Whitney Point Dam, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Whitney Point Dam's primary NOAA station, WHITNEY PT DAM.
The climate verdict for Whitney Point Dam
Whitney Point Dam, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.3"
- precipitation, annual total
- 165 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Whitney Point Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00309442 · Whitney Point Dam, NY 47°F mean · 41.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Archer
- PRCP-MID 41.3"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,000 HDD
- STN-1 USC00309442
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Archer, WY ( -0.1 °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.
- Whitney Point D… (this station) 47°F
- Cold Archer, WY 47°F
- Near American Falls, ID 47°F
- Near Bennington Mors…, VT 47°F
- Near Limon Wsmo, CO 47°F
Climate Living Index · Whitney Point Dam
Whitney Point Dam: 43/100 · grade D
Whitney Point Dam publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Whitney Point Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.3 in · 6.3 from 35 in | 78/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 156 calendar days | 42/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 165 days/year | 38/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.8°F · 20.7° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
Whitney Point Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Whitney Point Dam is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.8°F and warmest-month mean 69.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.4°F
- Coldest month
- 23.8°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 Whitney Point Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Whitney Point Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Whitney Point Dam sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 61st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 62nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Whitney Point Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Whitney Point Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 2.6" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.3" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 3.1" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.5" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.0" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 2.9" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 156 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near February 4.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 156 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.
The widest day
May 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Whitney Point Dam.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Whitney Point Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Whitney Point Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 4.4" and February 2.3". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
165 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,000
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
386
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Whitney Point Dam 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 (47°F here).
- Bigfork, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Chamberlain, SD 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cody, WY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Dakota City, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Holdenville, OK 41.3" · 0.0" off
- Prospect, OR 41.3" · 0.0" off
- Mattoon, IL 41.3" · 0.0" off
- Wooster, OH 41.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Whitney Point Dam's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Whitney Point Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,000 annual heating degree days against 386 for cooling. Its 45.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Whitney Point Dam's frost-free season lasts about 165 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Whitney Point Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.6°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Whitney Point Dam's 41.3 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Whitney Point Dam's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Whitney Point Dam, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Whitney Point Dam's primary station: WHITNEY PT DAM (USC00309442). 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 Whitney Point Dam; 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 Whitney Point Dam 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.