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The climate of Massachusetts (United States of America)
The state of Massachusetts is located in the northeastern part of the United States. A fair amount of American companies have their headquarters in the capital Boston. Several leading educational institutes such as Harvard can be found here as well. Although Massachusetts is a small state there are quite a few differences in climate figures. The eastern part of the state is located on the Atlantic Ocean. Because of this it is warmer here during the winter than in the western part. During the winter average maximum temperatures are just above freezing point in Boston while temperatures in Pittsfield, which is located in the west at an altitude of 317 meters temperatures are a few degrees below freezing point. Average annual precipitation figures are between 990-1,170 millimeters. During the winter precipitation may fall in the form of snow. Boston gets more than 1 meter of snow per year.

Climate information of places in Massachusetts
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per region or city. The following climate information is available for Massachusetts:

Climate information
Throughout Massachusetts several climate figures and temperatures can be recorded. The figures below are for Boston and cannot be seen as an average for this state. For climate figures for other places and regions in Massachusetts please, visit the individual climate pages.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	1	-8	5	11		5
February	3	-7	6	10		4
March	8	-2	7	11		3
April	14	3	7	11		5
May	20	9	8	12		8
June	25	14	9	11		13
July	28	17	9	9		17
August	27	16	9	10		18
September	23	12	8	9		16
October	17	6	7	9		13
November	11	2	5	11		10
December	4	-5	5	12		7
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The figures below apply to Boston. For climate figures on specific regions and places please, visit the relevant individual climate pages.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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December
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