 68.1°F | 3.72 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 50°F | 61.4°F | 3.25 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 40°F | 50.5°F | 3.55 | 0.1 | 15 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 31°F | 40.2°F | 2.70 | 4.6 | 13 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 38°F | 23°F | 30.7°F | 2.61 | 9.3 | 16 | <1 | 26 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 58°F | 37°F | 47.6°F | 37.19 | 54.8 | 164 | 6 | 144 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −9°C | −4.2°C | 55 mm | 34 cm |
| February | 2°C | −9°C | −3.4°C | 48 mm | 35 cm |
| March | 6°C | −5°C | 0.6°C | 68 mm | 30 cm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 78 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 21°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 14°C | 20.1°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 0°C | 4.6°C | 69 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.7°C | 66 mm | 24 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303955; 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 Honeoye?
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 (11).
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 USC00303955.
When is the last frost in Honeoye?
In Honeoye, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 22 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 101 year in 10 after May 27; 9 in 10 after April 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 147 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 171 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 29 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Honeoye in zone 6a in ZIP code 14471, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Honeoye's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (28 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 USC00303955; 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 Honeoye?
In a normal year in Honeoye, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 144 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 164 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 144a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 45high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 164a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 20a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1992) is 98°F, on July 22, 2011; the lowest is −28°F, on January 7, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 46.71 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 79.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00303955; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00303955. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Honeoye?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Honeoye, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (50%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52% | 1.4 |
| February | 58% | 2.2 |
| March | 62% | 3.4 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 72% | 5.9 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.2 |
| October | 62% | 2.6 |
| November | 59% | 1.7 |
| December | 50% | 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 Honeoye need?
A normal year in Honeoye brings 6,793 heating degree days, 26% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 478 cooling degree days, 47% 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 2,446 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,258 | 0 |
| February | 1,099 | 0 |
| March | 989 | 0 |
| April | 602 | 3 |
| May | 279 | 34 |
| June | 82 | 92 |
| July | 26 | 161 |
| August | 35 | 131 |
| September | 159 | 51 |
| October | 457 | 6 |
| November | 744 | 0 |
| December | 1,063 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,793 | 478 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00303955. 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 Honeoye been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 48.1°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 47.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49.7°F | +2.1°F | 46.04 | 25.8 |
| 2022 | 48.0°F | +0.4°F | 34.84 | 39.1 |
| 2023 | 49.6°F | +2.0°F | 34.68 | 19.6 |
| 2024 | 50.6°F | +3.0°F | 36.55 | 18.5 |
| 2025 | 48.1°F | +0.5°F | 29.17 | 37.8 |
Over 32 complete years from 1993 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.9°F per century (+0.27°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00303955; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Honeoye's climate compare?
Honeoye is warmer than 66 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 21. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.6°F is warmer than 30%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Honeoye 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 Honeoye share this climate record?
Naples 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.
- Naples, NY954 people · 13 mi SE
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 Honeoye's climate
What is the coldest month in Honeoye?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Honeoye?
Yes: 55 inches in a normal year, falling on 32 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (13.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Honeoye?
July, with 4.30 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Honeoye in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Honeoye in zone 6a in ZIP code 14471, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Honeoye's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Honeoye?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 27. Waiting until May 27 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
- Hemlock, NY5 miles from this station, 48.2°F a year
- Canandaigua, NY12 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Victor, NY15 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Avon, NY15 miles from this station, 47.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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