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Best Time for The Hudson Valley
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Sweet spot: April, May, June. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Leaf season on America's first scenic river — Dia:Beacon's galleries, cider donuts at every farm stand, and Sleepy Hollow doing Halloween as a civic duty.
- The Shawangunks' climbing season opens, estate gardens bloom, and the farm-to-table menus turn asparagus-green.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.2°C | 0.3°C | 77 mm | 9.3 h | ❄ |
| February | −7.4°C | 1.7°C | 77 mm | 10.4 h | ❄ |
| March | −3.4°C | 6.6°C | 94 mm | 11.7 h | ❄ |
| April | 2.4°C | 14.1°C | 98 mm | 13.1 h | |
| May | 8.9°C | 20.1°C | 100 mm | 14.4 h | |
| June | 14.3°C | 24.9°C | 122 mm | 15.0 h | |
| July | 17.6°C | 28.5°C | 110 mm | 14.7 h | |
| August | 16.8°C | 27.9°C | 120 mm | 13.7 h | |
| September | 12.7°C | 24.4°C | 111 mm | 12.3 h | |
| October | 6.2°C | 16.8°C | 124 mm | 10.9 h | |
| November | 0.3°C | 9.7°C | 89 mm | 9.6 h | ❄ |
| December | −4.3°C | 3.3°C | 110 mm | 9.0 h | ❄ |