Mohonk Lake, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mohonk Lake's primary NOAA station, MOHONK LAKE.
The climate verdict for Mohonk Lake
Water is the standout signal in Mohonk Lake, New York: 52.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 48/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 48/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.6"
- annual precipitation · 59" snow
- 189 days
- frost-free growing season
Mohonk Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00305426 · Mohonk Lake, NY 50°F mean · 52.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ London Fish Hat…
- PRCP-WET 52.6"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 48/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,039 HDD
- STN-1 USC00305426
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: London Fish Hatchery, OH (+ 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.
- Mohonk Lake (this station) 50°F
- Cold Mansfield, OH 50°F
- Hot Westfall, OR 50°F
- Near London Fish Hat…, OH 50°F
- Near New Castle, IN 50°F
Climate Living Index · Mohonk Lake
Mohonk Lake: 45/100 · grade D
Mohonk Lake publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mohonk Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 48/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 128 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 189 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.4°F · 17.1° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.6 in · 17.6 from 35 in | 37/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 59.2 inches/year | 16/100 · F |
Mohonk Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mohonk Lake is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 26.3°F and warmest-month mean 73.2°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.2°F
- Coldest month
- 26.3°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 Mohonk Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mohonk Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Mohonk Lake's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mohonk Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mohonk Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
48 17th percentile score exceeds 17% 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
Mohonk Lake's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 106 complete annual observations from 1897 to 2021, MOHONK LAKE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.13°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Mohonk Lake primary station fitted change +0.13 °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 | 34°F (1°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 3.8" | 14.6" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 3.2" | 14.6" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.3" | 12.4" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 4.0" | 1.8" | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| May | 71°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.2" | 0.1" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.8" | 2.8" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 4.8" | 12.9" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 128 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 30, then returns to freezing around November 24, covering 128 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 May 16, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 1 at 32%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 133 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mohonk Lake.
Where Mohonk Lake Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Mohonk Lake 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: 14.6"
11.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.6"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.4"
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
11.4 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.9"
11.1 days with precipitation
Mohonk Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Mohonk Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.2" and February 3.2". 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.
When it rains in Mohonk Lake, it arrives in quantity
52.6" of precipitation falls across only about 133 wet days here, averaging 0.40 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 133 a year, 36% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.40 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Mohonk Lake
Mohonk Lake averages 59.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 26 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: 59.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 26 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 11% 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 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
189 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,039
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
737
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Mohonk Lake 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 (50°F here).
- Alcalde, NM 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Beaver Falls, PA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Brewster, KS 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado Springs, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jasper, FL 52.6" · 0.0" off
- Stayton, OR 52.7" · 0.0" off
- Avon Park, FL 52.7" · 0.0" off
- Bayard, WV 52.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Mohonk Lake
heating led · wet · mid swing
Mohonk Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,039 annual heating degree days against 737 for cooling. Its 46.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Mohonk Lake's frost-free season lasts about 189 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. Mohonk Lake coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Mohonk Lake typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Mohonk Lake snow peak
January
Mohonk Lake averages 59.2 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 Mohonk Lake's primary station: MOHONK LAKE (USC00305426). 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 Mohonk Lake; 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 Mohonk Lake 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.