Elmira/Corning weather by month & the best time to visit

🇺🇸 United States · small town · hot-summer continental climate

The best time to visit Elmira/Corning is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August and June close behind. Elmira/Corning averages about 1,863 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 91 mm of rain in May.

Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data

Sun hours / year

1,863

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

73/100

Rain / year

1,008 mm

Snow / year

≈1.5 m

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

46k

Elevation

286 m

When is the best time to visit Elmira/Corning?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Elmira/Corning is May, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Elmira/Corning?

Elmira/Corning gets a moderate 1,863 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate May (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #457 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,008 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

See Elmira/Corning on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Syracuse United States · 124 km · best in May · 1,862 h sun/yr
• Rochester United States · 124 km · best in May · 1,838 h sun/yr
• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton United States · 133 km · best in May · 1,919 h sun/yr
• Buffalo United States · 174 km · best in Aug · 1,831 h sun/yr
• Allentown/Bethlehem United States · 207 km · best in May · 2,074 h sun/yr
• Harrisburg United States · 219 km · best in May · 2,080 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Ithaca United States · 51 km · 1,864 h sun/yr · best in May
• Binghamton United States · 75 km · 1,934 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Williamsport United States · 102 km · 1,944 h sun/yr · best in May