Richfield Springs, NY Climate

Richfield Springs, NY has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are typically warm and humid while winters can be quite cold and snowy. Spring and fall are usually mild with occasional rain showers. The area receives an average of 36 inches of precipitation each year, making it one of the wettest places in Upstate New York. Snowfall averages around 82 inches every winter, making for some great winter activities!

Climate	Richfield Springs, 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.