Corning, New York

== Geography ==
Just upstream from Corning, the [[Cohocton River]] and the [[Tioga River (Chemung River)|Tioga River]] merge to form the [[Chemung River]] which flows through downtown.<ref>''Corning, NY,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953</ref> The river was an important source of [[water power|power]] in the early history, and is part of the attractiveness of the region today.

The river is prone to floods, as rain water runs off quickly from the steep hillsides of the area. In 1972 the remnants of [[Hurricane Agnes]] dropped fifteen or more inches of rain in the area within a short time causing extensive flooding. Eighteen people were killed in the immediate Corning-Painted Post area. The entire downtown area was flooded, with severe damage.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} Flooding is now controlled by a system of dams upstream from Corning.

[[Interstate 86 (east)|Interstate 86]] (the [[Southern Tier Expressway]]), [[New York State Route 17]], [[New York State Route 352]], [[New York State Route 414]], and [[New York State Route 415]] are major highways connecting in Corning. County Road 40 leads into the city from the south and County Road 41 from the north. [[Interstate 99]] and [[U.S. Route 15]] proceeds southward from Painted Post, west of Corning.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 3.3&nbsp;square miles (8.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 3.1&nbsp;square miles (8.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 0.2&nbsp;square miles (0.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (5.18%) is water.


===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Corning, New York  (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 66
|Feb record high F = 71
|Mar record high F = 86
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 94
|Jun record high F = 95
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 100
|Sep record high F = 97
|Oct record high F = 84
|Nov record high F = 76
|Dec record high F = 69
|year record high F = 100
|Jan high F = 29.5
|Feb high F = 32.6
|Mar high F = 41.5
|Apr high F = 55.2
|May high F = 67.6
|Jun high F = 74.9
|Jul high F = 79.1
|Aug high F = 77.2
|Sep high F = 70.1
|Oct high F = 57.7
|Nov high F = 44.9
|Dec high F = 34.2
|year high F = 55.4
|Jan mean F = 20.8
|Feb mean F = 22.7
|Mar mean F = 30.5
|Apr mean F = 42.9
|May mean F = 54.6
|Jun mean F = 62.8
|Jul mean F = 67.1
|Aug mean F = 65.6
|Sep mean F = 58.4
|Oct mean F = 46.9
|Nov mean F = 35.8
|Dec mean F = 26.7
|year mean F = 44.6
|Jan low F = 12.2
|Feb low F = 12.8
|Mar low F = 19.6
|Apr low F = 30.5
|May low F = 41.6
|Jun low F = 50.6
|Jul low F = 55.1
|Aug low F = 54.0
|Sep low F = 46.7
|Oct low F = 36.2
|Nov low F = 26.6
|Dec low F = 19.2
|year low F = 33.8
|Jan record low F = -20
|Feb record low F = -18
|Mar record low F = -15
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 22
|Jun record low F = 33
|Jul record low F = 39
|Aug record low F = 41
|Sep record low F = 26
|Oct record low F = 20
|Nov record low F = -1
|Dec record low F = -13
|year record low F = -20
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.34
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.92
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.99
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.37
|May precipitation inch = 3.05
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.18
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.69
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.86
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.18
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.60
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.85
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.66
|year precipitation inch = 38.69
|Jan snow inch = 11.8
|Feb snow inch = 11.3
|Mar snow inch = 13.6
|Apr snow inch = 2.2
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.2
|Nov snow inch = 4.1
|Dec snow inch = 10.0
|year snow inch = 53.2
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 14.8
|Feb precipitation days = 11.8
|Mar precipitation days = 13.3
|Apr precipitation days = 14.1
|May precipitation days = 14.0
|Jun precipitation days = 13.6
|Jul precipitation days = 12.7
|Aug precipitation days = 12.2
|Sep precipitation days = 11.6
|Oct precipitation days = 14.2
|Nov precipitation days = 13.6
|Dec precipitation days = 15.3
|year precipitation days = 161.2
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 11.1
|Feb snow days = 9.4
|Mar snow days = 7.1
|Apr snow days = 1.9
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.2
|Nov snow days = 3.5
|Dec snow days = 8.7
|year snow days = 41.9
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=bgm
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = February 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00301787&format=pdf
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
| title = Station: Corning, NY
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| access-date = February 6, 2024}}</ref>
}}