Schenectady, NY Weather & Climate Normals
Schenectady's real weather, in one number
Schenectady, NY scores 41/100 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.
Schenectady's hottest and coldest months
Schenectady's hottest month is Jul, averaging 73°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 24°F, a 48.9°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Schenectady
Schenectady averages 40.68in of precipitation a year across roughly 139 days with measurable rain or snow, and 59.2in of snow a year.
Where Schenectady ranks
Schenectady ranks 4353 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 147 of 170 within NY. About 69,495 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from ALBANY AP, NY US, 7.3 miles from Schenectady, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
What a 30-year climate normal actually is · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station