Climate Data for Shepaug Dam

County:

Litchfield

Latitude:

41°43’ N

Longitude:

73°18’ W

Elevation:

839 ft

Month

Parameters

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Temperature (°F)

Mean

23.5

25.9

34.7

45.5

56.9

64.6

69.5

68.1

60.4

50.1

40.6

29.2

Mean maximum

33.4

36.1

45.1

56.9

68.4

75.3

79.9

78.4

70.6

60.8

49.9

38.1

Mean minimum

13.6

15.6

24.3

34.1

45.3

53.8

59.1

57.7

50.2

39.4

31.3

20.3

Extreme maximum

62

70

85

91

90

92

95

95

92

85

79

68

Extreme minimum

-24

-20

-10

8

25

33

42

37

30

20

5

-17

Days

Maximum > 90 °F

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

Maximum < 32 °F

14

10

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Minimum < 32 °F

29

25

25

13

1

0

0

0

0

7

17

27

Minimum < 0 °F

5

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Degree days (base 65 °F)

Heating

1,280

1,098

932

580

262

79

16

30

168

457

723

1,103

Cooling

0

0

0

1

15

71

161

126

34

2

0

0

Precipitation (in)

Mean

3.83

3.15

4.41

4.22

4.48

4.04

4.66

4.45

4.61

4.22

4.21

3.86

Mean snowfall

14.7

11.0

9.3

3.1

trace

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

2.6

8.9

Days

Precipitation³0.1 in

7

7

8

8

9

8

8

6

7

6

7

7

Precipitation³1.0 in

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Snow depth ³1.0 in

na

na

na

na

0

0

0

0

0

0

na

na

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*Data Source: Weather America, 2001by Grey House Publishing

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