September
September · May · June
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Hunnewell: typically 25.9°C by day, 12.3°C at night, with 98 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · May · June
July · August · June
October · April · September
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 77 — days reach only 2°C, 22° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | -8.4°C | 44 mm | 5.1 | 9 h 39 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 4.7°C | -6.6°C | 50 mm | 5.5 | 10 h 38 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 11.7°C | -0.7°C | 73 mm | 8 | 11 h 49 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.1°C | 4.9°C | 107 mm | 9.1 | 13 h 11 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.1°C | 11.2°C | 140 mm | 10.1 | 14 h 20 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| June | 28.3°C | 16.6°C | 127 mm | 8.2 | 14 h 57 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| July | 30.3°C | 18.6°C | 116 mm | 7.6 | 14 h 43 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| August | 29.5°C | 17.1°C | 110 mm | 7.2 | 13 h 44 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| September | 25.9°C | 12.3°C | 98 mm | 6.7 | 12 h 24 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| October | 19.3°C | 6°C | 83 mm | 6.6 | 11 h 05 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| November | 11.1°C | -0.6°C | 69 mm | 6.5 | 9 h 56 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| December | 4.6°C | -5.4°C | 50 mm | 5.3 | 9 h 23 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C24 Jan 1950 | -34.4°C16 Jan 1977 | 76 mm24 Jan 1938 | 152 mm1965 · driest 0 mm in 1984 | 88 |
| February | 26.7°C29 Feb 1972 | -31.1°C6 Feb 1982 | 49 mm6 Feb 2008 | 141 mm2001 · driest 4 mm in 1947 | 86 |
| March | 32.2°C22 Mar 2026 | -28.9°C5 Mar 1960 | 68 mm15 Mar 1990 | 228 mm1973 · driest 8 mm in 1956 | 86 |
| April | 34.4°C20 Apr 1987 | -12.2°C3 Apr 1936 | 129 mm21 Apr 1973 | 239 mm1973 · driest 13 mm in 2018 | 87 |
| May | 34.4°C8 May 2023 | -2.2°C3 May 1971 | 154 mm7 May 1996 | 357 mm1996 · driest 10 mm in 1992 | 84 |
| June | 40.0°C25 Jun 1988 | 2.8°C1 Jun 1983 | 112 mm15 Jun 2017 | 343 mm2015 · driest 6 mm in 1992 | 84 |
| July | 44.4°C14 Jul 1954 | 5.0°C6 Jul 1972 | 137 mm20 Jul 2010 | 417 mm1958 · driest 2 mm in 1975 | 84 |
| August | 40.0°C30 Aug 1984 | 1.7°C29 Aug 1986 | 128 mm5 Aug 1959 | 303 mm2004 · driest 8 mm in 1984 | 81 |
| September | 40.0°C8 Sep 1947 | -5.0°C23 Sep 1983 | 125 mm14 Sep 1961 | 329 mm1993 · driest 2 mm in 1956 | 81 |
| October | 35.0°C4 Oct 2006 | -11.1°C29 Oct 1952 | 121 mm13 Oct 1969 | 304 mm1969 · driest 5 mm in 1964 | 83 |
| November | 27.8°C1 Nov 1968 | -23.3°C30 Nov 1964 | 70 mm30 Nov 2006 | 234 mm1985 · driest 6 mm in 1955 | 87 |
| December | 23.3°C4 Dec 2012 | -31.1°C22 Dec 1989 | 76 mm14 Dec 2015 | 170 mm2015 · driest 5 mm in 1950 | 88 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| April | 5 | <1 | 6 | 4 | <1 |
| May | 13 | 2 | <1 | 5 | 0 |
| June | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 29 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 18 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 82); on 2011–2025 it is September (81). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 15% | 4% | 10% | -1.2–6.4°C |
| February | 2% | 17% | 5% | 13% | 0.5–9.7°C |
| March | 13% | 24% | 8% | 24% | 8.1–15.4°C |
| April | 34% | 28% | 11% | 33% | 15.9–21.4°C |
| May | 56% | 30% | 13% | 36% | 21.3–26.5°C |
| June | 71% | 27% | 13% | 29% | 26.8–31.1°C |
| July | 78% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 29.1–33.0°C |
| August | 79% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 28.2–32.5°C |
| September | 74% | 21% | 10% | 20% | 24.1–28.8°C |
| October | 48% | 19% | 8% | 19% | 17.7–22.8°C |
| November | 12% | 19% | 7% | 15% | 8.0–15.1°C |
| December | <1% | 16% | 6% | 11% | 1.2–8.1°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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