Rochester, NY Weather & Climate Normals
Rochester's real weather, in one number
Rochester, NY scores 40/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Rochester's hottest and coldest months
Rochester's hottest month is Jul, averaging 72°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 26°F, a 46.2°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Rochester
Rochester averages 35.09in of precipitation a year across roughly 168 days with measurable rain or snow, and 102in of snow a year.
Where Rochester ranks
Rochester ranks 4482 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 152 of 170 within NY. About 207,282 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from ROCHESTER GTR INTL AP, NY US, 4.8 miles from Rochester, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
How the comfort score is calculated · Why some cities show no snow or rain figure