Cato weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cato, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fulton, 21 km from Cato; records cover 2009–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.7 in1186 mm
- Snow a year
- 159 in404 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,848
- Cooling degree days
- 524
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cato in January
Highs average 31°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 50 in128 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2020)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1314
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cato in February
Highs average 33°1° and lows 16°−9°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 48 in121 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 1132
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cato in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2012)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1011
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cato in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2010)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 600
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Cato in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2020)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 260
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Cato in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2016)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 91
Cato in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°15°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2018)
- Record low
- 46°8° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 178
Cato in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2012)
- Record low
- 45°7° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 168
Cato in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°11°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2018)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Cato in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 41°5°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2019)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 464
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Cato in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 32°0°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 750
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cato in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 24°−5°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation and 32 in80 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2012)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1084
- Cooling degree days
- 0