Newark, NY Climate

Newark, NY experiences a humid continental climate, characterized by warm-summer precipitation. Summers are warm and humid with temperatures often reaching into the high 80s and occasionally 90s. Winters are cold and snowy, with average temperatures around 25°F in January. The area receives an average of 30 inches of snowfall each winter season as well as occasional lake effect snow from Lake Ontario to the north. Rainfall is common throughout all four seasons, averaging around 40 inches of rain annually.

Climate	Newark, 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.