Burlington's normal daily mean temperature is 45°F (7°C), ranging from 16°F (–9°C) in January to 71°F (22°C) in July. Winters are generally colder and summer nights cooler in the higher elevations of the Green Mountains. The record high temperature for the state is 105°F (41°C), registered at Vernon on 4 July 1911; the record low, –50°F (–46°C), at Bloomfield, 30 December 1933. Burlington's average annual precipitation (1971–2000) of 36 in (91 cm) was less than the statewide average of 40 in (102 cm). Annual snowfall in Burlington is 79 in (200 cm); elsewhere in the state snowfall ranges from 55 to 65 in (140–165 cm) in the lower regions, and from 100 to 125 in (254–318 cm) in the mountain areas.