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Maple sugaring in Wayne County, New York

Wayne County had 6 maple operations and 5,350 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Lyons, sap usually runs from February 21 to March 28. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 138 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 21
typical year
Season ends
Mar 28
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
33.5
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
5,350
#41 of 50 in NY

Sap-flow outlook at Lyons right now

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Forecast for Lyons, NY

Updated Oct 6, 9:58 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Wayne County's season usually opens around February 21, which is 138 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    43° / 70°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    52° / 65°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    45° / 62°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    44° / 65°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    49° / 72°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    53° / 69°
    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 Lyons

Freeze-thaw weather at Lyons peaks in the weeks of Feb 9 to Apr 6, which hold about 53% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 21 – Mar 280246Week of Dec 1: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.0 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 1.2 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.0 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 0.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 0.3 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.2 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Feb 21
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Lyons, 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 Feb 25; the middle half of seasons fell between Feb 18 and Mar 6. Earliest Feb 1 (2017), latest Mar 13 (2015).
Closing signal
Median Mar 28; middle half between Mar 20 and Apr 6. Earliest Mar 5 (2000), latest Apr 14 (1993).
Sap days by month
Dec22%Jan16%Feb20%Mar29%Apr12%May0%

36 seasons of sap weather

Wayne County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Lyons was 2016 with 49 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2010 with 18. 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 22 – Mar 29, 34 sap days3420252025: Feb 22 – Mar 28, 30 sap days3020242024: Feb 2 – Mar 9, 28 sap days2820232023: Feb 24 – Mar 31, 49 sap days4920222022: Feb 25 – Mar 31, 36 sap days3620212021: Feb 21 – Mar 21, 34 sap days3420202020: Feb 18 – Mar 23, 46 sap days4620192019: Mar 7 – Apr 11, 43 sap days4320182018: Mar 7 – Apr 11, 40 sap days4020172017: Feb 1 – Mar 7, 35 sap days3520162016: Feb 11 – Mar 13, 49 sap days4920152015: Mar 13 – Apr 6, 31 sap days3120142014: Mar 9 – Apr 6, 32 sap days3220132013: Mar 3 – Apr 6, 32 sap days3220122012: Feb 7 – Mar 12, 42 sap days4220112011: Mar 5 – Mar 30, 21 sap days2120102010: Feb 17 – Mar 16, 18 sap days1820092009: Feb 23 – Mar 25, 30 sap days3020082008: Mar 4 – Apr 4, 28 sap days2820072007: Feb 21 – Mar 22, 28 sap days2820062006: Feb 3 – Mar 9, 27 sap days2720052005: Mar 3 – Mar 27, 26 sap days2620042004: Mar 11 – Mar 25, 22 sap days2220032003: Mar 6 – Apr 10, 29 sap days2920022002: Feb 6 – Mar 12, 35 sap days3520012001: Mar 9 – Apr 4, 26 sap days2620002000: Feb 3 – Mar 5, 32 sap days3219991999: Feb 25 – Mar 27, 35 sap days3519981998: Feb 20 – Mar 26, 29 sap days2919971997: Feb 26 – Apr 2, 34 sap days3419961996: Mar 10 – Apr 11, 43 sap days4319951995: Feb 15 – Mar 12, 45 sap days4519941994: Mar 8 – Apr 8, 31 sap days3119931993: Mar 10 – Apr 14, 32 sap days3219921992: Mar 6 – Apr 7, 39 sap days3919911991: Feb 18 – Mar 21, 36 sap days36
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Lyons. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Wayne County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Wayne County the 2022 Census found 6 farms making syrup (-40% since 2017), with taps +27% and syrup output +32% over the same five years. That works out to about 0.27 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022 (0.26 in 2017). Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Wayne County ranks 185 by taps.

Wayne County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
202265,3501,4550.27
2017104,2101,0990.26

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 Lyons (482ft), 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

Wayne County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Wayne County, New York?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 21 near Lyons and the season winds down around March 28. 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 1 and as late as Mar 13.
How much maple syrup does Wayne County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 6 maple operations in Wayne County with 5,350 taps producing 1,455 gallons of syrup, ranking 41 of 50 New York's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Wayne County get in a season?
On average 33.5 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Lyons, of which about 12 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 2016 (49 sap days); the leanest was 2010 (18).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Lyons (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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