Lake Placid (NY) Temperature by Month
Lake Placid, New York State, United States of America has an average annual maximum temperature of 12°C (54°F), ranging from -3°C (27°F) in January to 25°C (77°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Lake Placid Monthly Temperatures
Depending on the time of the year, temperatures range from warm to very cold in Lake Placid. Nighttime lows follow the same pattern, ranging from 12°C (54°F) to -14°C (7°F).
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Lake Placid by month:
Temperatures tend to bottom out between 4 AM and 6 AM, then climb to their daily peak around 3 PM. July, the warmest month, sees 305 hours of sunshine.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Lake Placid vs the United States of America
The map below shows the annual temperature across the United States of America. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Lake Placid vs World: Temperature Compared
Lake Placid's average annual maximum temperature is 12°C (54°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Athens, Greece sits at 23°C (73°F) on average, with hot dry summers and mild winters characteristic of the Mediterranean.
On the cooler end, Oslo, Norway averages just 10°C (50°F) annually, with pleasant summers but long, cold winters.
San Francisco, USA averages 19°C (66°F) annually, but with little seasonal variation — summers are often cool and foggy, winters mild.
Brisbane, Australia averages 26°C (79°F) a year, with warm winters and hot, humid summers.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
Seasonal temperature shifts influence more than just how warm it feels — they also drive changes in rainfall, cloud cover, and wind patterns throughout the year.
Warmer air holds more moisture, which tends to mean heavier or more frequent rain during the warmer months. When temperatures drop in winter, any precipitation that does fall is more likely to come as snow or sleet, though in Lake Placid this rarely lasts long on the ground.
For more on Lake Placid's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Lake Placid climate page.
