Lowville, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lowville's normal year runs from 8°F January nights to 78°F July afternoons, with 41.8 inches of precipitation and 127 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.5°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,062 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLowville
- Station IDUSC00304912
- Location43.79°N 75.48°W
- Elevation863 ft (263 m)
- Population3,336
On October 23, the normal high in Lowville is 54°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 48%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lowville.
- Jan 27° 8°
- Feb 29° 9°
- Mar 38° 19°
- Apr 52° 32°
- May 66° 43°
- Jun 74° 53°
- Jul 78° 57°
- Aug 77° 55°
- Sep 70° 47°
- Oct 57° 38°
- Nov 44° 28°
- Dec 33° 17°
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 Lowville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 78°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 8°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.56 in), the least in February (2.59 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F | 8°F | 17.3°F | 3.47 | 35.6 | 18 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 29°F | 9°F | 19.1°F | 2.59 | 29.6 | 15 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 38°F | 19°F | 28.0°F | 2.65 | 15.8 | 13 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 52°F | 32°F | 41.8°F | 3.11 | 4.1 | 14 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 3.39 | 0.2 | 13 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 74°F | 53°F | 63.4°F | 3.72 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 78°F | 57°F | 67.8°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 77°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 3.80 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 70°F | 47°F | 58.6°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 57°F | 38°F | 47.1°F | 4.56 | 0.4 | 14 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 44°F | 28°F | 35.7°F | 3.75 | 9.4 | 15 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 33°F | 17°F | 24.7°F | 3.82 | 31.9 | 18 | <1 | 28 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 34°F | 43.7°F | 41.83 | 127.0 | 166 | 2 | 165 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3°C | −13°C | −8.2°C | 88 mm | 90 cm |
| February | −2°C | −13°C | −7.2°C | 66 mm | 75 cm |
| March | 3°C | −7°C | −2.2°C | 67 mm | 40 cm |
| April | 11°C | 0°C | 5.4°C | 79 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 86 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 8°C | 14.8°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 116 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | −2°C | 2.1°C | 95 mm | 24 cm |
| December | 0°C | −8°C | −4.1°C | 97 mm | 81 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00304912; 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 Lowville?
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 USC00304912.
When is the last frost in Lowville?
In Lowville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 8 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 19 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 81 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 145 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 170 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 28 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lowville in zone 4b in ZIP code 13404, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lowville's NOAA station is in zone 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −21°F (30 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 USC00304912; 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 Lowville?
In a normal year in Lowville, 2 days a year reach 90°F, 165 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 166 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 165a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 68high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 166a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 36a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 100°F, on July 2, 1931; the lowest is −40°F, on December 20, 1942.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 55.64 in; the snowiest season is 1970–71, with 251.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00304912; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00304912. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lowville?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lowville, 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 much heating and cooling does Lowville need?
A normal year in Lowville brings 8,050 heating degree days, 50% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 320 cooling degree days, 65% 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 2,047 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,479 | 0 |
| February | 1,285 | 0 |
| March | 1,147 | 0 |
| April | 697 | 1 |
| May | 341 | 15 |
| June | 111 | 61 |
| July | 33 | 121 |
| August | 54 | 92 |
| September | 219 | 28 |
| October | 556 | 2 |
| November | 878 | 0 |
| December | 1,251 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,050 | 320 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00304912. 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 Lowville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 44.7°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.7°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.1°F | +2.4°F | 40.91 | 85.9 |
| 2022 | 44.9°F | +1.2°F | 45.63 | 122.0 |
| 2023 | 46.8°F | +3.1°F | 42.83 | 82.2 |
| 2024 | 47.7°F | +4.0°F | 52.18 | 129.5 |
| 2025 | 44.7°F | +1.0°F | 40.07 | 153.8 |
Over 98 complete years from 1891 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.9°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00304912; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lowville's climate compare?
Lowville is warmer than 9 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 50. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.7°F is warmer than 14%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lowville 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 Lowville share this climate record?
7 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.
- Carthage, NY3,257 people · 14 mi NW
- West Carthage, NY1,749 people · 14 mi NW
- Copenhagen, NY660 people · 12 mi NW
- Croghan, NY640 people · 8 mi NE
- Castorland, NY340 people · 7 mi N
- Natural Bridge, NY76 people · 19 mi N
- Herrings, NY0 people · 18 mi NW
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 Lowville's climate
What is the coldest month in Lowville?
January, with a normal high of 27°F and a normal low of 8°F. The warmest is July (78°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Lowville?
Yes: 127 inches in a normal year, falling on 61 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (35.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lowville?
October, with 4.56 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lowville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lowville in zone 4b in ZIP code 13404, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lowville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −21°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come in Lowville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 8; in one year in ten it comes after May 23. Waiting until May 23 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
- Highmarket (2 mi W), NY14 miles from this station, 40.9°F a year
- Stillwater Reservoir, NY24 miles from this station, 41.3°F a year
- Boonville, NY25 miles from this station, 42.0°F a year
- Old Forge, NY25 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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