West Point, 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 West Point's primary NOAA station, WEST POINT.
The climate verdict for West Point
Water is the standout signal in West Point, New York: 51.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 53/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 53/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.5"
- annual precipitation · 36" snow
- 205 days
- growing season, frost-free days
West Point: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00309292 · West Point, NY 52°F mean · 51.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greeley Unc
- PRCP-WET 51.5"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,575 HDD
- STN-1 USC00309292
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Greeley Unc, CO (+ 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.
- West Point (this station) 52°F
- Cold Huntsville, OH 52°F
- Hot Malheur Branch, OR 52°F
- Near Greeley Unc, CO 52°F
- Near Delphi, IN 52°F
Climate Living Index · West Point
West Point: 53/100 · grade D
West Point publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for West Point, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 205 days/year | 68/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 118 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.1°F · 15.4° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 51.5 in · 16.5 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 35.7 inches/year | 32/100 · F |
West Point · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
West Point is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 28.2°F and warmest-month mean 75.3°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
- 75.3°F
- Coldest month
- 28.2°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 West Point sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for West Point's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 16% wettest
- West Point's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How West Point compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
West Point's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
53 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.8" | 11.1" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 3.0" | 7.1" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 4.0" | 9.6" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.0" | 0.4" | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.6 |
| August | 83°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 4.2" | 0.5" | 10.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 4.6" | 7.0" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 118 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 24, then returns to freezing around November 28, covering 118 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 May 17, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 2 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 118 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for West Point.
Where West Point Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
West Point earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 11.1"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.1"
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
10.5 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.0"
10.4 days with precipitation
West Point spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. West Point has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.3" and February 3.0". 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.
When it rains in West Point, it arrives in quantity
51.5" of precipitation falls across only about 118 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 118 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 8
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 West Point
West Point averages 35.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 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: 35.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 7% 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
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
205 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,575
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
928
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to West Point 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 (52°F here).
- Canon City, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Donora, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyer, NV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Everett, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cross City, FL 51.5" · 0.0" off
- Evening Shade, AR 51.5" · 0.0" off
- Orlando, FL 51.5" · 0.0" off
- Pocahontas, AR 51.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define West Point
heating led · wet · mid swing
West Point's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,575 annual heating degree days against 928 for cooling. Its 47.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
West Point's frost-free season lasts about 205 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. West Point coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. West Point typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. West Point snow peak
January
West Point averages 35.7 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 West Point's primary station: WEST POINT (USC00309292). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 3680747), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for West Point: 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 West Point 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.