Backbone Horse Campground

Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forests, Vermont

Nights by month

Night lows from 2016 to 2025: a typical night, and the cold one that comes 1 night in 10.

The mildest nights are in July, typically 61°F. The coldest are in February, when 1 night in 10 drops to 4°F. Frost is common in January, February, March, April, November and December.

Typical nightCold night (1 in 10)
  1. Jan19°F 3°FBag comfortable to 5°F · frost 95% · rain or snow 41% of days
  2. Feb19°F 4°FBag comfortable to 5°F · frost 94% · rain or snow 43% of days
  3. Mar25°F 12°FBag comfortable to 10°F · frost 79% · rain or snow 43% of days
  4. Apr33°F 25°FBag comfortable to 25°F · frost 45% · rain or snow 50% of days
  5. May45°F 35°FBag comfortable to 35°F · frost 5% · rain or snow 46% of days
  6. Jun54°F 47°FBag comfortable to 45°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 48% of days
  7. Jul61°F 55°FBag comfortable to 55°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 47% of days
  8. Aug60°F 53°FBag comfortable to 55°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 43% of days
  9. Sep (this month)53°F 46°FBag comfortable to 45°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 35% of days
  10. Oct43°F 35°FBag comfortable to 35°F · frost 5% · rain or snow 43% of days
  11. Nov31°F 23°FBag comfortable to 25°F · frost 61% · rain or snow 41% of days
  12. Dec24°F 10°FBag comfortable to 10°F · frost 86% · rain or snow 45% of days

| = 32°F

History: ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo, corrected to the site's elevation. Bag rating: the comfort rating that keeps you warm in a tent on 9 of 10 nights that month.

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