#1North Elba
Essex County · 7,768 peopleJuly high·January low 4°·1 days of 90°+ a year
North Elba, #1 on this list · Photo: Bala Subs · CC BY-SA 2.0New York rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in New York
North Elba has the coolest summers of New York’s 691 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 72° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 81°; 147 of the 691 stay under 80°.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#172°
#2Dannemora
Clinton County · 2,562 peopleJuly high·January low 5°·2 days of 90°+ a year
#3Harrietstown
Franklin County · 5,167 peopleJuly high·January low 5°·1 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 678 towns here).
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Which New York town has the coolest summers?
North Elba (Essex County): July afternoons average a high of 72°. Dannemora (75°) and Harrietstown (75°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (691 in New York): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the New York page.
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