Queensbury climate — normals and trends
Queensbury (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 1,068 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Queensbury averages 131 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Queensbury has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 1 August 1975) and the coldest -32.9 °C (on 14 January 1957).
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
QueensburyNew York
- coords
- 43.38°, -73.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,068mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
140.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
36.9 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest day
-32.9 °C
14 January 1957
Wettest day
113 mm
28 August 2011
Windiest day
43.9 km/h
25 November 1950
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
15 October 1954
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-38.0 °C
14 January 1957
Snowiest day
42.5 cm
14 February 2007
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 38 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 90 mm | +19 mm |
| Mar | 8.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 79 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 80 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 187 mm | +89 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 74 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 78 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 30 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 73 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 141 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 6.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 71 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | -0.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 78 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Queensbury?
Queensbury has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 1,068 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Queensbury?
The hottest day measured in Queensbury between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1975, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Queensbury?
The coldest day measured in Queensbury between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1957, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Queensbury?
Yes. Queensbury gets on average 140.8 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Queensbury warmed?
Yes: Queensbury warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Queensbury?
The wettest day measured in Queensbury between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2011, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Queensbury?
The windiest day measured in Queensbury between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 43.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Queensbury?
The warmest month in Queensbury is July (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Queensbury?
Queensbury receives on average 1,068 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Queensbury?
Queensbury gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Queensbury?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Queensbury between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2007, with 42.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Queensbury?
Yes: Queensbury has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Queensbury?
In Queensbury, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 2 August 1975, and the lowest was -38.0 °C on 14 January 1957.
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