Essex County, MA Climate

Essex, MA County features a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are warm and humid, with temperatures reaching up to the mid-eighties during the day. Fall is generally mild with cooler temperatures and vibrant colors in the foliage of the surrounding forests. Winters are cold but quite sunny, featuring frequent snowfall from December through mid-March. Spring is a pleasant time of year, warming up significantly by May as flowers bloom and trees grow green. Overall, Essex offers a beautiful range of weather conditions throughout the year making it a great place to live year round.

Essex County, Massachusetts gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Essex County averages 49 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 201 sunny days per year in Essex County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Essex County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 123 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 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 17
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 49 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Essex is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Massachusetts.

9.2 Summer - 4.8 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Essex, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Essex, Massachusetts	United States
	48.4 in.	38.1 in.
	48.9 in.	27.8 in.
	122.6 days	106.2 days
	201 days	205 days
	81.4°	85.8°
	16.9°	21.7°
	6.9	7
	3.2	4.3
	87 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 Essex with an average high temperature of 81.4°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Massachusetts. In Essex, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Essex are June, August and July.

In Essex, there are 7.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Massachusetts.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Essex with an average of 16.9°. This is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

In Essex, there are 132.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

In Essex, there are 3.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

The humidity is usually comfortable in Essex but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.

March is the wettest month in Essex with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 27% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 48.4 inches in Essex means that it is wetter than most places in Massachusetts.

May is the rainiest month in Essex with 12.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.8 rainy days. There are 122.6 rainy days annually in Essex, which is about average compared to other places in Massachusetts. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 48.9 inches in Essex means that it is snowier than most places in Massachusetts. January is the snowiest month in Essex with 15.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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