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United States / New York / Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area / Erie County / Lackawanna / Zip Codes
Lackawanna, NY has a humid continental climate. This means that the summer months tend to be warm and humid, while the winter months are typically cold with an average of 54 inches of snowfall per year. The temperature range can vary greatly throughout the year, with average high temperatures in July reaching around 84°F and low temperatures in January averaging around 16°F. Rainfall averages around 40 inches per year, which is evenly distributed over the course of the year.

Lackawanna, New York gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lackawanna averages 86 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 158 sunny days per year in Lackawanna. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lackawanna gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 165 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 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 17
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 86 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Lackawanna is 6.4 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in New York.

9.3 Summer - 3.4 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Lackawanna, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 Lackawanna with an average high temperature of 80.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in New York. In Lackawanna, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Lackawanna are August, June and July.
In Lackawanna, there are 3.0 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 Lackawanna with an average of 17.4°. This is about average compared to other places in New York.
In Lackawanna, there are 131.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in New York.
In Lackawanna, there are 3.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in New York.
Humidity in Lackawanna is generally low and comfortable. But there some days when the humidity becomes unpleasant, especially in July and August. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
November is the wettest month in Lackawanna with 3.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 29% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 38.6 inches in Lackawanna means that it is drier than most places in New York.
January is the rainiest month in Lackawanna with 19.2 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.2 rainy days. There are 165.3 rainy days annually in Lackawanna, which is one of the rainiest places in New York. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 32% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 85.8 inches in Lackawanna means that it is snowier than most places in New York. January is the snowiest month in Lackawanna with 24.4 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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