Johnson, VT 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 Johnson's primary NOAA station, JOHNSON 2 N.
The climate verdict for Johnson
Water is the standout signal in Johnson, Vermont: 46.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 42°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.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 145 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Johnson: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00434290 · Johnson, VT 42°F mean · 46.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #549
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maybell
- PRCP-MID 46.8"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,684 HDD
- STN-1 USC00434290
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Maybell, 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.
- Johnson (this station) 42°F
- Cold Old Forge, NY 42°F
- Hot Moran, MI 42°F
- Near Maybell, CO 42°F
- Near Gloversville, NY 42°F
Climate Living Index · Johnson
Johnson: 27/100 · grade F
Johnson publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Johnson, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 46.8 in · 11.8 from 35 in | 58/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 175 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 145 days/year | 22/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.6°F · 25.9° from 67.5°F | 8/100 · F |
Johnson · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Johnson is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 14.4°F and warmest-month mean 65.8°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
- 65.8°F
- Coldest month
- 14.4°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 Johnson sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Johnson's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 92%
- Among 6,861 stations, Johnson sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 27% wettest
- Johnson's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Johnson is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Johnson compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Johnson'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 | 24°F (-4°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 2.8" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.4" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 2.8" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.8" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.0" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 76°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 74°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 5.2" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (5°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.7" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 30°F (-1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 3.6" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 76°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 175 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 3°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 20, then returns to freezing around October 29, covering 175 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
September 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Johnson.
Where Johnson Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Johnson 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
Johnson 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. Johnson has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 51.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.2" and February 2.4". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
145 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,684
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
183
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VT closest to Johnson 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 (42°F here).
- Cripple Creek, CO 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Greenland, MI 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Judith Gap, MT 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Maybell, CO 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- New Holland, PA 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Dunkirk, NY 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Fort Leonard Wood, MO 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Oxon Hill, MD 46.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Johnson's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Johnson's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,684 annual heating degree days against 183 for cooling. Its 51.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 145 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 Johnson's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 51.4°F. The annual average is 42°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Johnson carries 46.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Johnson'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 Johnson, 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 Johnson's primary station: JOHNSON 2 N (USC00434290). 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 5037000). Match rule for Johnson: 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 Johnson 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.