Massachusetts

Newton Corner, Massachusetts Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Jamaica Plain, 8.7 km from Newton Corner

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 85°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 19°F. A normal year brings 49.4 in of precipitation and 45.7 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Hanscom Field/Bedford (BED), since 1949. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Newton Corner through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
72°F
Normal low
52°F
Record high
89°Fin 2017
Record low
29°Fin 1963
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January37°F19°F72°F (2020)-20°F (1957)3.87 in13.8 in27.71,1410
February40°F21°F75°F (2018)-15°F (2015)3.59 in8.9 in24.39720
March47°F28°F82°F (2012)-7°F (1967)4.49 in8.2 in20.38530
April59°F38°F93°F (2002)6°F (1964)4.32 in2.2 in6.85015
May69°F48°F96°F (2026)26°F (2001)3.64 in0.0 in0.222533
June79°F58°F99°F (1952)36°F (2002)4.18 in0.0 in0.046146
July85°F64°F102°F (2010)42°F (1965)3.49 in0.0 in0.04294
August83°F63°F101°F (1955)33°F (1965)3.72 in0.0 in0.06248
September76°F55°F101°F (1953)28°F (1950)3.96 in0.0 in0.08793
October64°F43°F88°F (1963)14°F (2020)5.03 in0.0 in3.13698
November53°F34°F84°F (1950)7°F (1967)3.99 in1.1 in14.16480
December42°F26°F76°F (1998)-15°F (1963)5.08 in11.5 in24.39590
Year61°F41°F49.36 in45.7 in1215,811827

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

49.4 in in a normal year, most in December.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Newton Corner, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Natick, 15 km away; Jamaica Plain keeps no snowfall normals.

45.7 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Jamaica Plain. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 19 and the first fall freeze around October 23, a growing season of about 185 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 2, first October 10
Median at 32°F
last April 19, first October 23
Median at 28°F
last April 5, first November 3

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Newton Corner.

The muggiest month is July, when 33 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January22°F88%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February23°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March29°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April38°F80%98%2%0%0%0%0%
May48°F79%81%13%5%1%0%0%
June58°F79%34%30%21%13%1%0%
July62°F74%11%22%34%26%7%0%
August60°F73%19%26%31%20%4%0%
September54°F75%52%23%18%8%0%0%
October44°F78%87%10%3%0%0%0%
November35°F82%98%2%0%0%0%0%
December28°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 51 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 69 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is February, averaging 7.6 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 15, with 15 h 17 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 21, with 9 h 04 min.

Hours of daylight at Newton Corner through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Middlesex County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Middlesex County: 72.6°F (+1.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 10th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Middlesex County: 2.66 in (-1.06 in against 1991-2020), the 52nd driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Middlesex County: 51.1°F (+0.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 20th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Middlesex County: 23.77 in (-6.61 in against 1991-2020), the 16th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
75.6°F in 2022
Coolest August
62.2°F in 1903
Wettest August
13.09 in in 1955
Driest August
1.11 in in 2007

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Middlesex County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-7.5-5-2.50+2.5+5+7.51900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Massachusetts climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Newton Corner in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1949. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00193890 (Jamaica Plain), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014702, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.