Sherburne, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Sherburne's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 42.1 inches of precipitation and 77 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.7°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,070 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSherburne
- Station IDUSC00307705
- Location42.68°N 75.51°W
- Elevation1,095 ft (334 m)
- Population1,366
On October 23, the normal high in Sherburne is 56°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 51%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sherburne.
- Jan 31° 13°
- Feb 33° 13°
- Mar 41° 20°
- Apr 55° 32°
- May 68° 43°
- Jun 76° 53°
- Jul 80° 57°
- Aug 79° 56°
- Sep 72° 48°
- Oct 59° 38°
- Nov 47° 29°
- Dec 36° 20°
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 Sherburne each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.78 in), the least in February (2.26 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 13°F | 21.7°F | 2.52 | 18.7 | 18 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 33°F | 13°F | 22.9°F | 2.26 | 18.8 | 14 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 41°F | 20°F | 30.7°F | 3.06 | 14.6 | 15 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 32°F | 43.5°F | 3.53 | 2.5 | 15 | <1 | 16 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 43°F | 55.6°F | 3.63 | 0.1 | 14 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 76°F | 53°F | 64.5°F | 4.78 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 80°F | 57°F | 68.6°F | 4.41 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 79°F | 56°F | 67.3°F | 4.12 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 72°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 38°F | 48.7°F | 4.06 | 0.4 | 16 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 29°F | 37.9°F | 3.12 | 6.1 | 15 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 36°F | 20°F | 28.1°F | 2.95 | 15.9 | 17 | <1 | 27 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 35°F | 45.8°F | 42.14 | 77.1 | 176 | 7 | 158 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −11°C | −5.7°C | 64 mm | 47 cm |
| February | 0°C | −11°C | −5.1°C | 57 mm | 48 cm |
| March | 5°C | −6°C | −0.7°C | 78 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 90 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 12°C | 18.1°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 9.3°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 79 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 2°C | −6°C | −2.2°C | 75 mm | 40 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00307705; 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 Sherburne?
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 (13).
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 USC00307705.
When is the last frost in Sherburne?
In Sherburne, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 13 in half of years and after May 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 22 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 131 year in 10 after May 28; 9 in 10 after April 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 145 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sherburne in zone 5b in ZIP code 13460, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Sherburne's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −16°F (29 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New York · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00307705; 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 Sherburne?
In a normal year in Sherburne, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 158 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 176 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 158a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 50high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 176a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 25a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1986) is 99°F, on July 15, 1995; the lowest is −29°F, on January 7, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 55.28 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 143.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00307705; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00307705. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Sherburne?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Sherburne, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (52%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.5 |
| February | 62% | 2.4 |
| March | 66% | 3.6 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 68% | 5.4 |
| June | 70% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 75% | 5.2 |
| September | 73% | 4.1 |
| October | 63% | 2.6 |
| November | 60% | 1.7 |
| December | 52% | 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 Sherburne need?
A normal year in Sherburne brings 7,353 heating degree days, 37% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 393 cooling degree days, 57% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,239 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,342 | 0 |
| February | 1,179 | 0 |
| March | 1,065 | 0 |
| April | 646 | 2 |
| May | 312 | 21 |
| June | 95 | 78 |
| July | 27 | 139 |
| August | 40 | 111 |
| September | 183 | 39 |
| October | 507 | 3 |
| November | 815 | 0 |
| December | 1,144 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,353 | 393 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00307705. 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 Sherburne been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 46.0°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.5°F | +1.7°F | 46.35 | 53.1 |
| 2022 | 46.0°F | +0.2°F | 39.60 | 76.0 |
| 2023 | 48.0°F | +2.2°F | 45.06 | 41.8 |
| 2024 | 48.4°F | +2.6°F | 41.49 | 45.6 |
| 2025 | 46.0°F | +0.2°F | 41.76 | 60.6 |
Over 32 complete years from 1987 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 7.1°F per century (+0.40°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00307705; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Sherburne's climate compare?
Sherburne is warmer than 38 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 56. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.8°F is warmer than 23%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sherburne is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 Sherburne share this climate record?
6 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.
- New Berlin, NY908 people · 9 mi SE
- Earlville, NY771 people · 5 mi NW
- Edmeston, NY592 people · 13 mi E
- Bridgewater, NY507 people · 19 mi NE
- Smyrna, NY203 people · 3 mi W
- South Edmeston, NY153 people · 10 mi E
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 Sherburne's climate
What is the coldest month in Sherburne?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Sherburne?
Yes: 77 inches in a normal year, falling on 48 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (18.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Sherburne?
June, with 4.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.26 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sherburne in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sherburne in zone 5b in ZIP code 13460, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Sherburne's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −16°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Sherburne?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 13; in one year in ten it comes after May 28. Waiting until May 28 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
- Norwich, NY11 miles from this station, 45.9°F a year
- Morrisville, NY16 miles from this station, 44.3°F a year
- East Sidney, NY28 miles from this station, 45.8°F a year
- Emmons, NY29 miles from this station, 44.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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