Poughkeepsie climate — normals and trends
Poughkeepsie (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 1,132 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Poughkeepsie averages 112 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Poughkeepsie has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 3 July 1966) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 13 February 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
PoughkeepsieNew York
- coords
- 41.70°, -73.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,132mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
103.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.0 °C
3 July 1966
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
13 February 1967
Wettest day
144 mm
16 September 1999
Windiest day
43.8 km/h
25 November 1950
Strongest gust
140.4 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
26 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
18 February 1979
Snowiest day
35.3 cm
14 March 2017
Sunniest day
14.4 h
23 June 2007
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 32 mm | -53 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 82 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 91 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 92 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 219 mm | +114 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 95 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 100 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 39 mm | -59 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 68 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 139 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 53 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 76 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poughkeepsie?
Poughkeepsie has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 1,132 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poughkeepsie?
The hottest day measured in Poughkeepsie between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1966, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poughkeepsie?
The coldest day measured in Poughkeepsie between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Poughkeepsie?
Yes. Poughkeepsie gets on average 103.3 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Poughkeepsie warmed?
Yes: Poughkeepsie warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poughkeepsie?
The wettest day measured in Poughkeepsie between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poughkeepsie?
The windiest day measured in Poughkeepsie between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 43.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poughkeepsie?
The warmest month in Poughkeepsie is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Poughkeepsie?
Poughkeepsie receives on average 1,132 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poughkeepsie?
Poughkeepsie gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Poughkeepsie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poughkeepsie between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2017, with 35.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Poughkeepsie?
Yes: Poughkeepsie has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poughkeepsie?
In Poughkeepsie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 26 August 1948, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 18 February 1979.
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