Zip 11768 (Fort Salonga, NY) Climate

11768 Fort Salonga, NY has a humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and cold winters. The average summer temperature in this area is around 75°F while the average winter temperature is around 35°F. The area receives around 43 inches of rainfall annually, which is slightly higher than the national average. Snowfall averages around 30 inches each year. This area experiences all four seasons throughout the year with hot and humid summers and cold and snowy winters.

Fort Salonga (zip 11768), New York gets 46 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fort Salonga (zip 11768) averages 25 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 206 sunny days per year in Fort Salonga (zip 11768). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fort Salonga (zip 11768) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 111 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 24
Rain: averages 46 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 25 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 11768 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in New York.

8.9 Summer - 5.6 Winter

September, June and August are the most pleasant months in the 11768 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Fort Salonga, New York	United States
	46.2 in.	38.1 in.
	25.2 in.	27.8 in.
	110.9 days	106.2 days
	206 days	205 days
	82.9°	85.8°
	23.8°	21.7°
	7.3	7
	3.7	4.3
	98 ft.	2443 ft.

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 11768 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.9°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in New York. In the 11768 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 11768 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 11768 zip code, there are 7.2 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 11768 zip code with an average of 23.8°. This is warmer than most places in New York.

In the 11768 zip code, there are 94.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in New York.

In the 11768 zip code, there are 0.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in New York.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 11768 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. August is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are August, July and June.

April is the wettest month in the 11768 zip code with 4.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 27% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.2 inches in the 11768 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in New York.

April is the rainiest month in the 11768 zip code with 10.6 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.9 rainy days. There are 110.9 rainy days annually in the 11768 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in New York. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 25.2 inches in the 11768 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in New York. February is the snowiest month in the 11768 zip code with 7.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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