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Castries vs Lake Placid

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Comparing Castries change · Lake Placid change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 39°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 34 in more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 39°F on the year
Wetter Castries 34 in more a year
Sunnier Castries 20 pp less cloud
Colder winters Lake Placid 71°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Lake Placid, in everyday terms.

Summers

Castries has hotter summers

Castries: Warm
Lake Placid: Mild

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Lake Placid: Very cold

Rain & snow

Castries is wetter

Castries: Very wet
Lake Placid: Wet

Sky

Castries is sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Lake Placid: Often cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 39°F on the annual average.

20°40°60°80° JanAprJulOct CastriesLake Placid

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 34 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0612 JanAprJulOct CastriesLake Placid

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CastriesLake Placid

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries808080828383838484838381
Lake Placid273140526574787669564332
Difference-53-49-41-29-17-9-6-8-15-28-40-49
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries808080828383
Lake Placid273140526574
Difference-53-49-41-29-17-9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries838484838381
Lake Placid787669564332
Difference-6-8-15-28-40-49
Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries787778798081818282828179
Lake Placid6817294050545245352514
Difference-72-70-61-50-40-31-27-29-37-47-56-66
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries787778798081
Lake Placid6817294050
Difference-72-70-61-50-40-31
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries818282828179
Lake Placid545245352514
Difference-27-29-37-47-56-66
Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries4.532.63.54.55.38.511.58.89.79.65.9
Lake Placid3.12.22.93.43.94.64.54.13.94.33.53.3
Difference-1.3-0.8+0.3-0.1-0.6-0.6-4-7.4-4.9-5.4-6.1-2.6
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries4.532.63.54.55.3
Lake Placid3.12.22.93.43.94.6
Difference-1.3-0.8+0.3-0.1-0.6-0.6
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries8.511.58.89.79.65.9
Lake Placid4.54.13.94.33.53.3
Difference-4-7.4-4.9-5.4-6.1-2.6
Snowfall (in)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries
Lake Placid22.32119.27.80.400002.310.722.4
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries
Lake Placid22.32119.27.80.40
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries
Lake Placid0002.310.722.4
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Lake Placid runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries383942495259504651514641
Lake Placid716966676866615958697273
Difference+33+30+24+18+16+7+11+13+7+18+26+32
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries383942495259
Lake Placid716966676866
Difference+33+30+24+18+16+7
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries504651514641
Lake Placid615958697273
Difference+11+13+7+18+26+32
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries767575767779797979797977
Lake Placid939286787677777676808591
Difference+17+17+11+2-1-2-2-3-2+1+6+14
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries767575767779
Lake Placid939286787677
Difference+17+17+11+2-1-2
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries797979797977
Lake Placid777676808591
Difference-2-3-2+1+6+14

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Castries trends → · Lake Placid trends →

Methodology & sources

Castries

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 10 years of daily observations at LE Lamentin, a weather station, about 66 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Lake Placid

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Lake Placid 2 S, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →