Climate and average weather in Wilton

In Wilton, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: mid May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Wilton typically varies from 14°F to 80°F, and is rarely below -7°F or above 88°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Wilton for warm-weather activities is from mid May to early October.

Hottest
Jul
80°
Coldest
Jan
14°
Wettest
Oct
4.8 in
Driest
Feb
2.9 in
Rain / yr
48.3 in
130 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
348 ft
43.2°N
Clearest
Aug
57% cloud

Wilton is town in New York, United States.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Wilton weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Wilton, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 18 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 67°F. The hottest month of the year in Wilton is July, with an average high of 80°F and low of 62°F.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 3 to March 9, with daily high temperatures below 39°F. The coldest month of the year in Wilton is January, with an average low of 14°F and high of 29°F.

Days typically run about 17°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 19°F) in May.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan2914
Feb3215
Mar4224
Apr5537
May6747
Jun7556
Jul8062
Aug7860
Sep7153
Oct5842
Nov4631
Dec3522

How hot and cold Wilton really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 3°F (around January 23), with roughly 168 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F) 88 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan3029514
Feb3232615
Mar41421724
Apr55553237
May67674547
Jun75755656
Jul80806262
Aug78786060
Sep71715253
Oct58583842
Nov45462631
Dec35351422

Average hourly temperature in Wilton

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 80°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 14°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Wilton weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°3.49.67.79.20.0
Feb32° / 15°2.98.7710.20.0
Mar42° / 24°3.910.75.711.60.4
Apr55° / 37°4.311.81.913.13.4
May67° / 47°4.112.50.114.45.7
Jun75° / 56°4.713.1015.16.3
Jul80° / 62°4.311.9014.96.3
Aug78° / 60°4.010.4013.86.7
Sep71° / 53°4.09.5012.36.6
Oct58° / 42°4.810.70.510.84.2
Nov46° / 31°3.8102.39.51.1
Dec35° / 22°4.010.678.90.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Wilton gets about 48.3 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from around Mar 27 to Aug 11, peaking in June at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 29.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 4.8 in over about 11 wet days; February is the driest, with 2.9 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 3 · 43%Jan 29 · 28%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb319
Mar3511
Apr3912
May4013
Jun4313
Jul3912
Aug3310
Sep3210
Oct3511
Nov3310
Dec3411

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Wilton collects about 48.3 in of rain across 130 wet days — roughly 4.0 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 4.8 in, while February is the driest at just 2.9 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.42.93.94.34.14.74.34.04.04.83.84.0
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3.4108
Feb2.997
Mar3.9116
Apr4.3122
May4.1130
Jun4.7130
Jul4.3120
Aug4.0100
Sep4.0100
Oct4.8111
Nov3.8102
Dec4.0117

Snow in Wilton

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Wilton averages about 32 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 20 to May 2 — about 6.4 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 18 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 89 in of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 12
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan818
Feb720
Mar618
Apr25
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct10
Nov27
Dec720

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Wilton, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 17 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 52% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 14 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around February 4. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 66% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 12 · 54%Dec 21 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3862
Feb4060
Mar3763
Apr3763
May3763
Jun4258
Jul5248
Aug5248
Sep5050
Oct4357
Nov4060
Dec3466

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:304:38
Feb10.27:025:17
Mar11.66:165:54
Apr13.15:206:31
May14.44:377:05
Jun15.14:207:31
Jul14.94:347:28
Aug13.85:066:53
Sep12.35:415:58
Oct10.86:165:04
Nov9.56:564:24
Dec8.97:274:16

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Wilton averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.7 months, from around Jul 2 to Oct 23. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 6 sunny days — about 37% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 3010 daysDec 16 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb7Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep10Mixed
Oct9Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Wilton, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around May 30 to September 23. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 56% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to May 29, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 4 · 100%Jul 23 · 39%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr982000
May8410510
Jun452419101
Jul172630225
Aug242727202
Sep58211470
Oct935200
Nov991000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Wilton is typically calm, near 6 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.1 months, from around Oct 10 to May 12. The windiest month is March, averaging about 7 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 13 to Oct 9, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 8 · 7 mphAug 7 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar7calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Wilton

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Wilton throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Wilton is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Wilton for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to early October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 30 · 7.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.5poor
Apr3.4poor
May5.6good
Jun6.2good
Jul6.3good
Aug6.7good
Sep6.6good
Oct4.2fair
Nov1.2poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Wilton for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 23 · 6.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Wilton, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 80°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 29°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Wilton sees daytime highs around 80°F and nights near 62°F. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Wilton by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Wilton peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highVery highModerateLowJul 13UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Wilton

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar3.50
Apr5.50
May7.53.5
Jun7.53.5
Jul84.5
Aug5.50
Sep5.50
Oct10
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Wilton typically lasts about 225 days, from around April 3 to November 13 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 28 to October 15.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1810%Apr 350%Apr 2890%Oct 1590%Nov 1350%Jan 1010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan931
Feb928
Mar2531
Apr7325
May980
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct8817
Nov4930
Dec1731

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Wilton banks about 2,320 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,0002,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May218
Jun474
Jul640
Aug591
Sep348
Oct43
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Wilton receives about 3.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.4 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 20. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.5 kWh/m² — roughly 75% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.1 kWhDec 151.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.8Dim
Feb2.8Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr4.8Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.9Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep4.0Bright
Oct2.7Moderate
Nov1.8Dim
Dec1.4Dim

Where is Wilton?

Wilton sits at 43.2°N, 73.7°W, 348 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Saratoga Springs, 6.8 mi away.

Topography around Wilton

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Wilton.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Wilton has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 863 ft around an average of 509 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,926 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,970 ft.

The land around Wilton is covered by trees (82%) within 2 miles, trees (78%) within 10 miles, and trees (86%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
863 ft
10 miles
1,926 ft
50 miles
3,970 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Saratoga Springs 6.8 mi · Queensbury 15 mi · Clifton Park 22 mi · Glenville 23 mi · Schenectady 27 mi · Amsterdam 28 mi · Cohoes 28 mi · Rotterdam 29 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Wilton (43.1801°, -73.7443°, elevation 348 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).