Whitehall, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Whitehall's normal year runs from 12°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 42.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.8°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,081 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWhitehall
- Station IDUSC00309389
- Location43.56°N 73.40°W
- Elevation119 ft (36 m)
- Population2,482
On October 23, the normal high in Whitehall is 58°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 39%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Whitehall.
- Jan 30° 12°
- Feb 34° 13°
- Mar 43° 22°
- Apr 58° 35°
- May 71° 47°
- Jun 79° 57°
- Jul 84° 61°
- Aug 82° 60°
- Sep 74° 52°
- Oct 61° 41°
- Nov 47° 31°
- Dec 36° 21°
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 Whitehall each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 12°F. The most precipitation falls in August (4.45 in), the least in February (2.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 12°F | 21.2°F | 3.00 | 11 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 34°F | 13°F | 23.2°F | 2.57 | 8 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 43°F | 22°F | 32.8°F | 2.99 | 10 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 58°F | 35°F | 46.6°F | 3.30 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 59.1°F | 3.33 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 79°F | 57°F | 67.8°F | 4.37 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 84°F | 61°F | 72.4°F | 4.36 | 12 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 82°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 4.45 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 74°F | 52°F | 62.8°F | 3.58 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 41°F | 50.7°F | 4.05 | 13 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 31°F | 38.9°F | 2.98 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 36°F | 21°F | 28.0°F | 3.57 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 58°F | 38°F | 47.9°F | 42.55 | 135 | 12 | 143 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −11°C | −6.0°C | 76 mm |
| February | 1°C | −11°C | −4.9°C | 65 mm |
| March | 6°C | −5°C | 0.4°C | 76 mm |
| April | 14°C | 2°C | 8.1°C | 84 mm |
| May | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 85 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 111 mm |
| July | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 111 mm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 113 mm |
| September | 23°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 91 mm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 10.4°C | 103 mm |
| November | 8°C | −1°C | 3.8°C | 76 mm |
| December | 2°C | −6°C | −2.2°C | 91 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Rutland (22 miles away), gets 75 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00309389; 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 Whitehall?
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 USC00309389.
When is the last frost in Whitehall?
In Whitehall, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 12 in half of years and before September 28 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 301 year in 10 after May 14; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 121 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 164 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 188 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Whitehall in zone 5a in ZIP code 12887, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Whitehall's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (23 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 USC00309389; 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 Whitehall?
In a normal year in Whitehall, 12 days a year reach 90°F, 143 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 135 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 143a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 44high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 135a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1937) is 103°F, on July 18, 1953; the lowest is −38°F, on February 18, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 57.36 in; the snowiest season is 1970–71, with 102.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00309389; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00309389. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Whitehall?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Whitehall, 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 Whitehall need?
A normal year in Whitehall brings 6,880 heating degree days, 28% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 674 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 2,765 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,358 | 0 |
| February | 1,169 | 0 |
| March | 1,000 | 0 |
| April | 558 | 5 |
| May | 218 | 35 |
| June | 47 | 131 |
| July | 10 | 239 |
| August | 16 | 196 |
| September | 131 | 66 |
| October | 446 | 3 |
| November | 782 | 0 |
| December | 1,147 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,880 | 674 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00309389. 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 Whitehall's climate compare?
Whitehall is warmer than 72 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in New York, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.9°F is warmer than 31%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Whitehall 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 Whitehall 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.
- Fair Haven, VT2,710 people · 7 mi E
- Poultney, VT1,092 people · 9 mi E
- Castleton, VT4,455 people · 11 mi E
- Castleton Four Corners, VT807 people · 10 mi E
- North Granville, NY530 people · 8 mi S
- Chestertown, NY529 people · 20 mi W
- Wells, VT1,208 people · 13 mi SE
- Pawlet, VT1,398 people · 19 mi SE
- West Pawlet, VT301 people · 16 mi SE
- Bolton Landing, NY263 people · 13 mi W
- East Poultney, VT257 people · 10 mi E
- Benson, VT965 people · 12 mi NE
- Middletown Springs, VT791 people · 15 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 Whitehall's climate
What is the coldest month in Whitehall?
January, with a normal high of 30°F and a normal low of 12°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Whitehall?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Whitehall's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Rutland (22 miles away), records 75 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Whitehall?
August, with 4.45 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Whitehall in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Whitehall in zone 5a in ZIP code 12887, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Whitehall's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Whitehall?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 14. Waiting until May 14 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
- Glens Falls, NY18 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Rutland, VT22 miles from this station, 44.3°F a year
- Cornwall, VT29 miles from this station, 45.0°F a year
- Salisbury (2 mi N), VT30 miles from this station, 45.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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