Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Schenectady, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Schenectady sits right on the edge of winter's exit — average highs of 52° with lows still dipping to freezing. The date has a wild range in the record books, from a balmy 80° back in 1985 to a brutal 14° low as recently as 2016, so don't put the coat away just yet. There's about a 1-in-12 chance of snow today.
Schenectady plays it extreme when it wants to — the thermometer has swung from -28° in January 1971 all the way up to 100° in July 1953, a jaw-dropping 128-degree range. The snowiest single day on record dumped 22 inches in March 1993, and a September 1999 storm dropped 5.6 inches of rain in one day.
Summer is the sweet spot here: highs climb to the low-to-mid 80s from mid-July through August, peaking during the week of July 16–22 at an average 84°. Winter is legitimately cold, with January highs averaging just 31° and a coolest week that barely clears freezing. If rain is your concern, late July is the wettest stretch of the year.