United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Middleton.

September leads for comfortable weather in Middleton: typically 24.5°C by day, 12.3°C at night, with 97 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember
Typical high24.5°C
Typical low12.3°C
Rain in September97 mm
Comfort

September

September · June · August

81climate match
Beach

July

July · August · June

72climate match
Outdoors

May

May · September · October

76climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 81days reach only 3.6°C, 20° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
53.6° / -7.4°
Feb
55.1° / -6.8°
Mar
58.7° / -2.7°
Apr
3315.2° / 3°
May
6521.2° / 8.7°
Jun
7526° / 13.9°
Jul
6529° / 17.2°
Aug
7228.3° / 16.4°
Sep
8124.5° / 12.3°
Oct
4718.3° / 6°
Nov
2012° / 0.9°
Dec
56.3° / -4°
Monthly climate evidence for Middleton — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 27 km away
MonthDayNightRainWet daysSeaDaylightComfortCoverage
January3.6°C-7.4°C89 mm8.14.9°C9 h 225Strong coverage
February5.1°C-6.8°C83 mm7.63.3°C10 h 295Strong coverage
March8.7°C-2.7°C115 mm8.43.5°C11 h 485Strong coverage
April15.2°C3°C110 mm9.75.8°C13 h 1933Strong coverage
May21.2°C8.7°C95 mm1010.1°C14 h 3565Strong coverage
June26°C13.9°C108 mm9.514.7°C15 h 1775Strong coverage
July29°C17.2°C100 mm8.718.2°C15 h 0165Strong coverage
August28.3°C16.4°C84 mm7.618.8°C13 h 5472Strong coverage
September24.5°C12.3°C97 mm7.717.0°C12 h 2681Strong coverage
October18.3°C6°C122 mm913.5°C10 h 5847Strong coverage
November12°C0.9°C101 mm9.310.2°C9 h 4220Strong coverage
December6.3°C-4°C123 mm97.5°C9 h 045Strong coverage

What has changed

Middleton runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan
+0.9
Feb
+1.1
Mar
+0.5
Apr
+0.8
May
+1.0
Jun
+0.4
Jul
+1.5
Aug
+1.1
Sep
+1.2
Oct
+0.5
Nov
+0.4
Dec
+1.3
September daytime highs, 20112025. Last recorded: 24.2°C.
Records at MIDDLETON, 1935–2026
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January20.6°C6 Jan 2007-30.0°C22 Jan 198475 mm25 Jan 1979282 mm1979 · driest 12 mm in 198091
February25.6°C21 Feb 2018-26.7°C16 Feb 194370 mm7 Feb 1978189 mm1981 · driest 8 mm in 198791
March30.0°C31 Mar 1998-21.1°C19 Mar 1967123 mm14 Mar 2010488 mm2010 · driest 18 mm in 199092
April33.9°C17 Apr 2002-13.3°C7 Apr 1982105 mm5 Apr 1987311 mm2004 · driest 16 mm in 199991
May36.1°C28 May 2007-2.8°C13 May 1994164 mm14 May 2006438 mm2006 · driest 14 mm in 194492
June40.6°C28 Jun 19911.7°C6 Jun 1964119 mm13 Jun 1998315 mm1982 · driest 5 mm in 199991
July38.3°C4 Jul 20185.6°C4 Jul 196299 mm30 Jul 1976321 mm2021 · driest 9 mm in 193992
August38.9°C3 Aug 19750.6°C31 Aug 1965110 mm20 Aug 1955265 mm1955 · driest 22 mm in 194891
September35.6°C8 Sep 2015-2.8°C22 Sep 1962148 mm12 Sep 1954277 mm1954 · driest 5 mm in 194891
October31.1°C7 Oct 1963-9.4°C31 Oct 2020220 mm6 Oct 1962357 mm1996 · driest 10 mm in 194791
November26.7°C5 Nov 1994-19.4°C24 Nov 198983 mm14 Nov 2009297 mm1983 · driest 17 mm in 197691
December23.3°C6 Dec 2001-26.7°C31 Dec 196387 mm19 Dec 1986243 mm1969 · driest 16 mm in 198290
Typical days per month at MIDDLETON, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January002835
February<102535
March<102243
April2<194<1
May82<130
June187030
July2713030
August2610030
September143<130
October3043<1
November<10153<1
December002553

The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 85); on 2011–2025 it is September (86). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.

How often, not how much — every day in MIDDLETON’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%27%10%30%-0.2–5.8°C
February<1%27%11%30%1.5–7.2°C
March2%27%11%30%5.8–10.3°C
April13%31%11%37%12.1–16.8°C
May42%31%9%36%18.2–22.7°C
June67%29%9%35%22.9–27.1°C
July74%26%9%29%26.1–30.1°C
August75%25%9%25%24.9–29.1°C
September62%24%9%25%21.2–25.5°C
October27%25%10%26%15.7–20.1°C
November5%29%11%31%9.1–13.9°C
December<1%27%12%31%2.5–8.1°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1936Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 87-year average. Warmest: 2012. Coolest: 1962.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 4943926
NOAA station
USC00194744 · MIDDLETON
Station distance
0.3 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
29 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 42.60°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature
NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 27 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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