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Sand Ridge, New York Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Brewerton Lock 23, 3.3 km from Sand Ridge

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 81°F; the coldest is February, with an average low of 12°F. A normal year brings 47.5 in of precipitation and 159.0 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Oswego County (FZY), since 1996. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sand Ridge through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
69°F
Normal low
46°F
Record high
91°Fin 2017
Record low
36°Fin 2016
Daylight
12 h 01 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January31°F13°F71°F (2018)-19°F (2004)3.52 in50.2 in29.31,3410
February33°F12°F70°F (2018)-16°F (2016)4.02 in47.7 in27.01,1880
March41°F21°F83°F (1998)-12°F (2014)3.49 in17.0 in26.61,0450
April55°F33°F88°F (2012)9°F (2016)3.85 in2.5 in16.36331
May68°F45°F93°F (2016)27°F (2020)3.88 in0.2 in1.228616
June76°F54°F95°F (2005)34°F (2009)4.14 in0.0 in0.07366
July81°F58°F98°F (2012)45°F (2009)4.04 in0.0 in0.016155
August80°F57°F98°F (2002)44°F (2017)3.94 in0.0 in0.027123
September72°F49°F95°F (2007)30°F (2000)3.98 in0.0 in0.417441
October59°F40°F87°F (2019)22°F (2002)4.59 in0.1 in5.24813
November48°F30°F78°F (2024)-4°F (2018)3.91 in9.8 in17.87740
December37°F22°F69°F (2012)-12°F (2005)4.17 in31.5 in27.01,1110
Year57°F36°F47.53 in159.0 in1517,149404

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

47.5 in in a normal year, most in October.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Sand Ridge, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Fulton, 14.3 km away; Brewerton Lock 23 keeps no snowfall normals.

159.0 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Brewerton Lock 23. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 4 and the first fall freeze around October 11, a growing season of about 158 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 16, first September 29
Median at 32°F
last May 4, first October 11
Median at 28°F
last April 24, first October 29

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Sand Ridge.

The muggiest month is July, when 28 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January22°F90%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February22°F88%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March27°F84%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April36°F80%99%1%0%0%0%0%
May46°F79%85%8%5%1%0%0%
June56°F78%44%26%22%8%0%0%
July61°F75%15%28%29%24%4%0%
August60°F74%19%27%31%20%2%0%
September54°F74%54%24%16%6%0%0%
October44°F78%91%7%2%0%0%0%
November35°F82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December27°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 59 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 80 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 11.4 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 15 h 24 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 8 h 58 min.

Hours of daylight at Sand Ridge through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Sand Ridge in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1996. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00300870 (Brewerton Lock 23), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00054773, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.