Pownal weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Pownal, Vermont: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at North Adams Harriman Airport, 9 km from Pownal; records cover 1987–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 42.3 in1074 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 6,930
- Cooling degree days
- 387
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Pownal in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2007)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1291
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pownal in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2018)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 1109
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pownal in March
Highs average 44°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1998)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 975
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pownal in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 34°1°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 596
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Pownal in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 44°7°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2022)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 288
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Pownal in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 53°12°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2008)
- Record low
- 33°1° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 80
- Cooling degree days
- 71
Pownal in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°14°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1988)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 149
Pownal in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1988)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 33
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Pownal in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 49°9°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Pownal in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 38°4°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2023)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 492
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Pownal in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2020)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 779
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pownal in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2006)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 1099
- Cooling degree days
- 0