Whitefield Mt Washington, NH 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 Whitefield Mt Washington's primary NOAA station, WHITEFIELD MT WASHINGTON AP.
The climate verdict for Whitefield Mt Washington
Whitefield Mt Washington, New Hampshire has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 43°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.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.0"
- annual precipitation
- 115 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Whitefield Mt Washington: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00054728 · Whitefield Mt Washington, NH 43°F mean · 37.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #686
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jefferson
- PRCP-MID 37.0"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,376 HDD
- STN-1 USW00054728
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Jefferson, NH (+ 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.
- Whitefield Mt W… (this station) 43°F
- Hot Barre Montpelier, VT 43°F
- Near Jefferson, NH 43°F
- Near Rudyard, MI 43°F
- Near Benton, NH 43°F
Climate Living Index · Whitefield Mt Washington
Whitefield Mt Washington: 30/100 · grade F
Whitefield Mt Washington publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Whitefield Mt Washington, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 37.0 in · 2.0 from 35 in | 92/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 183 calendar days | 23/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.5°F · 25.0° from 67.5°F | 11/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 115 days/year | 5/100 · F |
Whitefield Mt Washington · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Whitefield Mt Washington is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 16.1°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
- 16.1°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 Whitefield Mt Washington sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Whitefield Mt Washington's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 90%
- Among 6,861 stations, Whitefield Mt Washington sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 52nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Whitefield Mt Washington is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Whitefield Mt Washington compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Whitefield Mt Washington'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 | 27°F (-3°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 2.1" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 31°F (-1°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 1.4" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.1" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 2.9" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.8" | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.9" | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.5" | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.7" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.9" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (0°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.4" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 183 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 3°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 24, covering 183 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 July 15, when 57% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 30 at 35%. 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, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Whitefield Mt Washington.
Where Whitefield Mt Washington Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 183 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Whitefield Mt Washington 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
11.3 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
15.0 days with precipitation
16.7 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
16.6 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
15.4 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
Whitefield Mt Washington spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 16%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Whitefield Mt Washington has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.5" and February 1.4". The three wettest months together take 33% 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 Whitefield Mt Washington's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 171 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 37.0" between them, or roughly 0.22 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
September 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
115 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,376
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
230
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NH closest to Whitefield Mt Washington 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).
- Alder, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Alexandria, MN 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Copper Harbor, MI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Edgeley, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ankeny, IA 37.0" · 0.0" off
- Gatesville, TX 37.0" · 0.0" off
- Dallas, TX 37.0" · 0.0" off
- Watertown, NY 37.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Whitefield Mt Washington's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Whitefield Mt Washington's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,376 annual heating degree days against 230 for cooling. Its 50.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 115 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 Whitefield Mt Washington's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 50.5°F. The annual average is 43°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Whitefield Mt Washington's 37.0 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Whitefield Mt Washington'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 Whitefield Mt Washington, 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 Whitefield Mt Washington's primary station: WHITEFIELD MT WASHINGTON AP (USW00054728). 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 Whitefield Mt Washington; 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 Whitefield Mt Washington 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.