Lake Erie Beach weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake Erie Beach, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Dunkirk Chautauqua County Airport, 22 km from Lake Erie Beach; records cover 1945–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33 in838 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 6,412
- Cooling degree days
- 532
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 0°−18° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake Erie Beach in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1950)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1186
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Erie Beach in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2017)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 1064
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Erie Beach in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1998)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 961
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Erie Beach in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2008)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 598
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Lake Erie Beach in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 46°8°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2018)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 285
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Lake Erie Beach in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 56°13°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1949)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 67
- Cooling degree days
- 100
Lake Erie Beach in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 61°16°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1949)
- Record low
- 45°7° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 188
Lake Erie Beach in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 60°16°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2012)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 153
Lake Erie Beach in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 53°12°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1953)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 121
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Lake Erie Beach in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 44°6°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1951)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 404
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Lake Erie Beach in November
Highs average 49°10° and lows 34°1°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2024)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 698
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Erie Beach in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1998)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 998
- Cooling degree days
- 0