Hagerstown, MD 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 Hagerstown's primary NOAA station, HAGERSTOWN 1 E.
The climate verdict for Hagerstown
Hagerstown, Maryland has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 43.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 200 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Hagerstown: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00181790 · Hagerstown, MD 54°F mean · 43.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dayton Wright B…
- PRCP-MID 43.5"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,017 HDD
- STN-1 USC00181790
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dayton Wright Bros, OH (+ 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 MD station list.
- Hagerstown (this station) 54°F
- Cold Lucasville, OH 54°F
- Hot Circleville, OH 54°F
- Near Dayton Wright B…, OH 54°F
- Near Paoli, IN 54°F
Climate Living Index · Hagerstown
Hagerstown: 64/100 · grade C
Hagerstown publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hagerstown, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 43.5 in · 8.5 from 35 in | 70/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 114 calendar days | 68/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 200 days/year | 64/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.1°F · 13.4° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
Hagerstown · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hagerstown is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.1°F and warmest-month mean 76.3°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
- 76.3°F
- Coldest month
- 31.1°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 Hagerstown sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hagerstown's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 66th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 60th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hagerstown compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hagerstown's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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
Hagerstown's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 112 complete annual observations from 1899 to 2025, HAGERSTOWN 1 E warmed at a fitted rate of 0.08°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hagerstown primary station fitted change +0.08 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 3.2" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.7" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.9" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.3" | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 7.2 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.4" | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.9" | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.7" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 114 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 17, then returns to freezing around November 25, covering 114 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.
The widest day
April 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hagerstown.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Hagerstown 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 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Hagerstown has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.8" and February 2.7". The three wettest months together take 30% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
200 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,017
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,095
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MD closest to Hagerstown 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 (54°F here).
- Brunswick, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Casey, IL 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Cole Camp, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, IN 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (43.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Waverly, OH 43.6" · 0.0" off
- Chambersburg, PA 43.5" · 0.0" off
- Fittstown, OK 43.5" · 0.0" off
- Okemah, OK 43.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hagerstown's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Hagerstown's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,017 annual heating degree days against 1,095 for cooling. Its 45.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Hagerstown's frost-free season lasts about 200 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 Hagerstown's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.2°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Hagerstown's 43.5 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 Hagerstown'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 Hagerstown, 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 Hagerstown's primary station: HAGERSTOWN 1 E (USC00181790). 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 2436075). Match rule for Hagerstown: 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 Hagerstown 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.