Zip 05070 (South Strafford, VT) Climate

The climate in 05070 South Strafford, VT is generally mild and pleasant. Summers are warm and humid, with average temperature highs reaching the mid-eighties. Winters are cold and snowy, with temperatures mainly staying below freezing and snowfall averaging about 60 inches per season. Spring and fall have moderate temperatures, often falling into the forties at night. The region averages around 40 inches of rain every year spread throughout the seasons.

South Strafford (zip 05070), Vermont gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

South Strafford (zip 05070) averages 90 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 174 sunny days per year in South Strafford (zip 05070). The US average is 205 sunny days.

South Strafford (zip 05070) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 140 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 77 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 4
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 90 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 05070 zip code is 5.9 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Vermont.

8.8 Summer - 3.2 Winter

July, August and June are the most pleasant months in the 05070 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	South Strafford, Vermont	United States
	42.2 in.	38.1 in.
	89.5 in.	27.8 in.
	139.5 days	106.2 days
	174 days	205 days
	77.1°	85.8°
	3.9°	21.7°
	5.9	7
	3.1	4.3
	1166 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 05070 zip code with an average high temperature of 77.1°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Vermont. In the 05070 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 05070 zip code are July, August and June.

In the 05070 zip code, there are 1.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Vermont.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 05070 zip code with an average of 3.9°. This is colder than most places in Vermont.

In the 05070 zip code, there are 184.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Vermont.

In the 05070 zip code, there are 30.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Vermont.

Humidity in the 05070 zip code is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are August, July and June.

July is the wettest month in the 05070 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.2 inches in the 05070 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Vermont.

June is the rainiest month in the 05070 zip code with 13.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.4 rainy days. There are 139.5 rainy days annually in the 05070 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Vermont. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 26% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 89.5 inches in the 05070 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Vermont. January is the snowiest month in the 05070 zip code with 21.4 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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