Lake Placid weather live forecast

Today's maximum temperature in Lake Placid is expected to be -6°C. Select a day from the live weather forecast for Lake Placid, New York, USA for more weather parameters.

Monday
5th Jan
-6

-17

1

1
Tuesday
6th Jan
0

-8

0

1
Wednesday
7th Jan
1

-3

1

0
Thursday
8th Jan
2

-2

2

1
Friday
9th Jan
6

2

0

0

5-day weather forecast updated at 04:04 on Monday 5th January 2026 GMT

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The 5-day weather forecast for New York (Lake Placid) is provided by the Swiss meteorological agency, meteoblue. Find out more about our data sources.

Lake Placid weather forecast by day

Below are the detailed weather forecasts for Lake Placid for the next 5 days.

Lake Placid weather for Monday 5th January 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light snow in Lake Placid, New York with a maximum temperature of -6°C, maximum UV of 1 (Low) and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 cm of snow expected with 99% chance of some snow and little or no wind of 4 kph from the south.

-6
°C maximum temperature
-17
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light snow
1
hour of sunshine
1
UV index (Low)
99
% chance of some snow
<2
cm of snow expected
-8
°C wind chill
4
kph wind from S

Lake Placid weather for Tuesday 6th January 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light snow in Lake Placid, New York with a maximum temperature of 0°C, maximum UV of 1 (Low) and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 cm of snow expected with 94% chance of some snow and a light breeze of 7 kph from the south-east.

0
°C maximum temperature
-8
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light snow
0
hours of sunshine
1
UV index (Low)
94
% chance of some snow
<2
cm of snow expected
-3
°C wind chill
7
kph wind from SE

Lake Placid weather for Wednesday 7th January 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light snow in Lake Placid, New York with a maximum temperature of 1°C and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 2-5 cm of snow expected with 83% chance of some snow and a light breeze of 11 kph from the west.

1
°C maximum temperature
-3
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light snow
1
hour of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
83
% chance of some snow
<5
cm of snow expected
-3
°C wind chill
11
kph wind from W

Lake Placid weather for Thursday 8th January 2026

Expect broken clouds in Lake Placid, New York with a maximum temperature of 2°C, maximum UV of 1 (Low) and 2 hours of bright sunshine. There are 0 mm of rainfall expected and a light breeze of 9 kph from the west.

2
°C maximum temperature
-2
°C minimum temperature
broken clouds
2
hours of sunshine
1
UV index (Low)
0
mm of rainfall expected
-1
°C wind chill
9
kph wind from W

Lake Placid weather for Friday 9th January 2026

Expect cloudy with some rain in Lake Placid, New York with a maximum temperature of 6°C and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 10-20 mm of rainfall expected with 79% chance of some rain and a gentle breeze of 16 kph from the south.