Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Utica, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Utica sits squarely in the awkward in-between — historically averaging a high of 49° and a low of 29°, it's a date that can't quite commit to spring. The spread tells the story: this date has seen a balmy 74° (1950) and a brutal 6° (2016), so don't put the coat away just yet.
Utica's weather has real range — 123 degrees separates its all-time high of 97° (July 1953) and its all-time low of -26° (February 2016). On the wet side, a single July day in 1952 dumped 5.58 inches of rain, and December 1917 buried the city under 27 inches of snow in one storm.
Summer is Utica's sweet spot, with highs peaking around 82° in late July — but that window is short. By late January, average highs crash to 28°, making it one of the colder stretches in the Northeast. If you're planning around rain, late July is the wettest period, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.