Saratoga Springs climate — normals and trends
Saratoga Springs (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,203 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Saratoga Springs averages 131 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Saratoga Springs 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 36.2 °C (on 17 July 1953) and the coldest -32.4 °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
Saratoga SpringsNew York
- coords
- 43.08°, -73.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,203mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 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
36.2 °C
17 July 1953
Coldest day
-32.4 °C
13 February 1967
Wettest day
109 mm
8 October 2005
Windiest day
44.7 km/h
25 November 1950
Strongest gust
141.8 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
26 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-36.9 °C
13 February 1967
Snowiest day
39.8 cm
14 February 2007
Sunniest day
14.8 h
17 June 2020
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 | -1.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 45 mm | -40 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 98 mm | +20 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 70 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 108 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 217 mm | +105 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 92 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 80 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 37 mm | -60 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 92 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 161 mm | +57 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 79 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | -0.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 89 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saratoga Springs?
Saratoga Springs has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,203 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saratoga Springs?
The hottest day measured in Saratoga Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1953, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saratoga Springs?
The coldest day measured in Saratoga Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -32.4 °C.
Does it snow in Saratoga Springs?
Yes. Saratoga Springs gets on average 138.0 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Saratoga Springs warmed?
Yes: Saratoga Springs warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saratoga Springs?
The wettest day measured in Saratoga Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2005, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saratoga Springs?
The windiest day measured in Saratoga Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 44.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saratoga Springs?
The warmest month in Saratoga Springs is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Saratoga Springs?
Saratoga Springs receives on average 1,203 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saratoga Springs?
Saratoga Springs 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 Saratoga Springs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saratoga Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2007, with 39.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saratoga Springs?
Yes: Saratoga Springs has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saratoga Springs?
In Saratoga Springs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 26 August 1948, and the lowest was -36.9 °C on 13 February 1967.
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