Platte Clove, 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 Platte Clove's primary NOAA station, PLATTE CLOVE.
The climate verdict for Platte Clove
Water is the standout signal in Platte Clove, New York: 67.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 46°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 67.7"
- annual precipitation · 86" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free growing season
Platte Clove: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00306649 · Platte Clove, NY 46°F mean · 67.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,441
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ W Rockport
- PRCP-WET 67.7"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,395 HDD
- STN-1 USC00306649
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: W Rockport, ME (+ 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.
- Platte Clove (this station) 46°F
- Hot Grass Range, MT 46°F
- Near W Rockport, ME 46°F
- Near Callicoon Ctr, NY 46°F
- Near Wellsboro, PA 46°F
Climate Living Index · Platte Clove
Platte Clove: 19/100 · grade F
Platte Clove publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Platte Clove, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 169 calendar days | 33/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.5°F · 22.0° from 67.5°F | 21/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 85.7 inches/year | 4/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 67.7 in · 32.7 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Platte Clove · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Platte Clove is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.3°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
- 22.3°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 Platte Clove sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Platte Clove's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 79%
- Among 6,861 stations, Platte Clove sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 2% wettest
- Platte Clove's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 62nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Platte Clove compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Platte Clove's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 4.9" | 19.9" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 4.0" | 20.7" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 5.7" | 14.5" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.2" | 3.1" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.8" | 0.3" | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 7.0" | 1.8" | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.9" | 4.9" | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 7.2" | 20.5" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 169 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 18, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 169 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 53% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 4 at 35%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 162 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Platte Clove.
Where Platte Clove Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 68 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Platte Clove 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: 19.9"
15.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.7"
13.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.5"
13.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
12.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
13.9 days with precipitation
15.1 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
12.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
12.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.5"
16.0 days with precipitation
Platte Clove spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Platte Clove has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 7.2" and February 4.0". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Platte Clove, it arrives in quantity
67.7" of precipitation falls across only about 162 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 162 a year, 44% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 16
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 11
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 Platte Clove
Platte Clove averages 85.7 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 54 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: 85.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 54 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 13% 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 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,395
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
309
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Platte Clove 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 (46°F here).
- Big Horn, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Britt, IA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Caledonia, MN 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlevoix, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (67.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Pensacola, FL 67.8" · 0.2" off
- Miami, FL 67.4" · 0.3" off
- Wiggins, MS 67.4" · 0.3" off
- Newport, OR 67.3" · 0.4" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Platte Clove
heating led · wet · mid swing
Platte Clove's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,395 annual heating degree days against 309 for cooling. Its 45.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Platte Clove coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Platte Clove typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Platte Clove snow peak
February
Platte Clove averages 85.7 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Platte Clove's primary station: PLATTE CLOVE (USC00306649). 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 Platte Clove; 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 Platte Clove 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.