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Maple sugaring in Steuben County, New York

Steuben County had 73 maple operations and 83,385 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Bath, sap usually runs from February 26 to April 5. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 143 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 26
typical year
Season ends
Apr 5
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
54.9
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
83,385
#9 of 50 in NY

Sap-flow outlook at Bath right now

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Forecast for Bath, NY

Updated Oct 6, 9:14 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Steuben County's season usually opens around February 26, which is 143 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    39° / 69°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    50° / 67°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    41° / 63°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    40° / 67°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    46° / 71°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    51° / 67°
    No refreeze forecast

Data: National Weather Service. Verdicts use freeze-thaw thresholds from maple field research; your woods may run a little differently.

When the sap runs

The sugaring calendar at Bath

Freeze-thaw weather at Bath peaks in the weeks of Feb 16 to Apr 20, which hold about 56% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 26 – Apr 50246Week of Dec 1: 2.4 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 2.4 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 2.0 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.2 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 2.4 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 3.6 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 3.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 3.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 3.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 2.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.9 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.6 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.4 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.1 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Feb 26
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Bath, 1991–2026. A sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. The shaded band is the typical season.

Year-to-year spread

Opening signal
Median Mar 2; the middle half of seasons fell between Feb 22 and Mar 12. Earliest Feb 7 (2024), latest Mar 17 (1996).
Closing signal
Median Apr 5; middle half between Mar 28 and Apr 15. Earliest Mar 13 (2024), latest Apr 21 (2001).
Sap days by month
Dec18%Jan12%Feb16%Mar27%Apr23%May4%

36 seasons of sap weather

Steuben County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Bath was 2002 with 77 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2025 with 39. Seasons that start early tend to end early too: the trees run on the swing between freezing nights and mild days, and heat ends it.
JanFebMarAprMaysap days20262026: Feb 19 – Mar 26, 45 sap days4520252025: Feb 24 – Mar 28, 39 sap days3920242024: Feb 7 – Mar 13, 40 sap days4020232023: Feb 27 – Apr 3, 67 sap days6720222022: Mar 2 – Apr 5, 60 sap days6020212021: Mar 1 – Apr 5, 51 sap days5120202020: Feb 22 – Mar 27, 75 sap days7520192019: Mar 9 – Apr 11, 50 sap days5020182018: Mar 12 – Apr 15, 53 sap days5320172017: Feb 18 – Mar 24, 48 sap days4820162016: Feb 18 – Mar 24, 64 sap days6420152015: Mar 15 – Apr 19, 40 sap days4020142014: Mar 16 – Apr 20, 55 sap days5520132013: Mar 12 – Apr 8, 55 sap days5520122012: Feb 13 – Mar 16, 76 sap days7620112011: Mar 13 – Apr 16, 40 sap days4020102010: Feb 26 – Mar 28, 48 sap days4820092009: Mar 6 – Apr 10, 53 sap days5320082008: Mar 8 – Apr 7, 43 sap days4320072007: Feb 26 – Mar 31, 49 sap days4920062006: Feb 24 – Mar 30, 52 sap days5220052005: Mar 6 – Apr 10, 62 sap days6220042004: Mar 6 – Apr 10, 47 sap days4720032003: Mar 11 – Apr 15, 48 sap days4820022002: Feb 24 – Mar 31, 77 sap days7720012001: Mar 17 – Apr 21, 50 sap days5020002000: Feb 15 – Mar 21, 59 sap days5919991999: Mar 4 – Apr 6, 71 sap days7119981998: Feb 21 – Mar 26, 51 sap days5119971997: Feb 28 – Apr 3, 64 sap days6419961996: Mar 17 – Apr 20, 56 sap days5619951995: Feb 21 – Mar 28, 70 sap days7019941994: Mar 13 – Apr 17, 61 sap days6119931993: Mar 12 – Apr 15, 50 sap days5019921992: Mar 14 – Apr 16, 53 sap days5319911991: Feb 21 – Mar 26, 54 sap days54
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Bath. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Steuben County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Steuben County the 2022 Census found 73 farms making syrup (-8% since 2017), with taps -39% and syrup output -43% over the same five years. That works out to about 0.21 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022 (0.22 in 2017). Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Steuben County ranks 35 by taps.

Steuben County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
20227383,38517,1730.21
201779136,39530,0960.22

Nearby

Neighboring maple counties

Distances are between reference towns; typical dates are each county's own estimate.

About these numbers

The season dates are estimated from 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures for the PRISM 4-km grid cell at Bath (1,293ft), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast: a sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. Each season's closing signal is the last sap day before accumulated warmth reaches a threshold, and the opening signal sits five weeks before that, never earlier than the first real freeze-thaw week. Tested against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates, the rule lands within 5.5 days of the reported close and 6.6 days of the reported opening on average, and the typical dates shown here are scaled to New York's USDA record (12 years). Production figures are copied from the Census as published. Full method, calibration tables and the downloadable dataset →

Sources · 6

  1. 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — New York, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  2. 2.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
  3. 3.Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) web services · NOAA Regional Climate Centers
  4. 4.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
  5. 5.Sap flow in sugar maple: timing and weather drivers (Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025) · de Lima Santos et al.
  6. 6.GeoNames gazetteer (cities500), CC BY 4.0 · GeoNames

FAQ

Steuben County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Steuben County, New York?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 26 near Bath and the season winds down around April 5. Have your taps in a day or two before the first forecast string of freezing nights and 40 °F days. In the past 36 seasons the weather signal came as early as Feb 7 and as late as Mar 17.
How much maple syrup does Steuben County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 73 maple operations in Steuben County with 83,385 taps producing 17,173 gallons of syrup, ranking 9 of 50 New York's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Steuben County get in a season?
On average 54.9 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Bath, of which about 13.2 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 2002 (77 sap days); the leanest was 2025 (39).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Bath (PRISM 4-km grid), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast, then calibrated against USDA's reported season dates for New York. They describe a typical year at one point in the county; your sugarbush, slope and elevation can shift them by days.

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