Saranac Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Saranac Lake, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lake Placid 2 S, 12 km from Saranac Lake; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 43.8 in1112 mm
- Snow a year
- 104 in264 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 31
- First fall freeze
- Sep 18
- Heating degree days
- 8,981
- Cooling degree days
- 137
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −18°−28° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Saranac Lake in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 21 in53 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1950)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 1553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Saranac Lake in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 21 in53 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1925)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1324
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Saranac Lake in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2012)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1209
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Saranac Lake in April
Highs average 49°10° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2009)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 785
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Saranac Lake in May
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°4°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 436
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Saranac Lake in June
Highs average 70°21° and lows 49°10°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1944)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 182
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Saranac Lake in July
Highs average 74°23° and lows 54°12°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1953)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 81
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Saranac Lake in August
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1944)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 114
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Saranac Lake in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 292
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Saranac Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 52°11° and lows 35°2°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1951)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 659
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Saranac Lake in November
Highs average 40°4° and lows 25°−4°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1938)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 984
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Saranac Lake in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 14°−10°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 23 in58 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2001)
- Record low
- −39° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1362
- Cooling degree days
- 0