Latham, NY Climate

Latham, NY has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are usually hot and humid with temperatures reaching into the 80s Fahrenheit during the day. Winters are cold, with temperatures typically ranging from the mid 20s to low 30s Fahrenheit. Spring is mild and pleasant, while fall is cool and crisp. The area receives around 36 inches of rainfall annually with most of it concentrated in spring and summer months. There can be snowfall in winter, but it typically doesn’t last too long.

Climate	Latham, New York	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.