Climate averages 1991–2020
Syracuse weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Syracuse: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rochester (New York), United States (120 km away). In July its highs average 25.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Syracuse, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Syracuse ranks 455th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 430th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Syracuse is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Syracuse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 83 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.7°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 73 | 12.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 5.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 94 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 107 | 13.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 13.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 115 | 13.3 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 100 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 99 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 114 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 93 | 13.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 14.8 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Rochester (New York), United States in JulyUnited States · 120 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Kingston, Canada in JulyCanada · 134 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Scranton in JulyUnited States · 187 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Albany (New York), United States in JulyUnited States · 200 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Cheektowaga in JulyUnited States · 213 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Amherst in JulyUnited States · 216 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Buffalo in JulyUnited States · 223 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Peterborough, Canada in JulyCanada · 223 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Syracuse) is explained once on the Syracuse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.