Fort Covington weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fort Covington, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Malone, 21 km from Fort Covington; records cover 1983–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 39.9 in1014 mm
- Snow a year
- 98 in249 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 8,405
- Cooling degree days
- 327
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fort Covington in January
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 6°−15°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 23 in58 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1995)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Covington in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 7°−14°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2000)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 1348
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Covington in March
Highs average 35°2° and lows 17°−8°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2012)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Covington in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 31°0°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2010)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 729
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fort Covington in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 44°7°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2020)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 347
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Fort Covington in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 54°12°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2025)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 115
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Fort Covington in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 59°15°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2020)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 123
Fort Covington in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2012)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 62
- Cooling degree days
- 87
Fort Covington in September
Highs average 69°20° and lows 48°9°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 227
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Fort Covington in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 38°3°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2025)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 578
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Fort Covington in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2020)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 906
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Covington in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 15°−9°, with 2.7 in70 mm of precipitation and 21 in52 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2015)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 1304
- Cooling degree days
- 0