Ballston Spa weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ballston Spa, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at SARATOGA SPRINGS 4 SW, 5 km from Ballston Spa; records cover 1955–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.4 in1178 mm
- Snow a year
- 64 in161 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 6,508
- Cooling degree days
- 668
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ballston Spa in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 17 in42 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2007)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1297
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ballston Spa in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 2.7 in67 mm of precipitation and 16 in40 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2017)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1100
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ballston Spa in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1998)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 929
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ballston Spa in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1990)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 512
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Ballston Spa in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 47°8°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2010)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 202
- Cooling degree days
- 39
Ballston Spa in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 56°13°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1964)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 39
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Ballston Spa in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2011)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 231
Ballston Spa in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1959)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 190
Ballston Spa in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1973)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 118
- Cooling degree days
- 68
Ballston Spa in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 41°5°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1963)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 430
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Ballston Spa in November
Highs average 49°9° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1982)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 758
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ballston Spa in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2015)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 1107
- Cooling degree days
- 0