Cattaraugus weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cattaraugus, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Little Valley, 10 km from Cattaraugus; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.1 in1248 mm
- Snow a year
- 133 in339 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 20
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 7,562
- Cooling degree days
- 272
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −10°−23° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cattaraugus in January
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 14°−10°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 36 in92 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1950)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1333
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cattaraugus in February
Highs average 33°0° and lows 13°−11°, with 2.5 in65 mm of precipitation and 26 in66 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2017)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1182
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cattaraugus in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 19°−7°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1945)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 1079
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cattaraugus in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1990)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Cattaraugus in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 42°5°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2012)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 352
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Cattaraugus in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°10°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1952)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 123
- Cooling degree days
- 52
Cattaraugus in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 5.2 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1994)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 47
- Cooling degree days
- 100
Cattaraugus in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1985)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 62
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Cattaraugus in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 47°8°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1953)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 208
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Cattaraugus in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1951)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 534
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Cattaraugus in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1950)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 825
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cattaraugus in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 31 in79 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1982)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 1147
- Cooling degree days
- 0