Salisbury, VT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Salisbury's primary NOAA station, SALISBURY 2 N.
The climate verdict for Salisbury
Salisbury, Vermont has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°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.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.2"
- annual precipitation · 73" snow
- 128 days
- frost-free growing season
Salisbury: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00437098 · Salisbury, VT 46°F mean · 41.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,509
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hingham Wwtp
- PRCP-MID 41.2"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,397 HDD
- STN-1 USC00437098
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hingham Wwtp, WI (+ 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.
- Salisbury (this station) 46°F
- Cold Standish, MI 46°F
- Hot Jensen, UT 46°F
- Near Hingham Wwtp, WI 46°F
- Near Wyola, MT 46°F
Climate Living Index · Salisbury
Salisbury: 31/100 · grade F
Salisbury publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Salisbury, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.2 in · 6.2 from 35 in | 78/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 174 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.9°F · 21.6° from 67.5°F | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 128 days/year | 11/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 72.7 inches/year | 9/100 · F |
Salisbury · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Salisbury is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 19.8°F and warmest-month mean 69.8°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
- 69.8°F
- Coldest month
- 19.8°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 Salisbury sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Salisbury's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 78%
- Among 6,861 stations, Salisbury sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 61st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Salisbury is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Salisbury compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Salisbury'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 | 31°F (-1°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 2.4" | 18.5" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 2.0" | 13.8" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.4" | 14.1" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.3" | 3.2" | 17.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.2" | 0.5" | 10.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.9" | 4.9" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 3.2" | 17.7" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 174 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 20, then returns to freezing around October 30, covering 174 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 June 2, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 7 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 136 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Salisbury.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 18.5"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.8"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.1"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
11.5 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.7"
12.7 days with precipitation
Salisbury spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Salisbury has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.8" and February 2.0". 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.
How Salisbury's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 136 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 41.2" between them, or roughly 0.30 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 Salisbury
Salisbury averages 72.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 30 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: 72.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 30 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 18% 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
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
128 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,397
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
461
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VT closest to Salisbury 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 (46°F here).
- Bradford, PA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Elkader, IA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Milan, MN 46°F · 0.0°F off
- New Ulm, MN 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Renovo, PA 41.2" · 0.0" off
- Kearney, MO 41.2" · 0.0" off
- Brownstown, IL 41.2" · 0.0" off
- Ogden, IL 41.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Salisbury
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Salisbury's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,397 annual heating degree days against 461 for cooling. Its 50.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 128 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.
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1. Salisbury coldest normal
January
Averaging 20°F (-7°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Salisbury typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Salisbury snow peak
January
Salisbury averages 72.7 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 Salisbury's primary station: SALISBURY 2 N (USC00437098). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Salisbury; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Salisbury 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.