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This weather has a price Keeping the median Hamilton County home comfortable runs roughly $956 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Hamilton County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

74.6°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 5.8°F.

Hamilton County gets 43.55" of precipitation a year and 101.5" of snow, and 28% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 25.4° 5.8° 3.03" 23.4"
February 27.9° 6.7° 2.52" 22.8"
March 36.2° 15.1° 3.16" 18.0"
April 49.2° 28.0° 3.70" 4.5"
May 62.9° 39.6° 3.93" 0.3"
June 70.6° 49.3° 4.41" 0.0"
July 74.6° 53.9° 3.96" 0.0"
August 73.3° 52.6° 3.99" 0.0"
September 66.7° 45.4° 3.46" 0.0"
October 54.0° 34.8° 4.51" 1.1"
November 41.3° 25.2° 3.47" 8.2"
December 30.6° 14.1° 3.41" 23.2"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 28% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 3.03"
February 2.52"
March 3.16"
April 3.70"
May 3.93"
June 4.41"
July 3.96"
August 3.99"
September 3.46"
October 4.51"
November 3.47"
December 3.41"
Annual total 43.55"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 140
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,865
Approximate annual cooling cost At 29.49¢/kWh, New York average $41
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $915

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Hamilton County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Hamilton County?

Hamilton County averages a high of 74.6°F in July and a low of 5.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 43.55 inches, including 101.5 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Hamilton County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 28% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Hamilton County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 74.6°F. That drives 140 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Hamilton County?

Yes. Hamilton County averages 101.5 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station INDIAN LAKE 2SW, NY US (USC00304102), 13.2 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, New York residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.