West Rutland weather by month
What a typical year looks like in West Rutland, Vermont: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at RUTLAND, 6 km from West Rutland; records cover 1916–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.3 in1023 mm
- Snow a year
- 75 in189 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 30
- Heating degree days
- 7,805
- Cooling degree days
- 312
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
West Rutland in January
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 8°−13°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 18 in46 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1950)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1435
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Rutland in February
Highs average 32°0° and lows 9°−13°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2018)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 1247
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Rutland in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 18°−8°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1998)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1094
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Rutland in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1990)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 664
- Cooling degree days
- 1
West Rutland in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 42°6°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1979)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 320
- Cooling degree days
- 12
West Rutland in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 52°11°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1919)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 100
- Cooling degree days
- 61
West Rutland in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 56°14°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1921)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 128
West Rutland in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 54°12°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1975)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 87
West Rutland in September
Highs average 71°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1929)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 223
- Cooling degree days
- 22
West Rutland in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 35°2°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1927)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 565
- Cooling degree days
- 1
West Rutland in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1950)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 867
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Rutland in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 18 in46 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2001)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0