Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Amsterdam, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4 in Amsterdam runs chilly, with an average high of 53° and a low that can still dip to freezing. The date has seen a 65-degree swing in recorded history — from a brutal 15° in 1962 to a shirt-sleeve 80° in 1981. There's a coin-flip chance of rain today, and a 1-in-10 shot at snow.
Amsterdam's weather has teeth on both ends of the thermometer — the city has baked at 99° and frozen at -33°, a range of 132 degrees across its recorded history. A single October storm dropped nearly 5 inches of rain in one day in 2010, and a December 2020 snowstorm buried the area under 32 inches.
Summer is the sweet spot here, with mid-July highs averaging 85° and the warmest stretch running from mid-July through late July. Winter bites hard — January highs barely crack 30°, making it one of the colder weeks in the Northeast. Late June into early July is the wettest period, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.