July in Syracuse, NY: variable for golf — mixed conditions — check the live score. Best tee times: morning before noon for the most comfortable round.
| Average July Weather | |
|---|---|
| Avg daily high | 82°F |
| Avg daily low | 64°F |
| Rainy days | 19 / mo |
| Avg peak wind | 9.3 mph |
July splits Syracuse golfers into two camps. For the traveling golfer, it offers the city's warmest temperatures of the year — an 82°F average high and peak winds of just 9.3 mph, the calmest any month gets here. Conditions are close to ideal during morning rounds, with lows sitting around 64°F. The daily 18-degree swing means early tee times play genuinely comfortable before afternoon heat builds.
For the local regular, July is harder to love without flexibility. Nineteen precipitation days tie it for second-wettest on the annual calendar, meaning rain interrupts play nearly two-thirds of the month. A visitor squeezing in a few rounds can cherry-pick the forecast; a local trying to maintain a weekly schedule will get rained out more than once. The season-tier badge here is Variable, and that label earns its place in July.
With 19 rainy days likely spread across the month, book morning slots — ideally before noon — and keep an eye on 48-hour forecasts rather than locking in a rigid weekly time. Same-week booking gives you more flexibility to shift around afternoon thunderstorms, which are more common once as temperatures climb into the low 80s through the day. See how conditions rate hour by hour on our playability scale.
July is 4°F warmer than June and adds two more precipitation days, so you gain the hottest temperatures of the year at the cost of a slightly wetter calendar. Compared to August, July holds a 3°F edge in average high but carries the same number of extra rain days — August pushes to 21 precip days, two more than July. Wind is virtually unchanged across all three months, hovering between 9.3 and 10.2 mph, so that factor won't tip your decision either way.
Climate normals show the long-term picture, but day-to-day weather varies. Check today's live golf weather score for Syracuse, NY for the current playability rating, hourly wind, temperature, and the recommended tee time window.
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July averages 19 precipitation days, tying it for the second-wettest month of the year in Syracuse. That doesn't mean all-day downpours, but it does mean roughly three out of five days see some measurable precipitation. Checking a short-range forecast before booking and favoring morning tee times reduces the chance of a weather-shortened round.
If your schedule is flexible enough to pick two or three days within a window, July can work well — the 82°F average high is the warmest the city reaches all year, and 9.3 mph peak winds are the calmest on the calendar. The catch is the high frequency of rain days, which makes a rigid single-day trip a real gamble. Travelers who can monitor the forecast and shift a day or two will find the conditions genuinely pleasant when skies cooperate.