Massachusetts

Sharon, Massachusetts Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Walpole 2, 6.9 km from Sharon

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 83°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 20°F. A normal year brings 49.6 in of precipitation and 56.1 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Norwood Memorial (OWD), since 1998. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sharon through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
71°F
Normal low
51°F
Record high
89°Fin 2017
Record low
32°Fin 1998
Chance of a wet day
32%
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°F20°F75°F (2020)-16°F (2005)3.94 in11.815.1 in27.21,1390
February40°F21°F74°F (2018)-21°F (2015)3.36 in10.114.1 in24.69700
March47°F28°F84°F (2012)-11°F (2015)4.77 in11.811.6 in21.68481
April59°F38°F95°F (2002)14°F (2016)4.43 in12.32.5 in8.94994
May70°F48°F96°F (2017)23°F (2001)3.59 in12.40.0 in0.622330
June78°F57°F102°F (2025)34°F (2009)4.25 in11.10.0 in0.049126
July83°F63°F101°F (2010)43°F (2007)3.58 in10.40.0 in0.04263
August82°F62°F99°F (2022)39°F (2007)3.95 in9.60.0 in0.09218
September74°F54°F96°F (2015)27°F (2000)3.71 in9.10.0 in0.210078
October63°F43°F88°F (2007)16°F (2001)4.97 in11.00.3 in4.43907
November51°F34°F83°F (2024)6°F (2000)4.08 in10.51.7 in15.46750
December42°F25°F77°F (1998)-7°F (2017)4.96 in11.510.8 in24.59760
Year60°F41°F49.59 in13256.1 in1275,884727

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.

49.6 in in a normal year, most in October.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Sharon, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Walpole 2.

56.1 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Walpole 2. 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 27 and the first fall freeze around October 14, a growing season of about 169 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 9, first October 3
Median at 32°F
last April 27, first October 14
Median at 28°F
last April 13, first October 26

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is July, when 37 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January23°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February24°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March30°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April39°F80%98%2%0%0%0%0%
May49°F78%79%15%5%1%0%0%
June58°F78%32%28%24%15%1%0%
July63°F74%11%20%32%28%9%0%
August61°F73%17%25%30%22%6%0%
September55°F75%47%22%20%10%1%0%
October46°F78%83%12%5%1%0%0%
November37°F81%97%3%1%0%0%0%
December29°F85%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 7.2 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 15 h 16 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 06 min.

Hours of daylight at Sharon 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 Norfolk 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 Norfolk County: 73.3°F (+2.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 8th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Norfolk County: 2.16 in (-1.63 in against 1991-2020), the 29th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Norfolk County: 52.0°F (+0.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 19th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Norfolk County: 25.02 in (-6.75 in against 1991-2020), the 21st driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
75.9°F in 2022
Coolest August
62.4°F in 1903
Wettest August
16.14 in in 1955
Driest August
0.94 in in 2007

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Norfolk 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 Sharon 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 1998. 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 USC00198757 (Walpole 2), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00054704, 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.