McGraw weather by month
What a typical year looks like in McGraw, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Freeville 1 NE, 21 km from McGraw; records cover 1976–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 39.5 in1003 mm
- Snow a year
- 64 in164 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 7,508
- Cooling degree days
- 343
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −11°−24° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
McGraw in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 12°−11°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2020)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1373
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McGraw in February
Highs average 33°0° and lows 12°−11°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 15 in37 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2017)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 1194
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McGraw in March
Highs average 40°5° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2012)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 1076
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McGraw in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 33°0°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2023)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 664
- Cooling degree days
- 1
McGraw in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°7°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2026)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 328
- Cooling degree days
- 17
McGraw in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 53°12°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2025)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 98
- Cooling degree days
- 59
McGraw in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2011)
- Record low
- 42°6° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 134
McGraw in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 55°13°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2009)
- Record low
- 40°4° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 51
- Cooling degree days
- 94
McGraw in September
Highs average 71°21° and lows 49°9°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2023)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 200
- Cooling degree days
- 36
McGraw in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 38°3°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2019)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 530
- Cooling degree days
- 2
McGraw in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2022)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 820
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McGraw in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2012)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1145
- Cooling degree days
- 0