South Lincoln, Vermont climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
South Lincoln's normal year runs from 6°F January nights to 76°F July afternoons, with 49.4 inches of precipitation and 113 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.1°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 24°C, 1,255 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSouth Lincoln
- Station IDUSC00437612
- Location44.07°N 72.97°W
- Elevation1,341 ft (409 m)
- Population (census place)159
On October 14, the normal high in South Lincoln is 55°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 46%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for South Lincoln.
- Jan 26° 6°
- Feb 29° 7°
- Mar 37° 15°
- Apr 50° 29°
- May 63° 40°
- Jun 71° 49°
- Jul 76° 54°
- Aug 74° 51°
- Sep 67° 44°
- Oct 54° 35°
- Nov 43° 25°
- Dec 32° 14°
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 South Lincoln each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 76°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 6°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.34 in), the least in February (2.46 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°F | 6°F | 15.6°F | 2.95 | 25.3 | 17 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 29°F | 7°F | 17.5°F | 2.46 | 22.8 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 37°F | 15°F | 25.9°F | 3.22 | 22.0 | 15 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 50°F | 29°F | 39.4°F | 4.06 | 6.6 | 13 | <1 | 20 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 63°F | 40°F | 51.8°F | 4.55 | 0.2 | 14 | <1 | 6 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 71°F | 49°F | 60.2°F | 5.24 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 76°F | 54°F | 64.7°F | 5.34 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 74°F | 51°F | 62.8°F | 5.03 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 67°F | 44°F | 55.7°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 54°F | 35°F | 44.4°F | 5.06 | 1.5 | 15 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 43°F | 25°F | 33.8°F | 3.68 | 8.6 | 14 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 32°F | 14°F | 22.8°F | 3.74 | 25.5 | 17 | <1 | 29 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 52°F | 31°F | 41.2°F | 49.41 | 112.5 | 169 | 1 | 178 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4°C | −15°C | −9.1°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| February | −2°C | −14°C | −8.1°C | 62 mm | 58 cm |
| March | 3°C | −9°C | −3.4°C | 82 mm | 56 cm |
| April | 10°C | −2°C | 4.1°C | 103 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17°C | 5°C | 11.0°C | 116 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22°C | 10°C | 15.7°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 129 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 6°C | −4°C | 1.0°C | 93 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 0°C | −10°C | −5.1°C | 95 mm | 65 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00437612; 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 South Lincoln?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (11).
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 USC00437612.
When is the last frost in South Lincoln?
In South Lincoln, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 21 in half of years and after June 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 25 in half of years and before September 8 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 211 year in 10 after June 6; 9 in 10 after May 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 251 year in 10 before September 8; 9 in 10 before October 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 124 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 151 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 8 in half of springs and before October 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts South Lincoln in zone 5a in ZIP code 05766, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, South Lincoln's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (19 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Vermont · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00437612; 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 South Lincoln?
In a normal year in South Lincoln, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 178 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 169 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 178a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 72high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 169a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 33a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1981) is 96°F, on September 1, 2010; the lowest is −35°F, on January 27, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 62.80 in; the snowiest season is 2000–01, with 172.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00437612; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00437612. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is South Lincoln?
Over a year 66% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around South Lincoln, 3.5 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (74%) and December the cloudiest (52%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.4 |
| February | 61% | 2.2 |
| March | 63% | 3.3 |
| April | 63% | 4.3 |
| May | 65% | 5.1 |
| June | 69% | 5.6 |
| July | 73% | 5.7 |
| August | 74% | 5.0 |
| September | 74% | 4.0 |
| October | 61% | 2.4 |
| November | 57% | 1.5 |
| December | 52% | 1.1 |
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 South Lincoln need?
A normal year in South Lincoln brings 8,791 heating degree days, 64% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 155 cooling degree days, 83% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,588 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,530 | 0 |
| February | 1,330 | 0 |
| March | 1,211 | 0 |
| April | 769 | 1 |
| May | 418 | 7 |
| June | 175 | 31 |
| July | 73 | 64 |
| August | 107 | 39 |
| September | 294 | 14 |
| October | 641 | 0 |
| November | 938 | 0 |
| December | 1,307 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,791 | 155 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00437612. 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.
Has South Lincoln been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 42.6°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 41.2°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43.3°F | +2.1°F | – | 90.5 |
| 2022 | 42.6°F | +1.4°F | – | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00437612. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does South Lincoln's climate compare?
South Lincoln is warmer than 2 of the other 28 places with their own NOAA record in Vermont, and wetter than 24. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 41.2°F is warmer than 8%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, South Lincoln 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 South Lincoln share this climate record?
2 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.
- Bristol, VT3,779 people · 7 mi NW
- Lincoln, VT1,379 people · 2 mi NW
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 South Lincoln's climate
What is the coldest month in South Lincoln?
January, with a normal high of 26°F and a normal low of 6°F. The warmest is July (76°F by day, 54°F at night).
Does it snow in South Lincoln?
Yes: 113 inches in a normal year, falling on 58 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (25.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in South Lincoln?
July, with 5.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is South Lincoln in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts South Lincoln in zone 5a in ZIP code 05766, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at South Lincoln's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in South Lincoln?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 21; in one year in ten it comes after June 6. Waiting until June 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Vermont climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Waitsfield, VT11 miles from this station, 43.3°F a year
- Salisbury (2 mi N), VT12 miles from this station, 45.9°F a year
- Cornwall, VT14 miles from this station, 45.0°F a year
- Vergennes, VT15 miles from this station, 46.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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