Zip 12063 (East Schodack, NY) Climate

12063 East Schodack, NY enjoys a typical New England climate with four distinct seasons. Spring brings warm days and cool nights while summer days are hot and muggy. Fall offers pleasantly cool days and mild evenings before winter sets in with cooler temperatures and snowy conditions. Overall, the climate is quite mild with very few extreme weather patterns or temperature swings.

East Schodack (zip 12063), New York gets 41 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

East Schodack (zip 12063) averages 51 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 180 sunny days per year in East Schodack (zip 12063). The US average is 205 sunny days.

East Schodack (zip 12063) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 127 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 41 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 51 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 12063 zip code is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in New York.

9.2 Summer - 4.4 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 12063 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	East Schodack, New York	United States
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	81.9°	85.8°
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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 the 12063 zip code with an average high temperature of 81.9°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in New York. In the 12063 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 12063 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 12063 zip code, there are 7.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in New York.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 12063 zip code with an average of 13.6°. This is colder than most places in New York.

In the 12063 zip code, there are 139.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in New York.

In the 12063 zip code, there are 9.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in New York.

Humidity in the 12063 zip code 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.

June is the wettest month in the 12063 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.2 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 41.4 inches in the 12063 zip code means that it is drier than most places in New York.

May is the rainiest month in the 12063 zip code with 12.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.5 rainy days. There are 126.8 rainy days annually in the 12063 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in New York. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 51.0 inches in the 12063 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in New York. January is the snowiest month in the 12063 zip code with 14.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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