Milford, NH 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 Milford's primary NOAA station, MILFORD.
The climate verdict for Milford
Water is the standout signal in Milford, New Hampshire: 46.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 48°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.0"
- annual precipitation · 57" snow
- 155 days
- frost-free growing season
Milford: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00275412 · Milford, NH 48°F mean · 46.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corunna
- PRCP-MID 46.0"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,825 HDD
- STN-1 USC00275412
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Corunna, MI (+ 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 NH station list.
- Milford (this station) 48°F
- Cold Aurora Rsch Farm, NY 48°F
- Hot Shoup, ID 48°F
- Near Corunna, MI 48°F
- Near Flint Bishop, MI 48°F
Climate Living Index · Milford
Milford: 37/100 · grade F
Milford publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Milford, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 46.0 in · 11.0 from 35 in | 61/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 158 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.7°F · 19.8° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 155 days/year | 29/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 57.4 inches/year | 17/100 · F |
Milford · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Milford is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 23.7°F and warmest-month mean 71.8°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
- 71.8°F
- Coldest month
- 23.7°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 Milford sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Milford's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Milford sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 29% wettest
- Milford's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 73%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Milford is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Milford compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Milford's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 3.0" | 15.4" | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 3.0" | 11.5" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.8" | 14.4" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.2" | 2.3" | 14.3 | 0.2 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| July | 83°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.9" | 0.1" | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.9" | 1.1" | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 4.5" | 12.6" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 158 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 9, then returns to freezing around November 4, covering 158 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 May 19, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 7 at 32%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 30 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 Milford.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 15.4"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.5"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.4"
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
11.8 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
11.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.6"
11.1 days with precipitation
Milford 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 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Milford has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.9" and February 3.0". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Milford's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 134 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 46.0" between them, or roughly 0.34 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.
Winter brings real snow to Milford
Milford averages 57.4 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 26 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 57.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 26 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 12% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
155 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,825
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
546
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NH closest to Milford 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 (48°F here).
- Batavia, NY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Belchertown, MA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Briggsdale, CO 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Canby, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Deposit, NY 46.0" · 0.0" off
- Ripley, WV 46.0" · 0.0" off
- Henderson, KY 46.0" · 0.0" off
- Newton, IL 46.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Milford
heating led · wet · mid swing
Milford's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,825 annual heating degree days against 546 for cooling. Its 48.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Milford's frost-free season lasts about 155 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Milford coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Milford typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Milford snow peak
January
Milford averages 57.4 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Milford's primary station: MILFORD (USC00275412). 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 3347940), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Milford: 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 Milford 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.