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Massachusetts Weather Records

8 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Massachusetts, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 107°F at Chester to -35°F at Chester.

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
107°FAugust 2, 1975Chester191430E2
107°FAugust 2, 1975New Bedford195246E2

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-35°FJanuary 12, 1981Chester191430E1
-35°FFebruary 15, 1943Coldbrook191589E1
-35°FJanuary 5, 1904Taunton198367E1

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
18.15 inchesAugust 18, 1955 to August 19, 1955Westfield199191E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
29 inchesApril 1, 1997Natick195175E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
62 inchesJanuary 13, 1996Great Barrington Airport193208E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.