Wallingford climate — normals and trends
Wallingford (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 1,125 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wallingford averages 99 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Wallingford has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 18 July 2012) and the coldest -27.1 °C (on 22 January 1984).
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
WallingfordConnecticut
- coords
- 41.46°, -72.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,125mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.2 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
40.0 °C
18 July 2012
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
22 January 1984
Wettest day
143 mm
14 September 1944
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
25 November 1950
Strongest gust
142.2 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
26 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
22 January 1984
Snowiest day
31.9 cm
16 February 1958
Sunniest day
14.5 h
10 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 41 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 80 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 115 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 91 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 203 mm | +109 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 54 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 107 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 47 mm | -57 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 70 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 17.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 110 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 55 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | -1.5 °C | 77 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wallingford?
Wallingford has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 1,125 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wallingford?
The hottest day measured in Wallingford between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2012, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wallingford?
The coldest day measured in Wallingford between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Wallingford?
Yes. Wallingford gets on average 81.2 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Wallingford warmed?
Yes: Wallingford warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wallingford?
The wettest day measured in Wallingford between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1944, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wallingford?
The windiest day measured in Wallingford between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wallingford?
The warmest month in Wallingford is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Wallingford?
Wallingford receives on average 1,125 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wallingford?
Wallingford gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wallingford?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wallingford between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1958, with 31.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wallingford?
Yes: Wallingford has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wallingford?
In Wallingford, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 26 August 1948, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 22 January 1984.
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