Saratoga Springs, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Saratoga Springs's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 46.4 inches of precipitation and 64 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.4°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,178 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSaratoga Springs (4 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00307484
- Location43.04°N 73.82°W
- Elevation326 ft (99 m)
- Population28,741
On October 23, the normal high in Saratoga Springs is 59°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 37%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Saratoga Springs.
- Jan 32° 14°
- Feb 35° 16°
- Mar 45° 25°
- Apr 60° 36°
- May 73° 47°
- Jun 80° 56°
- Jul 84° 61°
- Aug 82° 59°
- Sep 75° 52°
- Oct 62° 41°
- Nov 49° 31°
- Dec 37° 22°
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 Saratoga Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.98 in), the least in February (2.65 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 14°F | 23.1°F | 3.41 | 16.5 | 12 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 35°F | 16°F | 25.7°F | 2.65 | 15.7 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 45°F | 25°F | 35.1°F | 3.42 | 11.4 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 3.78 | 1.8 | 12 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 73°F | 47°F | 59.8°F | 3.86 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 80°F | 56°F | 68.0°F | 4.80 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 84°F | 61°F | 72.4°F | 4.98 | 0.0 | 13 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 82°F | 59°F | 70.7°F | 4.11 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 52°F | 63.3°F | 3.82 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 41°F | 51.3°F | 4.14 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 31°F | 39.8°F | 3.49 | 2.9 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 22°F | 29.3°F | 3.92 | 15.1 | 12 | <1 | 27 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 38°F | 48.9°F | 46.38 | 63.5 | 138 | 11 | 144 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −10°C | −4.9°C | 87 mm | 42 cm |
| February | 2°C | −9°C | −3.5°C | 67 mm | 40 cm |
| March | 7°C | −4°C | 1.7°C | 87 mm | 29 cm |
| April | 16°C | 2°C | 8.9°C | 96 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 23°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 13°C | 20.0°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 5°C | 10.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9°C | −1°C | 4.3°C | 89 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 3°C | −6°C | −1.5°C | 100 mm | 38 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00307484; 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 Saratoga Springs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00307484.
When is the last frost in Saratoga Springs?
In Saratoga Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 7 in half of years and before September 27 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
- May 21 year in 10 after May 17; 9 in 10 after April 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 71 year in 10 before September 27; 9 in 10 before October 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 158 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 183 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Saratoga Springs in zone 5b in ZIP code 12866. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Saratoga Springs's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (30 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 USC00307484; 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 Saratoga Springs?
In a normal year in Saratoga Springs, 11 days a year reach 90°F, 144 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 138 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 144a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 39high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 138a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1955) is 99°F, on June 30, 1964; the lowest is −33°F, on January 27, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 57.37 in; the snowiest season is 1971–72, with 112.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00307484; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00307484. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Saratoga Springs?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Saratoga Springs, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 1.5 |
| February | 64% | 2.4 |
| March | 66% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 70% | 5.7 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 64% | 2.6 |
| November | 64% | 1.7 |
| December | 56% | 1.2 |
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 Saratoga Springs need?
A normal year in Saratoga Springs brings 6,506 heating degree days, 21% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 670 cooling degree days, 26% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,829 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,297 | 0 |
| February | 1,100 | 0 |
| March | 929 | 0 |
| April | 512 | 5 |
| May | 202 | 39 |
| June | 39 | 130 |
| July | 4 | 231 |
| August | 12 | 191 |
| September | 118 | 68 |
| October | 430 | 5 |
| November | 758 | 0 |
| December | 1,107 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,506 | 670 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00307484. 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.
Has Saratoga Springs been warmer than normal lately?
Over 96 complete years from 1905 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Saratoga Springs's climate compare?
Saratoga Springs is warmer than 94 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 84. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.9°F is warmer than 36%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Saratoga Springs is Dfa: continental, 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 Saratoga Springs share this climate record?
8 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.
- Country Knolls, NY5,587 people · 9 mi S
- Ballston Spa, NY4,930 people · 3 mi SW
- Milton, NY4,353 people · 2 mi W
- Schuylerville, NY1,354 people · 13 mi E
- North Ballston Spa, NY1,207 people · 2 mi SW
- Round Lake, NY855 people · 7 mi S
- Victory, NY676 people · 12 mi E
- Galway, NY157 people · 11 mi W
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 Saratoga Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in Saratoga Springs?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Saratoga Springs?
Yes: 64 inches in a normal year, falling on 29 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (16.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Saratoga Springs?
July, with 4.98 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.65 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Saratoga Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Saratoga Springs in zone 5b in ZIP code 12866. By the same method at Saratoga Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Saratoga Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 17. Waiting until May 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Saratoga Springs in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- New York climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Conklingville Dam, NY20 miles from this station, 45.6°F a year
- Albany, NY21 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Buskirk, NY21 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Troy, NY21 miles from this station, 50.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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