Youngstown, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Youngstown's primary NOAA station, YOUNGSTOWN 2 E.
The climate verdict for Youngstown
Youngstown, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 49°F. Its climate comfort score of 58/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 49°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 58/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 34.4"
- annual precipitation · 55" snow
- 182 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Youngstown: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00309690 · Youngstown, NY 49°F mean · 34.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dansville
- PRCP-MID 34.4"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-MID 58/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,364 HDD
- STN-1 USC00309690
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dansville, NY (+ 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.
- Youngstown (this station) 49°F
- Hot Westfield Barnes, MA 49°F
- Near Dansville, NY 49°F
- Near Milan, MI 49°F
- Near Albion, NY 49°F
Climate Living Index · Youngstown
Youngstown: 51/100 · grade D
Youngstown publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Youngstown, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 58/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 34.4 in · 0.6 from 35 in | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 139 calendar days | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 182 days/year | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.2°F · 18.3° from 67.5°F | 37/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 55.2 inches/year | 18/100 · F |
Youngstown · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Youngstown is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 26.4°F and warmest-month mean 72.7°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
- 72.7°F
- Coldest month
- 26.4°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 Youngstown sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Youngstown's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 36th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 47th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Youngstown compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Youngstown's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
58 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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 | 34°F (1°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 2.4" | 12.8" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 2.2" | 20.8" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.7" | 8.1" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.1" | 1.7" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| October | 62°F (16°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 2.7" | 2.0" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.7" | 9.8" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 139 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 27.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 7, then returns to freezing around November 21, covering 139 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 18, when 59% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 5 at 34%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 170 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 7 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 Youngstown.
Where Youngstown Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Youngstown 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: 12.8"
18.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.8"
15.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.1"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
14.9 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
18.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
14.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
16.1 days with precipitation
Youngstown spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Youngstown has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 4.1" and August 2.2". 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.
How Youngstown's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 170 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 34.4" between them, or roughly 0.20 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 Youngstown
Youngstown averages 55.2 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 40 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: 55.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 40 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 16% 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 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
182 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,364
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
662
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Youngstown 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).
- Battle Creek, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Beaconsfield, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Black Forest, CO 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Council, ID 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (34.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dodge, WI 34.4" · 0.0" off
- Nixon, TX 34.4" · 0.0" off
- Germantown, WI 34.4" · 0.0" off
- Logan, IA 34.4" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Youngstown
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Youngstown's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,364 annual heating degree days against 662 for cooling. Its 46.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Youngstown's frost-free season lasts about 182 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. Youngstown coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Youngstown typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Youngstown snow peak
February
Youngstown averages 55.2 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Youngstown's primary station: YOUNGSTOWN 2 E (USC00309690). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 3684143). Match rule for Youngstown: 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 Youngstown 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.