West Point, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
West Point's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 51.5 inches of precipitation and 36 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.2°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,307 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWest Point
- Station IDUSC00309292
- Location41.39°N 73.96°W
- Elevation320 ft (98 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population (census place)6,549
On October 23, the normal high in West Point is 61°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for West Point.
- Jan 36° 21°
- Feb 39° 22°
- Mar 47° 30°
- Apr 60° 41°
- May 72° 51°
- Jun 80° 60°
- Jul 85° 65°
- Aug 83° 64°
- Sep 76° 57°
- Oct 63° 46°
- Nov 51° 36°
- Dec 41° 27°
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 West Point each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in October (5.29 in), the least in February (2.95 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 21°F | 28.2°F | 3.82 | 11.1 | 10 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 22°F | 30.6°F | 2.95 | 7.1 | 8 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 47°F | 30°F | 38.5°F | 4.04 | 9.6 | 9 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 41°F | 50.4°F | 4.00 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 61.1°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 80°F | 60°F | 69.8°F | 4.61 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 65°F | 75.3°F | 4.57 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 64°F | 73.6°F | 4.96 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 57°F | 66.4°F | 4.57 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 46°F | 54.5°F | 5.29 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 36°F | 43.5°F | 4.23 | 0.5 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 41°F | 27°F | 33.9°F | 4.59 | 7.0 | 10 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 43°F | 52.1°F | 51.47 | 35.7 | 118 | 18 | 110 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −6°C | −2.1°C | 97 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 4°C | −5°C | −0.8°C | 75 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 9°C | −1°C | 3.6°C | 103 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 16°C | 5°C | 10.2°C | 102 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.0°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 19°C | 24.1°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 18°C | 23.1°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 14°C | 19.1°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 8°C | 12.5°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 2°C | 6.4°C | 107 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 5°C | −3°C | 1.1°C | 117 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00309292; 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 West Point?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00309292.
When is the last frost in West Point?
In West Point, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 16 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
- April 101 year in 10 after April 24; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 16; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 204 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West Point in zones 6b to 7a across its 2 ZIP code areas (7a in 10928, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, West Point's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (24 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 USC00309292; 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.
What hardiness zone is each West Point ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. West Point's 2 ZIP code areas run from zone 6b to 7a: 1 in 6b and 1 in 7a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in West Point?
In a normal year in West Point, 18 days a year reach 90°F, 110 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 110a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1890) is 106°F, on July 22, 1926; the lowest is −16°F, on December 30, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 80.37 in; the snowiest season is 1960–61, with 93.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00309292; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00309292. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is West Point?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around West Point, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 1.8 |
| February | 70% | 2.7 |
| March | 68% | 3.7 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 74% | 5.9 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.3 |
| September | 77% | 4.3 |
| October | 70% | 2.9 |
| November | 70% | 2.0 |
| December | 65% | 1.5 |
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 West Point need?
A normal year in West Point brings 5,575 heating degree days, 4% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 928 cooling degree days, 2% more 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 3,283 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,139 | 0 |
| February | 962 | 0 |
| March | 823 | 0 |
| April | 443 | 7 |
| May | 167 | 44 |
| June | 27 | 172 |
| July | 1 | 320 |
| August | 4 | 270 |
| September | 65 | 105 |
| October | 335 | 9 |
| November | 647 | 0 |
| December | 964 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,575 | 928 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00309292. 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.
How does West Point's climate compare?
West Point is warmer than 116 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 112. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.1°F is warmer than 50%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, West Point 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 West Point share this climate record?
13 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.
- Kiryas Joel, NY43,863 people · 11 mi W
- Beacon, NY15,292 people · 8 mi N
- Woodbury, NY11,523 people · 9 mi SW
- New Windsor, NY8,427 people · 7 mi NW
- Firthcliffe, NY5,268 people · 5 mi NW
- Highland Falls, NY3,648 people · 2 mi S
- Vails Gate, NY3,065 people · 7 mi NW
- Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY3,006 people · 4 mi NW
- Fort Montgomery, NY2,198 people · 4 mi SW
- Cold Spring, NY1,995 people · 2 mi N
- Mountain Lodge Park, NY1,957 people · 9 mi W
- Nelsonville, NY631 people · 3 mi N
- Salisbury Mills, NY279 people · 8 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 West Point's climate
What is the coldest month in West Point?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in West Point?
Yes: 36 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (11.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in West Point?
October, with 5.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.95 in.
What plant hardiness zone is West Point in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts West Point in zones 6b to 7a across its 2 ZIP code areas (7a in 10928, the largest). By the same method at West Point's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in West Point?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 10; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 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
- Shrub Oak, NY7 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Yorktown Heights, NY12 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Walden, NY16 miles from this station, 49.9°F a year
- Stormville, NY16 miles from this station, 50.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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