Watertown Town, MA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from JAMAICA PLAIN, MA US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Watertown Town has an annual average temperature of 51.2°F with about 49.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.4°F). December is typically the wettest month (5.08 in) and July the driest (3.49 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
46.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,580
Cooling need
624

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

91 of 366 (24.9%) of Watertown Town'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.

1960s
61
1970s
65
1980s
38
1990s
54
2000s
38
2010s
58
2020s
52

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 37.0°F 19.4°F 28.2°F 3.87 in
February 39.6°F 21.0°F 30.3°F 3.59 in
March 46.6°F 28.4°F 37.5°F 4.49 in
April 58.8°F 38.1°F 48.5°F 4.32 in
May 69.4°F 48.2°F 58.8°F 3.64 in
June 78.8°F 57.9°F 68.4°F 4.18 in
July 84.7°F 64.0°F 74.4°F 3.49 in
August 83.1°F 62.5°F 72.8°F 3.72 in
September 75.5°F 54.9°F 65.2°F 3.96 in
October 63.7°F 43.0°F 53.3°F 5.03 in
November 52.6°F 34.2°F 43.4°F 3.99 in
December 42.4°F 25.7°F 34.0°F 5.08 in

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