#T1Darien
22,583 peopleJanuary low·July high 85°·119 freezing nights a year
Darien, #1 on this list · Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Connecticut rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Connecticut
Darien (tied with 1 more) has the mildest winters of Connecticut’s 155 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 24° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 19°; none of the 155 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T124°
#T1Stamford
Fairfield County · 139,535 peopleJanuary low·July high 85°·119 freezing nights a year
#3Westport
28,301 peopleJanuary low·July high 84°·92 freezing nights a year
All 155 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 123 towns here).
155 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Connecticut town has the mildest winters?
Darien: January nights average a low of 24°. Stamford (24°) and Westport (24°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (155 in Connecticut): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Connecticut page.
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