Falls Village, Connecticut climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Falls Village's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 46.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.1°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,190 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFalls Village
- Station IDUSC00062658
- Location41.95°N 73.37°W
- Elevation550 ft (168 m)
- Population (census place)452
On October 24, the normal high in Falls Village is 60°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 34%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Falls Village.
- Jan 35° 14°
- Feb 39° 15°
- Mar 47° 23°
- Apr 60° 33°
- May 72° 44°
- Jun 80° 53°
- Jul 85° 58°
- Aug 82° 57°
- Sep 76° 49°
- Oct 63° 38°
- Nov 51° 29°
- Dec 40° 20°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Falls Village each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.79 in), the least in February (2.55 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 14°F | 24.8°F | 3.00 | 11 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 15°F | 26.8°F | 2.55 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 47°F | 23°F | 35.0°F | 3.41 | 11 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 33°F | 46.6°F | 3.35 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 44°F | 57.8°F | 3.87 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 80°F | 53°F | 66.2°F | 4.79 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 58°F | 71.3°F | 4.78 | 12 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 82°F | 57°F | 69.4°F | 4.44 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 76°F | 49°F | 62.4°F | 4.69 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 38°F | 50.6°F | 4.74 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 29°F | 39.8°F | 3.49 | 11 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 40°F | 20°F | 30.1°F | 3.75 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 36°F | 48.4°F | 46.86 | 135 | 12 | 156 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −10°C | −4.0°C | 76 mm |
| February | 4°C | −9°C | −2.9°C | 65 mm |
| March | 8°C | −5°C | 1.7°C | 87 mm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 85 mm |
| May | 22°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 98 mm |
| June | 26°C | 12°C | 19.0°C | 122 mm |
| July | 29°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 121 mm |
| August | 28°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 113 mm |
| September | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 119 mm |
| October | 17°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 120 mm |
| November | 10°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 89 mm |
| December | 4°C | −6°C | −1.1°C | 95 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Norfolk (8 miles away), gets 75 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00062658; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Falls Village?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00062658.
When is the last frost in Falls Village?
In Falls Village, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 11 in half of years and after May 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 21 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 111 year in 10 after May 27; 9 in 10 after April 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 21; 9 in 10 before October 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 146 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falls Village in zone 6a in ZIP code 06031, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Falls Village's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (25 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Connecticut · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00062658; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Falls Village?
In a normal year in Falls Village, 12 days a year reach 90°F, 156 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 135 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 156a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 31high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 135a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1916) is 104°F, on July 30, 2002; the lowest is −32°F, on February 16, 1943.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 61.21 in; the snowiest season is 1955–56, with 95.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00062658; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00062658. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Falls Village?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Falls Village, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 1.8 |
| February | 70% | 2.7 |
| March | 68% | 3.7 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 74% | 5.9 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.3 |
| September | 77% | 4.3 |
| October | 70% | 2.9 |
| November | 70% | 2.0 |
| December | 65% | 1.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Falls Village need?
A normal year in Falls Village brings 6,556 heating degree days, 22% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 540 cooling degree days, 41% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,576 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,246 | 0 |
| February | 1,068 | 0 |
| March | 929 | 0 |
| April | 555 | 3 |
| May | 249 | 24 |
| June | 63 | 98 |
| July | 7 | 204 |
| August | 19 | 157 |
| September | 130 | 52 |
| October | 451 | 3 |
| November | 758 | 0 |
| December | 1,082 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,556 | 540 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00062658. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Falls Village's climate compare?
Falls Village is warmer than 1 of the other 12 places with their own NOAA record in Connecticut, and wetter than 5. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.4°F is warmer than 34%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Falls Village is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Falls Village share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Pine Plains, NY1,203 people · 15 mi W
- Dover Plains, NY1,077 people · 18 mi SW
- Amenia, NY928 people · 12 mi SW
- Millerton, NY886 people · 8 mi W
- Wassaic, NY324 people · 14 mi SW
- Cornwall, CT1,585 people · 8 mi S
- West Cornwall, CT56 people · 6 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Falls Village's climate
What is the coldest month in Falls Village?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Falls Village?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Falls Village's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Norfolk (8 miles away), records 75 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Falls Village?
June, with 4.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Falls Village in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Falls Village in zone 6a in ZIP code 06031, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Falls Village's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Falls Village?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 11; in one year in ten it comes after May 27. Waiting until May 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Connecticut climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Norfolk, CT7 miles from this station, 45.9°F a year
- Copake, NY15 miles from this station, 48.2°F a year
- Bakersville, CT20 miles from this station, 47.3°F a year
- Barkhamsted, CT21 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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