August
August · July · June
United States · 1991–2020
August leads for comfortable weather in Athol: typically 24.7°C by day, 14.4°C at night, with 96 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
August · July · June
July · August · June
September · May · June
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 83 — days reach only -1.8°C, 26° 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 | -1.8°C | -11.6°C | 84 mm | 9.9 | 9 h 17 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 0.4°C | -10.6°C | 74 mm | 7.5 | 10 h 25 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 4.7°C | -5.9°C | 95 mm | 9.5 | 11 h 47 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 12.3°C | 0.6°C | 91 mm | 9.3 | 13 h 21 | 22 | Strong coverage |
| May | 19°C | 7.3°C | 90 mm | 9.9 | 14 h 40 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| June | 22.9°C | 12.4°C | 117 mm | 9.8 | 15 h 24 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| July | 25.5°C | 15.4°C | 116 mm | 9.5 | 15 h 07 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| August | 24.7°C | 14.4°C | 96 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 58 | 83 | Strong coverage |
| September | 20.9°C | 10.2°C | 92 mm | 7.3 | 12 h 27 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| October | 14.3°C | 4.4°C | 105 mm | 9.2 | 10 h 56 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| November | 7.4°C | -1.1°C | 91 mm | 8.2 | 9 h 37 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | 1.6°C | -6.7°C | 105 mm | 10.4 | 8 h 58 | 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 | 15.6°C16 Jan 1995 | -33.9°C20 Jan 1994 | 64 mm8 Jan 1998 | 224 mm1979 · driest 6 mm in 2020 | 48 |
| February | 16.1°C22 Feb 2018 | -34.4°C18 Feb 1979 | 45 mm25 Feb 2016 | 185 mm2008 · driest 4 mm in 1987 | 46 |
| March | 26.7°C31 Mar 1998 | -25.0°C10 Mar 1984 | 69 mm22 Mar 1980 | 207 mm1977 · driest 21 mm in 2004 | 47 |
| April | 30.6°C18 Apr 2002 | -13.9°C7 Apr 1982 | 75 mm4 Apr 1990 | 207 mm1983 · driest 18 mm in 2005 | 47 |
| May | 32.2°C11 May 1979 | -2.8°C7 May 1981 | 68 mm29 May 1984 | 221 mm1984 · driest 12 mm in 2018 | 47 |
| June | 33.3°C13 Jun 1983 | -1.1°C3 Jun 1986 | 57 mm13 Jun 1994 | 278 mm1998 · driest 14 mm in 2025 | 46 |
| July | 35.0°C10 Jul 1988 | 6.1°C4 Jul 1979 | 83 mm29 Jul 2026 | 274 mm2021 · driest 13 mm in 2025 | 46 |
| August | 32.8°C9 Aug 2001 | 1.7°C29 Aug 1982 | 140 mm29 Aug 2011 | 269 mm2011 · driest 25 mm in 2013 | 47 |
| September | 31.1°C10 Sep 2002 | -2.2°C29 Sep 1980 | 102 mm17 Sep 1999 | 207 mm1999 · driest 24 mm in 2019 | 48 |
| October | 27.8°C23 Oct 1979 | -8.3°C28 Oct 1976 | 105 mm1 Oct 2010 | 261 mm1995 · driest 2 mm in 2024 | 46 |
| November | 23.9°C2 Nov 1982 | -16.7°C22 Nov 2018 | 74 mm10 Nov 1990 | 160 mm1983 · driest 16 mm in 2025 | 46 |
| December | 19.4°C5 Dec 1998 | -30.0°C25 Dec 1980 | 61 mm2 Dec 1996 | 204 mm1983 · driest 31 mm in 1999 | 46 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 7 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| April | <1 | <1 | 13 | 3 | <1 |
| May | 4 | <1 | 1 | 3 | <1 |
| June | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 5 | <1 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | <1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | <1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 5 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 33% | 9% | 41% | -4.4–1.2°C |
| February | 0% | 30% | 10% | 34% | -2.1–3.5°C |
| March | 1% | 31% | 11% | 38% | 2.8–8.0°C |
| April | 10% | 33% | 10% | 38% | 10.8–14.7°C |
| May | 35% | 32% | 11% | 41% | 16.6–21.4°C |
| June | 57% | 32% | 11% | 36% | 21.8–24.9°C |
| July | 68% | 29% | 10% | 29% | 23.6–27.2°C |
| August | 69% | 27% | 11% | 26% | 23.2–26.4°C |
| September | 46% | 27% | 10% | 28% | 19.5–22.7°C |
| October | 12% | 27% | 9% | 31% | 12.3–16.5°C |
| November | 1% | 32% | 11% | 41% | 5.1–10.4°C |
| December | 0% | 33% | 11% | 44% | -1.5–4.7°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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