Lackawanna weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lackawanna, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Buffalo Niagara International Airpor, 16 km from Lackawanna; records cover 1873–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.7 in1033 mm
- Snow a year
- 95 in242 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 24
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 6,467
- Cooling degree days
- 607
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lackawanna in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation and 27 in68 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1950)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1223
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lackawanna in February
Highs average 33°1° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation and 18 in46 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2000)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 1081
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lackawanna in March
Highs average 42°5° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 14 in36 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 958
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lackawanna in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 37°3°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1990)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 584
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Lackawanna in May
Highs average 67°20° and lows 48°9°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1911)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 254
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Lackawanna in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 58°15°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1933)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 110
Lackawanna in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 63°17°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2020)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 213
Lackawanna in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 62°17°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1948)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 178
Lackawanna in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 55°13°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 114
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Lackawanna in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 44°7°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1927)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 417
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Lackawanna in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 34°1°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1961)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1875)
- Heating degree days
- 720
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lackawanna in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 26°−4°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation and 25 in64 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1982)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 1042
- Cooling degree days
- 0