Mineola, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Mineola's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 45.3 inches of precipitation and 19 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.1°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,151 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMineola
- Station IDUSC00305377
- Location40.73°N 73.62°W
- Elevation96 ft (29 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population21,305
On October 23, the normal high in Mineola is 64°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mineola.
- Jan 42° 27°
- Feb 44° 28°
- Mar 51° 35°
- Apr 62° 43°
- May 72° 52°
- Jun 81° 62°
- Jul 87° 68°
- Aug 85° 66°
- Sep 78° 60°
- Oct 67° 49°
- Nov 56° 40°
- Dec 47° 33°
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 Mineola each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in March (4.41 in), the least in February (3.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 27°F | 34.4°F | 3.65 | 2.9 | 11 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 44°F | 28°F | 36.2°F | 3.00 | 6.2 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 51°F | 35°F | 42.8°F | 4.41 | 3.1 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 43°F | 52.7°F | 3.75 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 52°F | 62.1°F | 3.13 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 62°F | 71.2°F | 3.80 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 68°F | 77.1°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 66°F | 75.3°F | 3.92 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 60°F | 68.7°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 49°F | 57.9°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 56°F | 40°F | 47.9°F | 3.35 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 10 h |
| December | 47°F | 33°F | 39.6°F | 4.18 | 5.7 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 47°F | 55.5°F | 45.33 | 18.5 | 114 | 16 | 83 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −3°C | 1.3°C | 93 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 7°C | −2°C | 2.3°C | 76 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 11°C | 1°C | 6.0°C | 112 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 17°C | 6°C | 11.5°C | 95 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 11°C | 16.7°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.8°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 20°C | 25.1°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 19°C | 24.1°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 10°C | 14.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 4°C | 8.8°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 8°C | 0°C | 4.2°C | 106 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00305377; 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 Mineola?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00305377.
When is the last frost in Mineola?
In Mineola, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 2 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 12 in half of years and before October 31 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
- April 21 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 121 year in 10 before October 31; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 224 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 247 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mineola in zone 7b in ZIP code 11501. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Mineola's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (19 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 USC00305377; 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 Mineola?
In a normal year in Mineola, 16 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 83 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 114 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 83a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 114a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1938) is 108°F, on July 6, 2010; the lowest is −5°F, on February 15, 1943.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1975, with 63.04 in; the snowiest season is 1966–67, with 61.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00305377; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00305377. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Mineola?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Mineola, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 1.9 |
| February | 70% | 2.8 |
| March | 71% | 3.8 |
| April | 73% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.6 |
| June | 78% | 6.1 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.5 |
| October | 72% | 3.0 |
| November | 72% | 2.1 |
| December | 66% | 1.6 |
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 Mineola need?
A normal year in Mineola brings 4,561 heating degree days, 15% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,124 cooling degree days, 24% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,682 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 948 | 0 |
| February | 808 | 0 |
| March | 688 | 0 |
| April | 375 | 6 |
| May | 141 | 49 |
| June | 18 | 204 |
| July | 0 | 375 |
| August | 2 | 321 |
| September | 38 | 147 |
| October | 239 | 21 |
| November | 515 | 0 |
| December | 789 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,561 | 1,124 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00305377. 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.
How does Mineola's climate compare?
Mineola is warmer than 129 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 78. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.5°F is warmer than 62%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mineola is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot 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 Mineola share this climate record?
58 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.
- Hempstead, NYalso near: Oceanside (5 mi, 53.4°F a year); Wantagh (7 mi, 55.4°F a year)59,569 people · 2 mi S
- Hicksville, NY43,868 people · 5 mi NE
- East Meadow, NY35,806 people · 3 mi E
- Uniondale, NY33,637 people · 2 mi SE
- Franklin Square, NY30,559 people · 4 mi SW
- Garden City, NY22,993 people · 1 mi W
- West Hempstead, NY20,762 people · 3 mi SW
- Port Washington, NY17,613 people · 7 mi NW
- Floral Park, NY15,966 people · 4 mi W
- Westbury, NY15,871 people · 2 mi NE
- New Cassel, NY14,414 people · 3 mi NE
- North New Hyde Park, NY14,354 people · 4 mi W
- Jericho, NY14,117 people · 6 mi NE
- Salisbury, NY13,388 people · 3 mi E
- New Hyde Park, NY10,220 people · 4 mi W
- Garden City Park, NY8,176 people · 2 mi W
- Great Neck Plaza, NY7,824 people · 7 mi NW
- Manhasset, NY7,730 people · 5 mi NW
- Williston Park, NY7,503 people · 2 mi NW
- East Hills, NY7,295 people · 4 mi N
- Roslyn Heights, NY6,881 people · 3 mi N
- North Hills, NY5,427 people · 4 mi NW
- Carle Place, NY5,094 people · 1 mi N
- Sea Cliff, NY5,024 people · 8 mi N
- Old Westbury, NY4,950 people · 4 mi N
- Albertson, NY4,859 people · 3 mi NW
- Flower Hill, NY4,836 people · 6 mi NW
- Searingtown, NY4,786 people · 3 mi NW
- Glen Head, NY4,575 people · 8 mi N
- Garden City South, NY4,077 people · 3 mi SW
- Herricks, NY4,077 people · 3 mi NW
- University Gardens, NY3,986 people · 6 mi NW
- Manhasset Hills, NY3,789 people · 4 mi NW
- Glenwood Landing, NY3,776 people · 7 mi N
- Muttontown, NY3,528 people · 8 mi NE
- Roslyn, NY3,022 people · 5 mi N
- Brookville, NY2,924 people · 6 mi NE
- Lake Success, NY2,830 people · 5 mi NW
- Munsey Park, NY2,778 people · 6 mi NW
- Thomaston, NY2,732 people · 6 mi NW
- East Williston, NY2,613 people · 2 mi N
- Bellerose Terrace, NY2,180 people · 6 mi W
- Old Brookville, NY2,100 people · 7 mi N
- Stewart Manor, NY1,919 people · 4 mi W
- Upper Brookville, NY1,771 people · 8 mi N
- South Floral Park, NY1,749 people · 4 mi W
- Plandome, NY1,477 people · 7 mi NW
- Roslyn Estates, NY1,327 people · 5 mi NW
- Great Neck Gardens, NY1,245 people · 7 mi NW
- Kensington, NY1,204 people · 7 mi NW
- Bellerose, NY1,173 people · 5 mi W
- Roslyn Harbor, NY1,102 people · 6 mi N
- Greenvale, NY1,095 people · 5 mi N
- Baxter Estates, NY1,012 people · 8 mi NW
- Plandome Heights, NY1,010 people · 7 mi NW
- Russell Gardens, NY938 people · 7 mi NW
- Matinecock, NY854 people · 9 mi N
- Plandome Manor, NY819 people · 7 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 Mineola's climate
What is the coldest month in Mineola?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Mineola?
Yes: 19 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Mineola?
March, with 4.41 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mineola in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mineola in zone 7b in ZIP code 11501. By the same method at Mineola's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Mineola?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 2; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 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
- Oceanside, NY7 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Wantagh, NY8 miles from this station, 55.4°F a year
- New York JFK International Airport, NY10 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Farmingdale, NY11 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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