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United States / Connecticut / New Haven-Milford Metro Area / New Haven County / Oxford / Zip Codes
Oxford, CT has a humid continental climate typical to the Northeastern United States. Summers are generally warm with occasional heat waves, while winters are typically cold and snowy. The temperature ranges from an average high of 84°F in July to an average low of 17°F in January. Precipitation is spread throughout the year with an annual total of about 40 inches of rain and snow combined. Oxford also experiences a fair amount of sunshine each year, with an annual average of around 200 days.

Oxford, Connecticut gets 52 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Oxford averages 46 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 206 sunny days per year in Oxford. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Oxford gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 126 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 52 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 46 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Oxford is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Connecticut.

9 Summer - 4.7 Winter
August, June and July are the most pleasant months in Oxford, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

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YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Oxford with an average high temperature of 83.6°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Connecticut. In Oxford, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Oxford are June, August and September.
In Oxford, there are 9.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Connecticut.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Oxford with an average of 16.0°. This is colder than most places in Connecticut.
In Oxford, there are 141.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Connecticut.
In Oxford, there are 4.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Connecticut.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Oxford but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.
October is the wettest month in Oxford with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.3 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 27% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 51.5 inches in Oxford means that it is wetter than most places in Connecticut.
May is the rainiest month in Oxford with 12.2 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 9.1 rainy days. There are 126.3 rainy days annually in Oxford, which is one of the rainiest places in Connecticut. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 46.3 inches in Oxford means that it is snowier than most places in Connecticut. January is the snowiest month in Oxford with 14.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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p · Oxford, CT
Read the overview and disagree
Over 10 years ago

The overview of Oxford seems odd to me as it lists, as part of the cons, areas of urban decay. Not sure how, where or what they were looking at. Oxford was once a  More

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P · Oxford, CT
Beautiful Town but the rents too damn high
Over 12 years ago

Oxford is a lovely town but offers little to no service and taxes it's residents out of their homes. Too bad because it wasn't always that way but the current political  More

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Lin · Oxford, CT
over 55 community
Over 17 years ago

Nice people. Lots of community  More

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