Bennington experiences a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfa) with cold, snowy winters and warm to hot, humid summers. The town can experience snowfall as early as October and as late as April. Nor'easters often dump heavy snow and wind on the town during the winter, and accumulations of one foot of snow or greater are not uncommon when these storms move through the area. Abundant sunshine, along with heavy showers and thunderstorms are frequent during the summer months, although tornadoes are rare. An F2 tornado, however, did hit North Bennington on May 31, 1998 during an extremely rare tornado outbreak in the region.
The record high is 98 �F (37 �C), set twice in 1955 and 1975. The record low is ?25 �F (?32 �C), set twice in 1979 and 1994. Bennington averages 64.1" of snow annually
