Walton, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Walton's primary NOAA station, WALTON 2.
The climate verdict for Walton
Water is the standout signal in Walton, New York: 49.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 45°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.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 133 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Walton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00308932 · Walton, NY 45°F mean · 49.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Meeker
- PRCP-MID 49.1"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,565 HDD
- STN-1 USC00308932
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Meeker, 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 NY station list.
- Walton (this station) 45°F
- Hot Little Valley, NY 45°F
- Near Meeker, CO 45°F
- Near Wellsville, NY 45°F
- Near Townsend, MT 45°F
Climate Living Index · Walton
Walton: 28/100 · grade F
Walton publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Walton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 49.1 in · 14.1 from 35 in | 50/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 174 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.8°F · 22.7° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 133 days/year | 14/100 · F |
Walton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Walton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 21.4°F and warmest-month mean 66.6°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
- 66.6°F
- Coldest month
- 21.4°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 Walton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Walton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Walton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 21% wettest
- Walton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 60th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Walton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Walton'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 | 32°F (0°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 3.5" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.6" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 3.5" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.2" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.2" | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 5.0" | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.6" | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.7" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.7" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.6" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 174 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 18, then returns to freezing around October 28, 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 January 2, when 57% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 2 at 40%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 172 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Walton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
17.1 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
15.7 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
16.5 days with precipitation
Walton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Walton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.2" and February 2.6". 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 Walton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 170 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 49.1" between them, or roughly 0.29 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
133 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,565
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
246
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to Walton 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 (45°F here).
- Estherville, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamilton, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Harrison, NE 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Koosharem, UT 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Clintwood, VA 49.2" · 0.0" off
- Boonton, NJ 49.2" · 0.0" off
- Lenox Dale, MA 49.1" · 0.0" off
- Norfolk, VA 49.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Walton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Walton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,565 annual heating degree days against 246 for cooling. Its 45.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 133 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 Walton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.2°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Walton carries 49.1 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 Walton'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 Walton, 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 Walton's primary station: WALTON 2 (USC00308932). 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 3678036). Match rule for Walton: 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 Walton 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.