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Weather and seasons near Malta

Malta is a real winter: Albany’s official normal is 59 inches of snow a year.

59 inSnow a year, Albany normal
15.9°FJanuary average low

Inches of snow a year, compared

Syracuse
128 in (NOAA)
Albany, for Malta
59 in (NWS)
Salt Lake City, for Lehi
about 56 (47 to 63)
Columbus
about 28 (22 to 28)
Boise
about 19 (12 to 22)
Manassas
about 17 (11.5 to 22)
Albuquerque, for Rio Rancho
about 10 (8 to 11)
Portland, for Hillsboro
3.6 to 4
Denison, for Sherman
about 2

Normals from different sources and stations, so treat each as a range. Phoenix and Austin were not measured here.

Winter
  • NWS Albany’s 1991 to 2020 normal is 59.2 inches of snow a year, with January alone at 15.6 inches. A county-level NOAA summary shows 53.7.
  • January’s average low is about 15.9°F.
Summer
  • July’s average high is about 83.9°F.
Not covered: Malta itself. These are Albany figures, and the Luther Forest area may differ.
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