Bennington Morse St, VT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bennington Morse St's primary NOAA station, BENNINGTON MORSE ST AP.
The climate verdict for Bennington Morse St
Bennington Morse St, Vermont has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 38.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 144 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bennington Morse St: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00054781 · Bennington Morse St, VT 47°F mean · 38.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Limon Wsmo
- PRCP-MID 38.6"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,019 HDD
- STN-1 USW00054781
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Limon Wsmo, 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 VT station list.
- Bennington Mors… (this station) 47°F
- Cold Philipsburg, PA 47°F
- Hot Whitney Point D…, NY 47°F
- Near Limon Wsmo, CO 47°F
- Near Francis E Walte…, PA 47°F
Climate Living Index · Bennington Morse St
Bennington Morse St: 43/100 · grade D
Bennington Morse St publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bennington Morse St, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 38.6 in · 3.6 from 35 in | 87/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 157 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.7°F · 20.8° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 144 days/year | 21/100 · F |
Bennington Morse St · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bennington Morse St is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.6°F and warmest-month mean 68.9°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
- 68.9°F
- Coldest month
- 22.6°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 Bennington Morse St sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bennington Morse St's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bennington Morse St sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 55th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bennington Morse St compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bennington Morse St's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 32°F (0°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.4" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.9" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.6" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.5" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.0" | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.6" | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.8" | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.9" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 157 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 9, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 157 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 June 11, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 25 at 36%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 150 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bennington Morse St.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.4 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
Bennington Morse St spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bennington Morse St has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.7" and February 1.9". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
How Bennington Morse St's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 149 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 38.6" between them, or roughly 0.26 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
144 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,019
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
371
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VT closest to Bennington Morse St 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).
- Allison, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- American Falls, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cherokee, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Forsyth, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (38.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Calistoga, CA 38.6" · 0.0" off
- Hennepin, IL 38.6" · 0.0" off
- Howard, KS 38.6" · 0.0" off
- Mabel, MN 38.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bennington Morse St's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Bennington Morse St's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,019 annual heating degree days against 371 for cooling. Its 46.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 144 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Bennington Morse St's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.3°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Bennington Morse St's 38.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Bennington Morse St'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 Bennington Morse St, 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 Bennington Morse St's primary station: BENNINGTON MORSE ST AP (USW00054781). 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 Bennington Morse St; 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 Bennington Morse St 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.