Bakersville, 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 Bakersville's primary NOAA station, BAKERSVILLE.
The climate verdict for Bakersville
Water is the standout signal in Bakersville, Connecticut: 54.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.3"
- annual precipitation · 59" snow
- 150 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Bakersville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00060227 · Bakersville, CT 47°F mean · 54.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,921
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nunn
- PRCP-WET 54.3"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,841 HDD
- STN-1 USC00060227
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Nunn, CO (+ 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.
- Bakersville (this station) 47°F
- Hot Lages, NV 47°F
- Near Nunn, CO 47°F
- Near Jamestown, NY 47°F
- Near Stevenson Dam, PA 47°F
Climate Living Index · Bakersville
Bakersville: 30/100 · grade F
Bakersville publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bakersville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 161 calendar days | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 54.3 in · 19.3 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.3°F · 20.2° from 67.5°F | 29/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 150 days/year | 25/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 59.1 inches/year | 16/100 · F |
Bakersville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bakersville is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.0°F and warmest-month mean 70.0°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 70.0°F
- Coldest month
- 24.0°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 Bakersville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bakersville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 72%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bakersville sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- Bakersville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bakersville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bakersville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Bakersville's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1991 to 2025, BAKERSVILLE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.49°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bakersville primary station fitted change +0.49 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (1°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 3.9" | 13.1" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 3.5" | 15.8" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 4.6" | 12.7" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.3" | 2.6" | 14.7 | 0.2 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.4" | 0.3" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 4.2" | 2.6" | 20.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 5.0" | 12.0" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 161 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around November 4, covering 161 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 14, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 31 at 32%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 143 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 30 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bakersville.
Where Bakersville Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Bakersville earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 13.1"
12.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.8"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.7"
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
12.7 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
11.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.0"
12.8 days with precipitation
Bakersville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bakersville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.4" and February 3.5". 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 Bakersville, it arrives in quantity
54.3" of precipitation falls across only about 143 wet days here, averaging 0.38 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 143 a year, 39% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.38 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 10
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.
Winter brings real snow to Bakersville
Bakersville averages 59.1 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 33 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 59.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 33 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 11% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
150 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,841
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
431
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CT closest to Bakersville 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 (47°F here).
- Alton, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Atkinson, NE 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlotte, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Emmetsburg, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Aberdeen, MS 54.3" · 0.0" off
- Huntsville, AL 54.3" · 0.0" off
- Dallas, GA 54.3" · 0.0" off
- Experiment, GA 54.2" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Bakersville
heating led · wet · mid swing
Bakersville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,841 annual heating degree days against 431 for cooling. Its 46.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Bakersville's frost-free season lasts about 150 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Bakersville coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Bakersville typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Bakersville snow peak
February
Bakersville averages 59.1 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Bakersville's primary station: BAKERSVILLE (USC00060227). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Bakersville; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bakersville 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.