Malone, 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 Malone's primary NOAA station, MALONE.
The climate verdict for Malone
Malone, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 43°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 43°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.9"
- annual precipitation · 98" snow
- 151 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Malone: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00304996 · Malone, NY 43°F mean · 39.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #755
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Idaho Falls
- PRCP-MID 39.9"
- SWING-WIDE 53°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,406 HDD
- STN-1 USC00304996
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Idaho Falls, 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.
- Malone (this station) 43°F
- Cold Suring, WI 43°F
- Hot Grand Meadow, MN 43°F
- Near Idaho Falls, ID 43°F
- Near Marquette, MI 43°F
Climate Living Index · Malone
Malone: 31/100 · grade F
Malone publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Malone, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.9 in · 4.9 from 35 in | 82/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 168 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 151 days/year | 26/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.7°F · 24.8° from 67.5°F | 11/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 98.1 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Malone · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Malone is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 14.9°F and warmest-month mean 67.8°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
- 67.8°F
- Coldest month
- 14.9°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 Malone sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Malone's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 89%
- Among 6,861 stations, Malone sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 58th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Malone is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Malone compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Malone's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Malone's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 35 complete annual observations from 1986 to 2025, MALONE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.45°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Malone primary station fitted change +0.45 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F (-4°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 2.4" | 22.7" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.0" | 20.2" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 2.4" | 17.0" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.3" | 7.1" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 0.3" | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| August | 75°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| September | 69°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| October | 55°F (13°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.3" | 1.4" | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.1" | 8.8" | 21.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (-1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.7" | 20.6" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 77°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 168 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 4°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 168 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 1, when 56% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 29 at 37%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 169 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Malone.
Where Malone Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Malone 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 and snowfall
Snow: 22.7"
16.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.2"
13.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.0"
13.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.1"
13.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
13.9 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
14.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.8"
14.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.6"
17.0 days with precipitation
Malone spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Malone has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 52.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.5" and February 2.0". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Malone's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 169 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 39.9" between them, or roughly 0.24 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 Malone
Malone averages 98.1 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 55 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: 98.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 55 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 25% 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
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
151 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,406
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
327
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Malone 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 (43°F here).
- Danbury, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Ennis, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Holcombe, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Idaho Falls, ID 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hamilton, MO 39.9" · 0.0" off
- Portland, IN 39.9" · 0.0" off
- Graton, CA 39.9" · 0.0" off
- Wheaton, IL 39.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Malone
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Malone's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,406 annual heating degree days against 327 for cooling. Its 52.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Malone's frost-free season lasts about 151 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Malone coldest normal
January
Averaging 15°F (-9°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Malone typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Malone snow peak
January
Malone averages 98.1 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 Malone's primary station: MALONE (USC00304996). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3644710). Match rule for Malone: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Malone 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.