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United States / Massachusetts / Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area / Middlesex County / Boxborough / Zip Codes
Boxborough, MA has a humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. The average high temperature is 87°F in July and the average low temperature is 19°F in January. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year and snowfall can range from 8 to 10 inches annually. Winters tend to be cold with occasional snow storms that can bring significant snowfall totals over several days. Summers tend to be hot and humid with occasional thunderstorms, but generally mild weather dominates the season.

Boxborough, Massachusetts gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Boxborough averages 51 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 199 sunny days per year in Boxborough. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Boxborough gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 129 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 15
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 51 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Boxborough is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Massachusetts.

9.2 Summer - 4.7 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Boxborough, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateBoxborough, MassachusettsUnited States
  48.5 in.38.1 in.
  50.5 in.27.8 in.
  128.5 days106.2 days
  199 days205 days
  83.1°85.8°
  15.1°21.7°
  6.87
  3.54.3
  314 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Boxborough with an average high temperature of 83.1°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Massachusetts. In Boxborough, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Boxborough are June, August and September.
In Boxborough, there are 11.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Massachusetts.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Boxborough with an average of 15.1°. This is colder than most places in Massachusetts.
In Boxborough, there are 140.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.
In Boxborough, there are 4.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.
Humidity in Boxborough is generally low and comfortable. But there some days when the humidity becomes unpleasant, especially in July and August. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
March is the wettest month in Boxborough with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.3 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 26% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 48.5 inches in Boxborough means that it is wetter than most places in Massachusetts.
May is the rainiest month in Boxborough with 12.5 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.9 rainy days. There are 128.5 rainy days annually in Boxborough, which is rainier than most places in Massachusetts. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 50.5 inches in Boxborough means that it is snowier than most places in Massachusetts. January is the snowiest month in Boxborough with 15.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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