Climate and average weather in Depew

In Depew, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Depew typically varies from 20°F to 79°F, and is rarely below 4°F or above 87°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Depew for warm-weather activities is from mid May to early October.

Hottest
Jul
79°
Coldest
Jan
20°
Wettest
Jul
3.9 in
Driest
Feb
2.4 in
Rain / yr
38.7 in
142 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
673 ft
42.9°N
Clearest
Aug
53% cloud

Depew is village in New York, United States.

Density
1,153/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Depew weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Depew, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 19 to September 26, with daily high temperatures above 67°F. The hottest month of the year in Depew is July, with an average high of 79°F and low of 63°F.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from December 4 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below 40°F. The coldest month of the year in Depew is January, with an average low of 20°F and high of 32°F.

Days typically run about 15°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 17°F) in May.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan3220
Feb3320
Mar4227
Apr5538
May6649
Jun7559
Jul7963
Aug7862
Sep7155
Oct5945
Nov4735
Dec3726

How hot and cold Depew really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 7°F (around January 23), with roughly 162 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F) 69 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan3232920
Feb33331020
Mar42421927
Apr55553238
May66664749
Jun75755959
Jul79796363
Aug78786262
Sep71715555
Oct59594045
Nov47472735
Dec37371726

Average hourly temperature in Depew

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 79°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 20°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Depew weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°2.912.610.79.20.0
Feb33° / 20°2.410.48.110.20.0
Mar42° / 27°2.911.96.111.60.5
Apr55° / 38°3.612.22.313.13.3
May66° / 49°3.312014.45.8
Jun75° / 59°3.812.1015.16.5
Jul79° / 63°3.912.9014.86.3
Aug78° / 62°3.211.3013.86.7
Sep71° / 55°3.210012.36.6
Oct59° / 45°3.512.60.110.84.3
Nov47° / 35°3.011.43.29.51.4
Dec37° / 26°3.012.58.18.90.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Depew gets about 38.7 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 1.9 months, from around Nov 23 to Jan 20, peaking in January at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 14.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 3.9 in over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 2.4 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 4 · 43%Sep 14 · 32%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4013
Feb3710
Mar3912
Apr4012
May3912
Jun4012
Jul4113
Aug3711
Sep3410
Oct4013
Nov3811
Dec4113

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Depew collects about 38.7 in of rain across 142 wet days — roughly 3.2 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 3.9 in, while February is the driest at just 2.4 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

00.511.522.533.544.5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.92.42.93.63.33.83.93.23.23.53.03.0
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2.91311
Feb2.4108
Mar2.9126
Apr3.6122
May3.3120
Jun3.8120
Jul3.9130
Aug3.2110
Sep3.2100
Oct3.5130
Nov3.0113
Dec3.0138

Snow in Depew

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Depew averages about 39 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 30 to Apr 28 — about 6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 16 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 69 in of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 18
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan1116
Feb816
Mar611
Apr23
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov37
Dec815

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Depew, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 22 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around October 19. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 20 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around April 21. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 88% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 60%Jan 3 · 10%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1288
Feb2377
Mar3169
Apr3664
May4357
Jun4951
Jul5743
Aug5941
Sep5149
Oct3961
Nov2773
Dec1585

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 17, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 17, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:494:59
Feb10.27:225:37
Mar11.66:356:14
Apr13.15:406:50
May14.44:587:24
Jun15.14:417:49
Jul14.84:547:47
Aug13.85:267:12
Sep12.36:006:18
Oct10.86:365:24
Nov9.57:154:45
Dec8.97:454:36

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Depew averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around Apr 9 to Oct 16. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 86% fewer than the July peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 912 daysJan 121 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May8Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep10Mixed
Oct7Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Depew, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around May 27 to September 23. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 59% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to May 26, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 2 · 100%Jul 24 · 36%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr982000
May8012620
Jun422322121
Jul182330245
Aug182830213
Sep52241681
Oct907300
Nov1000000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Depew is typically light breeze, near 8 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Oct 8 to Apr 24. The windiest month is January, averaging about 10 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 25 to Oct 7, with August the calmest month at about 7 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 8 · 10 mphAug 8 · 6 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan10light breeze
Feb10light breeze
Mar9light breeze
Apr9light breeze
May8light breeze
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct9light breeze
Nov9light breeze
Dec10light breeze

Best time to visit Depew

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Depew throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Depew is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Depew for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to early October, with a peak score in the first week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 1 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.5poor
Apr3.3poor
May5.7good
Jun6.5good
Jul6.3good
Aug6.7good
Sep6.6good
Oct4.3fair
Nov1.4poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Depew for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 10 · 6.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Depew, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 79°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 32°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Depew sees daytime highs around 79°F and nights near 63°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Depew

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 mi away) is warmest in August at about 74°F and coldest in February near 34°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 4 to Sep 20 — about 2.6 months when the water holds above 68°F.

30°40°50°60°70°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan37Bracing
Feb34Bracing
Mar34Bracing
Apr38Bracing
May48Bracing
Jun62Cool
Jul72Refreshing
Aug74Refreshing
Sep69Refreshing
Oct60Cool
Nov50Bracing
Dec43Bracing

UV index (midday) in Depew by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Depew peaks around June 22 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Depew

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar40
Apr60
May7.53.5
Jun8.55
Jul84.5
Aug72
Sep5.50
Oct20
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Depew typically lasts about 242 days, from around March 29 to November 25 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 25 to October 26.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2950%Apr 2590%Oct 2690%Nov 2550%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1531
Feb1428
Mar3331
Apr7921
May980
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct943
Nov6330
Dec2831

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Depew banks about 2,490 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May241
Jun508
Jul657
Aug610
Sep389
Oct77
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Depew receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.3 kWh/m² — roughly 80% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 226.4 kWhDec 211.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar3.8Moderate
Apr4.9Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.2Intense
Aug5.3Bright
Sep4.1Bright
Oct2.7Moderate
Nov1.7Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Depew?

Depew sits at 42.9°N, 78.7°W, 673 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Cheektowaga, 3.1 mi away.

Topography around Depew

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Depew.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Depew has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 ft around an average of 679 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 ft; within 50 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,208 ft.

The land around Depew is covered by trees (40%), artificial surfaces (37%) and grassland (22%) within 2 miles, trees (46%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (42%) and water (27%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
135 ft
10 miles
594 ft
50 miles
2,208 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Cheektowaga 3.1 mi · West Seneca 6.8 mi · Eggertsville 6.8 mi · Amherst 7.5 mi · East Amherst 8.1 mi · Lackawanna 8.7 mi · Buffalo 9.3 mi · Kenmore 9.9 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Depew (42.904°, -78.6923°, elevation 673 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).