May
May · September · June
United States · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Chatham: typically 24.4°C by day, 10°C at night, with 115 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · September · June
August · July · June
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 73 — days reach only 8.5°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -4.8°C.
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 | 8.5°C | -4.8°C | 104 mm | 8.3 | 9 h 54 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 10.6°C | -4°C | 71 mm | 7.3 | 10 h 47 | 13 | Strong coverage |
| March | 15.1°C | -0.6°C | 102 mm | 8.8 | 11 h 51 | 28 | Strong coverage |
| April | 20.8°C | 4.3°C | 98 mm | 9 | 13 h 05 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.4°C | 10°C | 115 mm | 9.6 | 14 h 07 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| June | 28.2°C | 15.1°C | 109 mm | 9.2 | 14 h 40 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| July | 30.2°C | 17.7°C | 107 mm | 9.3 | 14 h 27 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| August | 29.3°C | 16.9°C | 105 mm | 7.9 | 13 h 34 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| September | 26°C | 12.9°C | 127 mm | 7.8 | 12 h 22 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| October | 20.8°C | 5.6°C | 88 mm | 6.9 | 11 h 11 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| November | 15.2°C | -0.5°C | 90 mm | 7.1 | 10 h 09 | 32 | Strong coverage |
| December | 10.1°C | -3.2°C | 94 mm | 8.2 | 9 h 39 | 8 | 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 | 25.6°C31 Jan 2002 | -22.8°C21 Jan 1985 | 82 mm4 Jan 1992 | 244 mm1937 · driest 14 mm in 1981 | 102 |
| February | 27.8°C13 Feb 2017 | -21.7°C20 Feb 2015 | 100 mm7 Feb 2020 | 197 mm2020 · driest 0 mm in 1947 | 100 |
| March | 31.1°C17 Mar 1945 | -17.8°C15 Mar 1993 | 91 mm30 Mar 1975 | 289 mm1975 · driest 7 mm in 2006 | 103 |
| April | 34.4°C25 Apr 1925 | -8.3°C10 Apr 1985 | 120 mm16 Apr 1987 | 242 mm1987 · driest 18 mm in 1942 | 102 |
| May | 37.2°C31 May 1982 | -3.9°C4 May 1986 | 113 mm13 May 1971 | 272 mm1971 · driest 13 mm in 1997 | 104 |
| June | 39.4°C30 Jun 1945 | 0.6°C8 Jun 1977 | 95 mm22 Jun 1931 | 296 mm1995 · driest 21 mm in 1925 | 104 |
| July | 40.6°C21 Jul 1926 | 1.7°C7 Jul 1983 | 94 mm2 Jul 2021 | 229 mm1946 · driest 13 mm in 1983 | 104 |
| August | 40.6°C5 Aug 1930 | 3.3°C31 Aug 1976 | 164 mm31 Aug 1964 | 321 mm1942 · driest 7 mm in 2007 | 104 |
| September | 40.0°C7 Sep 1954 | -3.3°C25 Sep 1983 | 222 mm4 Sep 1996 | 483 mm1944 · driest 5 mm in 1933 | 104 |
| October | 37.2°C4 Oct 2019 | -7.2°C21 Oct 1992 | 152 mm3 Oct 1927 | 282 mm1990 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 104 |
| November | 30.0°C8 Nov 2024 | -12.2°C25 Nov 1956 | 91 mm27 Nov 2013 | 250 mm1985 · driest 8 mm in 2021 | 104 |
| December | 26.1°C8 Dec 1998 | -19.4°C25 Dec 1983 | 113 mm29 Dec 1958 | 191 mm1967 · driest 10 mm in 1965 | 102 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | <1 |
| March | 3 | <1 | 18 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 16 | 4 | <1 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 19 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 7 | <1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 77); on 2011–2025 it is September (80). 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 | 3% | 28% | 11% | 29% | 5.8–11.4°C |
| February | 6% | 29% | 10% | 34% | 7.4–13.5°C |
| March | 19% | 30% | 12% | 32% | 12.1–18.1°C |
| April | 44% | 29% | 11% | 30% | 18.9–23.2°C |
| May | 62% | 32% | 12% | 37% | 23.3–27.3°C |
| June | 70% | 30% | 11% | 34% | 27.2–30.9°C |
| July | 69% | 32% | 13% | 37% | 29.3–32.7°C |
| August | 72% | 28% | 11% | 28% | 28.1–31.9°C |
| September | 73% | 25% | 10% | 24% | 24.9–29.4°C |
| October | 52% | 22% | 9% | 21% | 19.2–23.2°C |
| November | 20% | 24% | 9% | 22% | 12.9–18.0°C |
| December | 4% | 26% | 10% | 27% | 7.5–13.2°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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