Ansonia, CT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ansonia's primary NOAA station, ANSONIA 1 NE.
The climate verdict for Ansonia
Water is the standout signal in Ansonia, Connecticut: 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.0"
- precipitation, annual total
- 175 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Ansonia: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00060128 · Ansonia, CT 50°F mean · 52.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Medway
- PRCP-WET 52.0"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,070 HDD
- STN-1 USC00060128
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: West Medway, MA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CT station list.
- Ansonia (this station) 50°F
- Hot Jerome County, ID 50°F
- Near West Medway, MA 50°F
- Near Elyria Lorain C…, OH 50°F
- Near Karval, CO 50°F
Climate Living Index · Ansonia
Ansonia: 46/100 · grade D
Ansonia publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ansonia, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 135 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.0 in · 17.0 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
Ansonia · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ansonia is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 27.2°F and warmest-month mean 72.6°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.6°F
- Coldest month
- 27.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Ansonia sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ansonia's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Ansonia's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 61st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ansonia compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ansonia's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 4.0" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 3.6" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.7" | 23.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.7" | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 4.0" | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.0" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.2" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 4.6" | 24.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around August 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 135 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near January 31.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 29, then returns to freezing around November 16, covering 135 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 25, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 31 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 107 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ansonia.
Where Ansonia Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Ansonia earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.4 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
Ansonia spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Ansonia has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.0" and February 3.6". The three wettest months together take 28% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Ansonia, it arrives in quantity
52.0" of precipitation falls across only about 106 wet days here, averaging 0.49 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 106 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,070
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
686
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CT closest to Ansonia on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (50°F here).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Bluffton, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Charlotte, TN 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Jonesboro, AR 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Toms River, NJ 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Bent Creek, NC 52.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ansonia's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Ansonia's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,070 annual heating degree days against 686 for cooling. Its 45.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Ansonia's frost-free season lasts about 175 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ansonia's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.4°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Ansonia carries 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ansonia's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Ansonia, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Ansonia's primary station: ANSONIA 1 NE (USC00060128). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0901150). Match rule for Ansonia: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Ansonia comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.