Ithaca, NY Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in Ithaca actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for Ithaca, NY, the comfort score comes out to 42/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much Ithaca's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in Ithaca run from 23°F in Jan up to 69°F in Jul, a 46.1°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Ithaca, month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 15°F | 2.24in | 16.6in |
| Feb | 33°F | 15°F | 1.98in | 14.5in |
| Mar | 41°F | 22°F | 2.78in | 12in |
| Apr | 55°F | 33°F | 3.4in | 2.8in |
| May | 67°F | 44°F | 3.2in | 0in |
| Jun | 76°F | 53°F | 3.98in | 0in |
| Jul | 80°F | 58°F | 3.9in | 0in |
| Aug | 79°F | 56°F | 3.77in | 0in |
| Sep | 72°F | 49°F | 3.83in | 0in |
| Oct | 59°F | 39°F | 3.7in | 0.2in |
| Nov | 47°F | 30°F | 2.94in | 4.6in |
| Dec | 36°F | 22°F | 2.57in | 12.2in |
If you're timing a visit, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, and Sep are Ithaca's mildest stretch; if you're moving there, you should plan around Jan's cold instead.
How wet Ithaca actually gets
Over a typical year, Ithaca sees about 38.29in of precipitation a year across roughly 166 days with measurable rain or snow, with 62.9in of snow a year.
Ithaca against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, Ithaca comes in at 4183; within NY alone it ranks 141 of 170. Population is about 33,768.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from Ithaca Cornell Univ, NY US, the NOAA station 2.8 miles from Ithaca, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why this uses the nearest NOAA station · How the comfort score is calculated