Climate averages 1991–2020

Waterford weather
in July.

A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.8°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 17.9°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 78 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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July is a warm month in Waterford: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rochester Hills (22 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Waterford, with 83 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Waterford ranks joint 438th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 242nd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Waterford is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 78 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Waterford climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Waterford, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -1.0°C-8.5°C-8.5°C599.89.49 h
February 0.6°C-8.1°C-8.1°C528.110.511 h
March 6.2°C-3.3°C-3.3°C609.611.912 h
April 13.1°C2.9°C2.9°C9212.013.413 h
May 19.6°C9.6°C9.6°C9412.414.615 h
June 24.7°C15.3°C15.3°C9510.915.315 h
July, selected 26.8°C17.9°C17.9°C7811.215.015 h
August 25.7°C17.3°C17.3°C7810.413.914 h
September 22.0°C13.6°C13.6°C739.312.513 h
October 14.9°C7.4°C7.4°C7510.411.111 h
November 7.6°C1.1°C1.1°C669.29.810 h
December 1.7°C-4.2°C-4.2°C569.69.19 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Waterford

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Waterford) is explained once on the Waterford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.