Zip 06798 (Woodbury, CT) Climate

Woodbury, CT has a humid continental climate with cold, snowy winters and warm summers. The average temperature in the winter is 22°F and the average temperature in the summer is around 72°F. The area receives an average of 46 inches of precipitation throughout the year, with most of it occurring during spring and summer months. Snowfall usually starts in December and lasts until March or April. Overall, Woodbury has a moderate climate with typical New England weather patterns.

Woodbury (zip 06798), Connecticut gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Woodbury (zip 06798) averages 40 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 206 sunny days per year in Woodbury (zip 06798). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Woodbury (zip 06798) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 127 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 40 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 06798 zip code is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Connecticut.

8.9 Summer - 4.8 Winter

August, June and September are the most pleasant months in the 06798 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Woodbury, Connecticut	United States
	49.3 in.	38.1 in.
	40.2 in.	27.8 in.
	127.1 days	106.2 days
	206 days	205 days
	84.1°	85.8°
	15.8°	21.7°
	6.9	7
	3.4	4.3
	295 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the 06798 zip code with an average high temperature of 84.1°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Connecticut. In the 06798 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 06798 zip code are June, September and August.

In the 06798 zip code, there are 11.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Connecticut.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 06798 zip code with an average of 15.8°. This is colder than most places in Connecticut.

In the 06798 zip code, there are 143.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Connecticut.

In the 06798 zip code, there are 5.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Connecticut.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 06798 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

July is the wettest month in the 06798 zip code with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.3 inches in the 06798 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Connecticut.

May is the rainiest month in the 06798 zip code with 12.2 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 9.2 rainy days. There are 127.1 rainy days annually in the 06798 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Connecticut. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 40.2 inches in the 06798 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Connecticut. January is the snowiest month in the 06798 zip code with 11.8 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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