Colton, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Colton's primary NOAA station, COLTON 2 N.
The climate verdict for Colton
Colton, New York has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 44°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.
- 44°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.0"
- precipitation, annual total
- 156 days
- frost-free growing season
Colton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00301664 · Colton, NY 44°F mean · 42.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #1,029
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valentine
- PRCP-MID 42.0"
- SWING-WIDE 53°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,038 HDD
- STN-1 USC00301664
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Valentine, MT (+ 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 NY station list.
- Colton (this station) 44°F
- Cold Cornell, MI 44°F
- Hot Stevens Point, WI 44°F
- Near Valentine, MT 44°F
- Near Seminoe Rsvr Us…, WY 44°F
Climate Living Index · Colton
Colton: 36/100 · grade F
Colton publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Colton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 42.0 in · 7.0 from 35 in | 75/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 166 calendar days | 35/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 156 days/year | 30/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.9°F · 23.6° from 67.5°F | 16/100 · F |
Colton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Colton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 16.0°F and warmest-month mean 69.0°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
- 69.0°F
- Coldest month
- 16.0°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 Colton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Colton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 85%
- Among 6,861 stations, Colton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 62nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Colton is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Colton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Colton'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 | 26°F (-3°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 2.7" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 2.4" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.8" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.6" | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.6" | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 4.1" | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.6" | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.4" | 21.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 3.1" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 166 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 16, then returns to freezing around November 3, covering 166 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 December 3, when 49% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 28 at 36%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 160 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 12 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 Colton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
14.5 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
14.5 days with precipitation
14.0 days with precipitation
15.3 days with precipitation
Colton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Colton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 53°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.6" and February 2.4". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Colton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 159 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 42.0" 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 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
156 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,038
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
397
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Colton 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 (44°F here).
- Bethel, ME 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Carter, MT 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Dayton, WY 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Del Norte, CO 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Linesville, PA 42.0" · 0.0" off
- Iola, KS 42.0" · 0.0" off
- Philipsburg, PA 42.0" · 0.0" off
- Lancaster, PA 42.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Colton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Colton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,038 annual heating degree days against 397 for cooling. Its 53.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Colton's frost-free season lasts about 156 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 Colton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 53.0°F. The annual average is 44°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Colton's 42.0 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 Colton'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 Colton, 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 Colton's primary station: COLTON 2 N (USC00301664). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 3617398), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Colton: 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 Colton 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.