Goshen climate — normals and trends
Goshen (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 978 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Goshen averages 119 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Goshen has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -30.9 °C (on 19 January 1994).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 41.58°, -85.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
978mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
119 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.9 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-30.9 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
82 mm
23 October 1951
Windiest day
53.9 km/h
16 February 1967
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-37.3 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
3 March 2023
Sunniest day
14.8 h
18 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 40 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 35 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 100 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 89 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 117 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 113 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 175 mm | +84 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 68 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 33 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 52 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 8.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 66 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 66 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Goshen?
Goshen has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 978 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Goshen?
The hottest day measured in Goshen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Goshen?
The coldest day measured in Goshen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -30.9 °C.
Does it snow in Goshen?
Yes. Goshen gets on average 78.5 cm of snow per year and has around 119 frost days.
Has the climate of Goshen warmed?
Yes: Goshen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Goshen?
The wettest day measured in Goshen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1951, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Goshen?
The windiest day measured in Goshen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1967, with winds reaching 53.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Goshen?
The warmest month in Goshen is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Goshen?
Goshen receives on average 978 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Goshen?
Goshen gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Goshen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Goshen between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2023, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Goshen?
Yes: Goshen has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Goshen?
In Goshen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -37.3 °C on 19 January 1994.
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