Gloucester, MA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BEVERLY, MA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Gloucester has an annual average temperature of 48.3°F with about 48 inches of precipitation per year and 51.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.8°F). October is typically the wettest month (4.99 in) and August the driest (3.36 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Gloucester
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All-time records →129 of 366 (35.2%) of Gloucester's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1990s | 39 | |
| 2000s | 139 | |
| 2010s | 114 | |
| 2020s | 74 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36.6°F | 17.8°F | 27.2°F | 3.74 in | 16.0 in | 11 |
| February | 38.6°F | 18.0°F | 28.3°F | 3.61 in | 16.4 in | 10 |
| March | 45.4°F | 25.2°F | 35.3°F | 4.64 in | 7.6 in | 11 |
| April | 56.6°F | 33.5°F | 45.1°F | 4.20 in | 1.4 in | 12 |
| May | 66.2°F | 43.7°F | 54.9°F | 3.47 in | — | 12 |
| June | 74.7°F | 53.8°F | 64.2°F | 3.99 in | — | 12 |
| July | 80.1°F | 59.9°F | 70.0°F | 3.43 in | — | 10 |
| August | 78.9°F | 58.4°F | 68.6°F | 3.36 in | — | 9 |
| September | 71.8°F | 51.3°F | 61.5°F | 3.82 in | — | 9 |
| October | 60.8°F | 40.3°F | 50.5°F | 4.99 in | 0.3 in | 11 |
| November | 51.3°F | 31.4°F | 41.4°F | 3.98 in | 0.9 in | 11 |
| December | 42.1°F | 23.7°F | 32.9°F | 4.79 in | 8.8 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Gloucester
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