Saranac Lake, NY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 13.6°F in Saranac Lake, NY (5 days missing), the coldest winter since 2015, tied 14th coldest of 92 (with 1945 and 1917).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 13.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 14th coldest of 92

A normal winter in Saranac Lake, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 17.5°F, between 11.9°F and 21.9°F in eight years of ten and 5.92 in of precipitation, between 3.99 in and 8.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Saranac Lake, NY since 1905: 13.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 7.5°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 11.9 to 21.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Saranac Lake, NY from 1904 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	13.6	77	24.8	83	2.4	77	5.44	77	5
2025	16.1	55	25.2	81	6.9	43	5.12	80	0
2024	24.2	1	32.5	7	15.9	1	6.77	48	0
2023	22.5	5	31.8	11	13.2	4	7.30	39	0
2022	15.8	59	28.3	41	3.2	69	5.77	73	0
2021	18.1	35	27.5	59	8.7	24	4.00	90	0
2020	19.4	21	29.7	28	9	19	6.50	58	0
2019	16.3	53	27.7	49	4.8	57	6.27	60	4
2018	16	57	27	63	5.5	53	6.96	46	2
2017	21.9	8	31.2	17	12.6	6	6.97	45	0
2016	23.5	3	34	1	13.4	3	7.83	35	4
2015	11.7	86	23.2	95	0.1	85	2.85	94	3
2014	13.1	82	23.7	92	3.1	72	4.99	81	2
2013	18.8	26	28.9	35	8.6	27	4.94	82	1
2012	20.9	12	31.7	12	10.2	12	5.89	67	2
2011	14.1	69	23.8	90	4.4	63	4.13	89	3
2010	18.3	32	27	63	9.6	16	3.65	92	6
2009	14.5	65	26	72	3.1	72	5.95	66	0
2008	17.6	39	27.8	48	7.3	36	7.15	42	0
2007	17.3	42	27.2	62	7.3	36	5.80	70	0
2006	18.9	25	28.5	39	9.2	18	5.87	68	0
2005	15.1	64	27.5	59	2.3	78	5.77	73	1
2004	11.9	85	23.8	90	-0.1	88	5.81	69	5
2003	10.2	90	21.8	100	-1.3	93	2.71	95	5
2002	21.9	8	32.5	7	11.2	10	4.52	85	0
2001	13.7	75	24.7	84	2.6	75	5.38	78	0
2000	16.1	55	27.6	55	4.7	59	6.59	53	1
1999	19.2	22	31.5	13	6.9	43	5.65	75	0
1998	22.5	5	32.8	6	12.3	8			4
1997	22	7	31.5	13	12.4	7	9.59	16	6
1996			25.5	79	6	49			10
1995	20.6	15	30.8	22	9.8	14	6.54	54	6
1994	10.7	89	23.3	94	-1.5	95	6.73	49	6
1993	16.9	47	27.7	49	5.6	51	8.74	21	3
1992	17.5	41	28.7	37	6.3	47	6.98	44	0
1991	21.2	11	31.2	17	11	11	9.66	13	7
1990	16.6	49	28.4	40	4.9	56			0
1989	18.3	32	29	34	7.3	36	3.13	93	5
1988	19.2	22	29.5	30	8.9	23	5.36	79	1
1987	17	45	28	44	6.1	48	4.93	83	3
1986			26.9	65			6.19	63	36
1985			28	44			9.63	14	29
1984			29.3	31			11.13	5	26
1983			32.4	9			4.20	87	30
1982			25.1	82			5.62	76	20
1981	14.1	69	26.3	70	1.9	81	6.51	57	0
1980	17	45	27.6	55	6.5	46	3.73	91	1
1979									28
1978	13.2	81	22.1	98	4.4	63	7.09	43	3
1977	14.1	69	24	88	4.2	67	6.54	54	3
1976	15.9	58	27.7	49	4.3	66	9.21	19	2
1975	21.9	8	30.3	23	13.5	2	7.27	40	0
1974	18.4	31	28.2	43	8.6	27	8.53	25	1
1973	17.8	38	28.3	41	7.3	36	8.60	24	0
1972	17.6	39	27.9	46	7.3	36	7.79	36	1
1971	14	72	23.6	93	4.5	62	10.27	7	0
1970	12.4	84	22.7	96	2.1	80	8.50	26	0
1969	16.7	48	26.3	70	7.1	41	8.90	20	0
1968	13.9	74	24.6	85	3.2	69	5.79	72	0
1967	18.6	29	28.6	38	8.7	24	6.14	64	0
1966	18	36	27.7	49	8.2	32	7.48	38	1
1965	16.5	51	27.7	49	5.3	55	2.25	96	0
1964	14.5	65	25.7	75	3.2	69	6.60	52	2
1963	14.3	67	25.5	79	3.3	68	8.09	31	2
1962	15.6	63	26.9	65	4.6	60	9.82	10	1
1961	14	72	26	72	1.9	81	8.32	29	4
1960	19.8	18	30	26	9.7	15	15.51	1	2
1959	11.1	87	24.1	87	-1.4	94	11.48	3	3
1958	18.3	32	28.8	36	7.7	34	9.62	15	0
1957							6.70	50	27
1956							4.26	86	17
1955	15.7	61	26.8	67	4.4	63	6.87	47	9
1954	20.8	14	31.2	17	10.1	13	10.36	6	2
1953			31.2	17			8.61	23	13
1952	20.2	16	31.5	13	9	19	5.80	70	9
1951									19
1950	20.9	12	32.3	10	9.3	17	10.24	8	8
1948	13.3	80	27.6	55	-0.9	90			8
1946	17.9	37	33.1	5	2.6	75	7.92	34	2
1945	13.6	77	27.7	49	-0.7	89	12.75	2	2
1944	14.2	68	27.9	46	0.1	85	8.45	27	2
1943							9.68	12	33
1942							6.25	62	33
1941									60
1940					-1.1	92			28
1939									45
1938									64
1937									36
1936			25.6	76	0.4	84			11
1935					0.1	85	9.40	18	16
1934									25
1933	23.6	2	33.9	2	13.1	5	7.21	41	5
1932	22.7	4	33.7	3	11.6	9	11.18	4	4
1931	18.5	30	30.1	24	6.8	45			2
1930					8.7	24			13
1929	18.8	26	29.1	32	8.5	29	4.53	84	7
1928									33
1927							7.93	33	11
1926	16.2	54	26.7	69	5.6	51	6.01	65	2
1925	16.6	49	27.6	55	5.5	53	9.54	17	2
1924	18.8	26	29.1	32	8.5	29	8.71	22	3
1923	13.1	82	24	88	2.2	79	7.95	32	0
1922									62
1921	19.5	20	29.8	27	9	19	8.39	28	3
1920	10.9	88	22.6	97	-1	91			6
1919	19.8	18	31.2	17	8.5	29	6.34	59	2
1918	7.5	92	19.2	101	-4.6	97	7.68	37	3
1917	13.6	77	24.4	86	2.9	74	10.18	9	2
1916	17.2	43	27.4	61	7.1	41			3
1915	19.1	24	30.1	24	8	33			3
1914	15.8	59	26.8	67	4.8	57	6.26	61	0
1913	20.2	16	31.4	16	9	19	9.71	11	0
1912	15.7	61	25.6	76	5.8	50			1
1911	13.7	75	26	72	1.5	83	6.53	56	3
1910	16.5	51	25.6	76	7.4	35	6.68	51	0
1909	17.1	44	29.7	28	4.6	60	8.23	30	5
1907									22
1906			33.3	4			4.20	87	24
1905	8.9	91	22.1	98	-4.1	96			3
1904									39

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	24.2
1933	23.6
2016	23.5
1932	22.7
2023	22.5
1998	22.5
1997	22
2017	21.9
2002	21.9
1975	21.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	7.5
1905	8.9
2003	10.2
1994	10.7
1920	10.9
1959	11.1
2015	11.7
2004	11.9
1970	12.4
2014	13.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	15.51
1945	12.75
1959	11.48
1932	11.18
1984	11.13
1954	10.36
1971	10.27
1950	10.24
1917	10.18
1962	9.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	2.25
2003	2.71
2015	2.85
1989	3.13
2010	3.65
1980	3.73
2021	4.00
2011	4.13
1983	4.20
1906	4.20

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 52°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -29°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.82 in; 20 February 2026

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Saranac Lake, NY: 52°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Saranac Lake, NY: a low of -29°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Saranac Lake, NY: 0.82 in on Friday 20 February 2026.