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What's the weather usually like?

Enter a US ZIP or city and pick a month to see the typical high, low, rainfall, and snowfall — plus the best time to visit. Averages from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals, not a forecast.

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Average High

Typical daytime high

Average Low

Typical overnight low

Avg Precipitation

Rain + melted snow, for the month

Avg Snowfall

Typical monthly snow

Best time to visit

Month-by-month averages

MonthAvg HighAvg LowPrecipSnow

Values are 1991–2020 monthly normals from the nearest NOAA station. Tap a month above or use the dropdown to focus it.

Need every ZIP, in bulk?

Building a travel site, a relocation tool, or a climate feature? Get the US Typical Weather by ZIP Dataset: average high, low, mean, precipitation and snow for all 12 months across 40,306 US ZIP codes. 483,672 rows of CSV, the same data as JSON, and the 6,450-station table. Sourced from the NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, with the station distance and a confidence field on every row.

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Typical weather — quick answers

What does "typical weather" actually mean?

It's the 30-year average (1991–2020) for a place and month, published by NOAA as "Climate Normals." It tells you what's usual — the temperatures and rainfall you'd expect in an average year — not a forecast for any specific date.

How reliable is this for a wedding, trip, or move?

Very useful as a baseline: it's built from decades of real observations. But any single year can run warmer, cooler, wetter, or drier than the average — roughly half of years fall outside it. Use it to plan (what to pack, when the dry season is), not as a day-of forecast.

Why is the nearest station some miles away?

NOAA publishes normals at official weather stations. We match your ZIP to the closest one and show the distance plus a confidence label. In flat areas even 20+ miles is fine; in the mountains, elevation between you and the station can shift the numbers, so we flag that honestly.

Is precipitation just rain?

Precipitation is the total liquid water for the month — rain plus the melted water content of any snow. Snowfall is shown separately as inches of actual snow.

Where this data comes from

All public-domain U.S. government data: