Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Amherst, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4 in Amherst sits right on the knife's edge of late winter — the average high is only 49° with a low that still dips to freezing. There's a one-in-three chance of snow today, though the range of possibilities is wild: this date has seen 78° sunshine (1981) and a brutal 15° low (1954).
Amherst earns its reputation as a place of weather extremes — 119 degrees separate its all-time high of 99° (August 1948) and its record low of -20° (February 1961). On the precipitation side, a single June day in 1987 dumped 5.01 inches of rain, and a December 1995 storm buried the area under 33.9 inches of snow.
Summers are pleasant but brief — highs peak around 81° in mid-July before sliding back quickly through fall. Winters are genuinely cold, with average highs in the low 30s from January through February. If you're trying to dodge the worst of it, late spring through early fall is your window; December through March demands a serious coat.