Topsfield, ME Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Topsfield's primary NOAA station, TOPSFIELD 2.
The climate verdict for Topsfield
Water is the standout signal in Topsfield, Maine: 52.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 43°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.1"
- annual precipitation · 115" snow
- 155 days
- frost-free growing season
Topsfield: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00178792 · Topsfield, ME 43°F mean · 52.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington
- PRCP-WET 52.1"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,298 HDD
- STN-1 USC00178792
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Farmington, ME ( -0.1 °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 ME station list.
- Topsfield (this station) 43°F
- Cold Farmington, ME 43°F
- Hot Gaylord, MI 43°F
- Near Fife Lake, MI 43°F
- Near Denton, MT 43°F
Topsfield sits in Maine, the #4 coldest U.S. state at 43.1°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Topsfield
Topsfield: 23/100 · grade F
Topsfield publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Topsfield, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 52.1 in · 17.1 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 170 calendar days | 32/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 155 days/year | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.9°F · 24.6° from 67.5°F | 12/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 114.7 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Topsfield · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Topsfield is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 15.6°F and warmest-month mean 67.6°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
- 67.6°F
- Coldest month
- 15.6°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 Topsfield sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Topsfield's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 88%
- Among 6,861 stations, Topsfield sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Topsfield's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Topsfield is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Topsfield compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Topsfield's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 25°F (-4°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 4.1" | 23.6" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 3.6" | 27.4" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 37°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 4.5" | 19.6" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.2" | 9.6" | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.2" | 0.8" | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| September | 69°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.4" | 1.0" | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 5.3" | 8.4" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (0°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 5.2" | 24.3" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 170 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 170 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 17, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 1 at 33%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 150 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 16 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 Topsfield.
Where Topsfield Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Topsfield 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 and snowfall
Snow: 23.6"
11.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 27.4"
11.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.6"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
13.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
14.5 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
12.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.4"
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 24.3"
14.1 days with precipitation
Topsfield spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Topsfield has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 52°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.4" and August 3.4". 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.
How Topsfield's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 150 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 52.1" between them, or roughly 0.35 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 Topsfield
Topsfield averages 114.7 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 46 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: 114.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 46 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 22% 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 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
155 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,298
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
259
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ME closest to Topsfield 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 (43°F here).
- Columbia, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Denio, NV 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Fullerton, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Government Camp, OR 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Elkton, KY 52.1" · 0.0" off
- Coatesville, PA 52.1" · 0.0" off
- Commerce, GA 52.1" · 0.0" off
- Keiser, AR 52.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Topsfield
heating led · wet · mid swing
Topsfield's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,298 annual heating degree days against 259 for cooling. Its 52.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Topsfield'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. Topsfield coldest normal
January
Averaging 16°F (-9°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Topsfield typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Topsfield snow peak
February
Topsfield averages 114.7 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Topsfield's primary station: TOPSFIELD 2 (USC00178792). 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 Topsfield; 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 Topsfield 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.