Middletown climate — normals and trends
Middletown (United States) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 1,265 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 August (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Middletown averages 63 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Middletown has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 72 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.6 °C (on 2 August 1975) and the coldest -20.2 °C (on 14 February 2016).
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
MiddletownRhode Island
- coords
- 41.55°, -71.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,265mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
27.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
41.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
30.6 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest day
-20.2 °C
14 February 2016
Wettest day
120 mm
3 September 1972
Windiest day
93.5 km/h
31 August 1954
Strongest gust
140.4 km/h
31 August 1954
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-29.1 °C
14 February 2016
Snowiest day
38.4 cm
4 February 1961
Sunniest day
14.7 h
12 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 57 mm | -58 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 101 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 7.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 122 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 10.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 124 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 156 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 20.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 53 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 74 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 66 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 20.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 139 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 73 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 99 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Middletown?
Middletown has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 1,265 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Middletown?
The hottest day measured in Middletown between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, reaching 30.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Middletown?
The coldest day measured in Middletown between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2016, at -20.2 °C.
Does it snow in Middletown?
Yes. Middletown gets on average 65.2 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Middletown warmed?
Yes: Middletown warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Middletown?
The wettest day measured in Middletown between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1972, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Middletown?
The windiest day measured in Middletown between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1954, with winds reaching 93.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Middletown?
The warmest month in Middletown is August (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Middletown?
Middletown receives on average 1,265 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Middletown?
Middletown gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Middletown?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Middletown between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1961, with 38.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Middletown?
Yes: Middletown has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Middletown?
In Middletown, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 2 August 1975, and the lowest was -29.1 °C on 14 February 2016.
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