Lowell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lowell, Vermont: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Johnson 2 N, 25 km from Lowell; records cover 2012–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.8 in1189 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 8,685
- Cooling degree days
- 183
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 86°30° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lowell in January
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 5°−15°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 60°16° (2020)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1570
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lowell in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 7°−14°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2018)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 1341
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lowell in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2022)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lowell in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2023)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 750
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lowell in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 42°5°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2022)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 389
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Lowell in June
Highs average 71°22° and lows 51°11°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2025)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 148
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Lowell in July
Highs average 76°24° and lows 56°13°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2013)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 51
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Lowell in August
Highs average 74°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2018)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 78
- Cooling degree days
- 48
Lowell in September
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2018)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 266
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Lowell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 36°2°, with 5.2 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2023)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 620
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lowell in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 26°−4°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2024)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 941
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lowell in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 14°−10°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2015)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1330
- Cooling degree days
- 0