Syracuse Hancock, 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 Syracuse Hancock's primary NOAA station, SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL AP.
The climate verdict for Syracuse Hancock
Syracuse Hancock, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 49°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 49°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.9"
- annual precipitation · 128" snow
- 173 days
- frost-free growing season
Syracuse Hancock: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00014771 · Syracuse Hancock, NY 49°F mean · 39.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lakeville
- PRCP-MID 39.9"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,588 HDD
- STN-1 USW00014771
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lakeville, IN (+ 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.
- Syracuse Hancock (this station) 49°F
- Hot Hot Springs, SD 49°F
- Near Lakeville, IN 49°F
- Near Three Rivers, MI 49°F
- Near Tecumseh, MI 49°F
Climate Living Index · Syracuse Hancock
Syracuse Hancock: 49/100 · grade D
Syracuse Hancock publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Syracuse Hancock, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.9 in · 4.9 from 35 in | 83/100 · B |
| Summer moisture balance | 59.8°F mean dew point | 66/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 140 calendar days | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 173 days/year | 44/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.5°F · 19.0° from 67.5°F | 34/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 127.8 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Syracuse Hancock · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Syracuse Hancock is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 24.1°F and warmest-month mean 71.8°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
- 71.8°F
- Coldest month
- 24.1°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 Syracuse Hancock sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Syracuse Hancock's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 34th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 58th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Syracuse Hancock is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Syracuse Hancock compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Syracuse Hancock's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Syracuse Hancock's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 114 complete annual observations from 1843 to 2023, SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Syracuse Hancock primary station fitted change +0.15 °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 | 32°F (0°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.6" | 34.0" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 2.5" | 30.3" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.0" | 19.8" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.5" | 3.0" | 10.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.4" | 0.1" | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.9" | 0.2" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.2" | 9.8" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.3" | 30.6" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 140 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 5, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 140 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 2, when 62% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 28 at 33%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 174 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 11 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 Syracuse Hancock.
Where Syracuse Hancock Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Syracuse Hancock 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: 34.0"
18.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 30.3"
16.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.8"
15.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
14.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
13.2 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
15.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
15.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 30.6"
18.5 days with precipitation
Syracuse Hancock spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Syracuse Hancock has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.7°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 3.9" and February 2.5". 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.
How Syracuse Hancock's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 174 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 39.9" between them, or roughly 0.23 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Syracuse Hancock
Syracuse Hancock averages 127.8 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 66 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: 127.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 66 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 32% 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 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
173 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,588
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
619
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 9.3 | 7% | 65% |
| February | 70% | 9.7 | 7% | 62% |
| March | 64% | 9.3 | 12% | 54% |
| April | 60% | 8.4 | 13% | 43% |
| May | 67% | 7.5 | 10% | 36% |
| June | 68% | 7.1 | 10% | 25% |
| July | 70% | 6.6 | 11% | 25% |
| August | 73% | 6.3 | 17% | 25% |
| September | 74% | 7.2 | 17% | 38% |
| October | 71% | 8.5 | 8% | 55% |
| November | 74% | 9.4 | 4% | 70% |
| December | 74% | 9.8 | 5% | 71% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Syracuse Hancock 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 (49°F here).
- Butler, PA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Decorah, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Fredericktown, OH 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Amity, MO 39.9" · 0.0" off
- Lowell, IN 39.9" · 0.0" off
- Wheaton, IL 39.9" · 0.0" off
- Elgin, IL 39.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Syracuse Hancock
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Syracuse Hancock's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,588 annual heating degree days against 619 for cooling. Its 47.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Syracuse Hancock's frost-free season lasts about 173 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. Syracuse Hancock coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Syracuse Hancock typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Syracuse Hancock snow peak
January
Syracuse Hancock averages 127.8 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 Syracuse Hancock's primary station: SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL AP (USW00014771). 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 Syracuse Hancock; 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 Syracuse Hancock 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.