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United States / New York / Malone Metro Area / Franklin County / Fort Covington / Zip Codes
Fort Covington, NY has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The average temperature throughout the year is 37°F (3°C), with an average high of 52°F (11°C) in July and an average low of 22°F (-6°C) in January. Precipitation averages around 33 inches per year, mostly concentrated during the warmer months from May to September. Snowfall accumulation totals around 60 inches each year.

Fort Covington, New York gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fort Covington averages 67 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 159 sunny days per year in Fort Covington. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fort Covington gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 149 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 79 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 5
Rain: averages 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 67 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Fort Covington is 6.2 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in New York.

9.2 Summer - 3.3 Winter
July, August and June are the most pleasant months in Fort Covington, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateFort Covington, New YorkUnited States
  37.1 in.38.1 in.
  67.2 in.27.8 in.
  149.1 days106.2 days
  159 days205 days
  79.0°85.8°
  5.3°21.7°
  6.27
  2.94.3
  180 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Fort Covington with an average high temperature of 79.0°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in New York. In Fort Covington, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Fort Covington are August, July and June.
In Fort Covington, there are 2.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in New York.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Fort Covington with an average of 5.3°. This is one of the coldest places in New York.
In Fort Covington, there are 160.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in New York.
In Fort Covington, there are 28.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in New York.
Humidity in Fort Covington is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
September is the wettest month in Fort Covington with 3.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.1 inches in Fort Covington means that it is drier than most places in New York.
January is the rainiest month in Fort Covington with 14.4 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 11.2 rainy days. There are 149.1 rainy days annually in Fort Covington, which is rainier than most places in New York. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 67.2 inches in Fort Covington means that it is snowier than most places in New York. January is the snowiest month in Fort Covington with 16.4 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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