Vails Gate weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Vails Gate, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Poughkeepsie/hudson Valley Regional Airport, 23 km from Vails Gate; records cover 1931–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.9 in1064 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 5,995
- Cooling degree days
- 744
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Vails Gate in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2007)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 1175
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vails Gate in February
Highs average 39°4° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2018)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 1002
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vails Gate in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1998)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 848
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vails Gate in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1941)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 484
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Vails Gate in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1941)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 206
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Vails Gate in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1933)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 139
Vails Gate in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 268
Vails Gate in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1933)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 217
Vails Gate in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 53°11°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1953)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Vails Gate in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 41°5°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1941)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 403
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Vails Gate in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 32°0°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1950)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 705
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vails Gate in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1984)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1018
- Cooling degree days
- 0