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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Peekskill, New York
Peekskill climate by month
Hot-summer humid continental · DfaBest May · Sep–Oct
Annual mean52°day and night
Seasonal swing46°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation46.1 in130 wet days a year
41.29° N, 73.92° WElevation 128 ftUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goPeekskill · weather score
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
October: high / low64° / 44°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Peekskill has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 85° and nights 64°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 37° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 46°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 46.1 in of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (3.9 in, 14 wet days) and February the driest (3.0 in, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in July to 41% in December.
Compared with Washington, the capital, Peekskill is 2.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 85° · July
- Coldest nights
- 20° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 31% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 13 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 37° | 40° | 49° | 62° | 72° | 80° | 85° | 83° | 76° | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 29° | 39° | 49° | 59° | 64° | 63° | 55° | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 3.0 in | 3.0 in | 3.7 in | 4.1 in | 3.8 in | 3.9 in | 4.3 in | 4.3 in | 4.0 in | 4.3 in | 3.9 in | 3.8 in |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.9 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9 | 10.3 |
| Cloud cover | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 31% | 33% | 33% | 34% | 39% | 41% |
| Daylight | 9h 32 | 10h 38 | 11h 54 | 13h 19 | 14h 30 | 15h 08 | 14h 52 | 13h 51 | 12h 30 | 11h 08 | 9h 53 | 9h 13 |
| Month score | 33 | 33 | 30 | 64 | 65 | 58 | 51 | 54 | 76 | 73 | 40 | 29 |
ivMonth by month
Peekskill in every month
January33
37° / 20°
3.0 in · 8.9 wet days
February33
40° / 21°
3.0 in · 8.7 wet days
March30
49° / 29°
3.7 in · 10.2 wet days
April64
62° / 39°
4.1 in · 9.9 wet days
May65
72° / 49°
3.8 in · 13.4 wet days
June58
80° / 59°
3.9 in · 13.8 wet days
July51
85° / 64°
4.3 in · 12.8 wet days
August54
83° / 63°
4.3 in · 13.1 wet days
September76
76° / 55°
4.0 in · 9.8 wet days
October73
64° / 44°
4.3 in · 10.1 wet days
November40
52° / 34°
3.9 in · 9 wet days
December29
42° / 26°
3.8 in · 10.3 wet days