Zip 01913 (Amesbury Town, MA) Climate

01913 Amesbury Town, MA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The average annual temperature is around 48°F (8.9°C) and the average high temperature in the summer months is 77°F (25°C). Winters are generally cold and snowy, with temperatures frequently dropping to or below 0°F (-18°C). Precipitation levels are moderate, averaging around 41 inches per year. Summers tend to be humid and mild, although thunderstorms are also common. Overall, the climate of Amesbury Town is typical for New England.

Amesbury Town (zip 01913), Massachusetts gets 50 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Amesbury Town (zip 01913) averages 56 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 Amesbury Town (zip 01913). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Amesbury Town (zip 01913) 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 50 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 56 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 01913 zip code is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Massachusetts.

9.2 Summer - 4.6 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 01913 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Amesbury Town, Massachusetts	United States
	49.9 in.	38.1 in.
	56.4 in.	27.8 in.
	129.4 days	106.2 days
	201 days	205 days
	82.4°	85.8°
	14.3°	21.7°
	6.8	7
	3.2	4.3
	111 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 the 01913 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.4°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Massachusetts. In the 01913 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 01913 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 01913 zip code, there are 9.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Massachusetts.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 01913 zip code with an average of 14.3°. This is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

In the 01913 zip code, there are 149.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

In the 01913 zip code, there are 6.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

Humidity in the 01913 zip code 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 the 01913 zip code with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 28% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.9 inches in the 01913 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Massachusetts.

May is the rainiest month in the 01913 zip code with 12.7 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 9.4 rainy days. There are 129.4 rainy days annually in the 01913 zip code, which is rainier than most 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 56.4 inches in the 01913 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Massachusetts. January is the snowiest month in the 01913 zip code with 17.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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