Watkins Glen weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Watkins Glen, New York: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mecklenburg 4sw, 11 km from Watkins Glen; records cover 2000–2025.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 38.9 in988 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 7,444
- Cooling degree days
- 317
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Watkins Glen in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 14°−10°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2008)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 1323
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins Glen in February
Highs average 33°0° and lows 15°−9°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2017)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 1152
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins Glen in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2012)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins Glen in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 669
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Watkins Glen in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2006)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 340
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Watkins Glen in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 52°11°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2008)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 119
- Cooling degree days
- 59
Watkins Glen in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2011)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 118
Watkins Glen in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 85
Watkins Glen in September
Highs average 71°21° and lows 48°9°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2002)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 200
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Watkins Glen in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 39°4°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2019)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 518
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Watkins Glen in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2022)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 814
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins Glen in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2012)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1136
- Cooling degree days
- 0