Ogdensburg, 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 Ogdensburg's primary NOAA station, OGDENSBURG 4 NE.
The climate verdict for Ogdensburg
Ogdensburg, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 45°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 164 days
- frost-free growing season
Ogdensburg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00306164 · Ogdensburg, NY 45°F mean · 39.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,304
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hulett
- PRCP-MID 39.2"
- SWING-WIDE 54°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,735 HDD
- STN-1 USC00306164
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hulett, WY (+ 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.
- Ogdensburg (this station) 45°F
- Cold Beaver Dam Wwtp, WI 45°F
- Hot Montpelier, VT 45°F
- Near Hulett, WY 45°F
- Near Lovell, WY 45°F
Climate Living Index · Ogdensburg
Ogdensburg: 42/100 · grade D
Ogdensburg publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ogdensburg, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.2 in · 4.2 from 35 in | 85/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 157 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 164 days/year | 37/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.0°F · 22.5° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
Ogdensburg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ogdensburg is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 16.9°F and warmest-month mean 70.5°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
- 70.5°F
- Coldest month
- 16.9°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 Ogdensburg sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ogdensburg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 81%
- Among 6,861 stations, Ogdensburg sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 56th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ogdensburg is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ogdensburg compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ogdensburg's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Ogdensburg's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 83 complete annual observations from 1895 to 2018, OGDENSBURG 4 NE 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.
- Ogdensburg 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°F (-3°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.8" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 1.8" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.6" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 3.1" | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.9" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.1" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 3.3" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 157 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 6°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 11, then returns to freezing around November 7, covering 157 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.
The widest day
September 7 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 Ogdensburg.
Where Ogdensburg Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Ogdensburg 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
Ogdensburg spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Ogdensburg has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 53.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.1" and February 1.8". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
164 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,735
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
478
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Ogdensburg 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 (45°F here).
- Alexandria, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Bangor, ME 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Busby, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Chiloquin, OR 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cumberland, MD 39.2" · 0.0" off
- Lodi, WI 39.2" · 0.0" off
- Donnellson, IA 39.2" · 0.0" off
- Waukon, IA 39.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ogdensburg's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Ogdensburg's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,735 annual heating degree days against 478 for cooling. Its 53.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Ogdensburg's frost-free season lasts about 164 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ogdensburg's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 53.6°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Ogdensburg's 39.2 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ogdensburg's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Ogdensburg, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Ogdensburg's primary station: OGDENSBURG 4 NE (USC00306164). 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 3654485). Match rule for Ogdensburg: 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 Ogdensburg 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.