Weather Averages Schenectady, NY

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Schenectady, NY



Latitude: 42°45'N, Longitude: 73°48'W, Elevation: 83.8 m, Distance: 5.59 km

  Unit Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average temperature
over 50 years
°C 8 -5 -4 1 8 14 19 22 21 16 10 4 -2
Average high temperature
over 50 years
°C 14 0 0 6 14 21 25 28 27 22 16 8 1
Average low temperature
over 50 years
°C 2 -10 -10 -3 2 7 12 15 14 10 3 0 -7
Highest recorded temperature
over 50 years
°C 37 18 19 30 33 34 37 37 37 37 31 27 21
Lowest recorded temperature
over 50 years
°C -33 -33 -29 -29 -12 -3 2 4 1 -4 -8 -15 -30
Average number of rainy days
over 47 years
days 135 12 11 12 12 13 11 10 10 10 9 12 12
Average number of days above 27°C
over 50 years
days 11 - - - - - 2 5 3 1 - - -
Average precipitation
over 50 years
cm 90.7 6.1 5.8 7.4 7.6 8.9 8.4 7.9 8.4 7.6 7.6 7.9 7.4
Average dew point
over 51 years
°C 3 -10 -9 -5 0 7 12 15 15 11 5 0 -6
Most recorded rainfall
over 50 years
cm 119.9 16.3 12.7 15.0 20.1 22.9 18.8 17.8 18.5 20.1 22.4 20.6 17.0
Least recorded rainfall
over 50 years
cm 54.6 1.0 0.5 0.8 2.8 2.5 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.5
Average number of days with thunderstorms
over 50 years
days 24 - - 1 1 3 5 6 5 2 1 - -
Average number of days with fog
over 50 years
days 152 10 9 11 9 12 13 14 17 17 15 13 12
Average morning relative humidity
over 51 years
% 80 77 77 76 72 74 77 80 85 88 86 82 80
Average evening relative humidity
over 51 years
% 57 64 59 54 48 50 53 53 55 57 56 64 67
Average wind speed
over 51 years
km/h 17.7 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 16.1 14.5 12.9 12.9 14.5 14.5 20.9 20.9
Average number of days below -1.5°C
over 50 years
days 147 29 26 25 11 2 - - - 1 8 18 28
Average number of days below -17.5°C
over 30 years
days 1.7 0.7 0.6 0.1 - - - - - - - - 0.3
Average snowfall
over 47 years
cm 160.8 40.6 36.1 28.2 6.9 0.3 - - - - 0.5 10.4 37.8
Average number of days above 14.5°C
over 50 years
days 159 - - 2 8 22 28 31 31 24 12 2 -
Average number of clear days
over 55 years
days 69 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 8 8 4 5
Most rain reported in a day
over 123 years
cm 10.4 4.6 4.8 5.8 5.1 5.6 8.9 8.9 10.4 8.9 7.9 8.4 8.1
Most rain reported in a month
over 123 years
cm 125.5 16.3 12.7 15.0 20.3 22.9 20.8 17.8 19.3 22.6 22.4 20.6 17.0
Least rain reported in a month
over 123 years
cm 54.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.5 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.0
Heating degree days
over 30 years
days 6894 1376 1162 952 558 247 34 - 12 141 459 759 1194
Cooling degree days
over 30 years
days 507 - - - - 18 91 213 155 30 - - -
Average possibility of sunshine
over 55 years
% 52 46 52 53 54 56 60 63 60 57 52 36 38
Average number of cloudy days
over 55 years
days 185 18 15 17 16 17 14 12 12 12 14 18 19
Average number of partly cloudy days
over 55 years
days 111 8 7 8 8 9 11 13 12 10 9 8 7
Average number of days below -15°C
over 50 years
days 22 9 7 1 - - - - - - - - 5
Most snow reported in a month
over 123 years
cm 224.3 106.7 72.6 87.1 4.8 - - - - - - 14.7 63.8