PlainClimate

PlainClimate tool

Find locations that fit your climate limits

Set a January average low, July average high, and annual rain and snow limit. The finder checks named station-mapped records from NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals. Results include municipalities and other named station locations; this is not a municipal directory, forecast, or relocation recommendation.

Only complete records can qualify. Tighten any limit to make the result set smaller.

Try a starting point

Temperate, little snow Jan low ≥30°F · July high ≤90°F · snow ≤12" · precipitation ≤65" Cool summer Jan low ≥0°F · July high ≤80°F · snow ≤80" · precipitation ≤80" Warm, nearly snow-free Jan low ≥40°F · July high ≤98°F · snow ≤2" · precipitation ≤70"

How the finder works

PlainClimate joins each named location to its January, July, and annual normal record. All four selected limits are hard filters. Rows with a missing value are left out. Qualifying records use the display order you select. The optional Comfort Score order is derived by PlainClimate; the score does not determine whether a record qualifies.

The source is NOAA NCEI's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. These are 30-year averages, not current conditions or future projections.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Climate Location Finder measure? ▼

It filters named station-mapped location records using four NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals: January average low temperature, July average high temperature, annual snowfall, and annual precipitation. It does not use a weather forecast or predict future conditions.

Why are some places missing from the results? ▼

A location record is excluded when any selected measurement is missing or falls outside a limit. PlainClimate does not estimate a missing value to make a record qualify.

How are matching locations ordered? ▼

You choose the display order. The default is state and location name; other choices use one displayed climate measurement or the PlainClimate Comfort Score. The Comfort Score is a derived comparison aid, not an official NOAA ranking.

Is every result an incorporated city? ▼

No. NOAA normals are station-based, and the source labels include municipalities as well as named stations, airports, campuses, refuges, and other places. PlainClimate maps each station-derived record to a named location page without asserting municipal status.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.

Open data: plainclimate-city-normals.csv (NOAA 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals · public domain).

The finder applies the four displayed limits to complete January, July, and annual-normal records; source labels are station-mapped named locations, and missing values are not estimated. 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.