Temperature

Living in a location where the weather is often cold requires knowledge of what the temperature outlook as well as other important facts. This includes other useful fact such as safety precaution, winter dress, and maintenance. Yet, knowing what the temperature will be like is a crucial fact that one needs for preparation on a cold day. Syracuse is one of the cities which predominantly always experiences low temperatures.

It is very advantegeous to have common knowledge of what is the past history of the temperature in Syracuse. Do not be fooled into thinking that temperature does not play a role in Syracuse. Statistical data has been gathered on the two most recent years. The table below is a record of the average low and high temperatures taken at different periods of the year. The information presented provides a scale on what the temperature has been like in the recent past.Yet, how cold the weather is not only determinded by the temperature, there is also the wind chill factor

Syracuse is known for its wonderful cold winters and record breaking amount of snow. Basically due to the geographic location, the accumulation of snowfall is usually tremendous. Down below is a picture illustrating the average snowfall in Central New York. It provides further insights as to what is the average measured in inches.

The table below represents the total amount of snowfall that Syracuse has had for the past 5 years.The table as well the picture give a deeper detail of how much snow accumulation we've had.These records are based on a yearly total.

In the table below one can note how we have had a roller coaster experience. Basically, for the period of 1992-1994 the amount of accumulation was above 160 inches. Where in turn for the 1994-1995 period, the amount of accumulation went down considerably.