Zip 01034 (Granville, MA) Climate

01034 Granville, MA experiences a typical New England climate with moderate temperatures and four distinct seasons. There are pleasant spring and fall days that offer an ideal combination of temperature and sunshine. During the summer months, high temperatures can reach into the 80s during the day, but drop to more comfortable levels in the evening. In wintertime, the area receives regular snowfall that blankets the landscape in white. Average annual precipitation is approximately 45 inches, mostly falling as rain or snow during the cooler months.

Granville (zip 01034), Massachusetts gets 51 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Granville (zip 01034) averages 57 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 190 sunny days per year in Granville (zip 01034). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Granville (zip 01034) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 134 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 80 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 51 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 57 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 01034 zip code is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Massachusetts.

9.1 Summer - 4.2 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 01034 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Granville, Massachusetts	United States
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	80.3°	85.8°
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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 01034 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Massachusetts. In the 01034 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 01034 zip code are August, July and June.

In the 01034 zip code, there are 3.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Massachusetts.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 01034 zip code with an average of 13.5°. This is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

In the 01034 zip code, there are 154.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Massachusetts.

In the 01034 zip code, there are 6.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Massachusetts.

Humidity in the 01034 zip code is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.

October is the wettest month in the 01034 zip code with 5.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.6 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 26% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 51.4 inches in the 01034 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Massachusetts.

May is the rainiest month in the 01034 zip code with 12.7 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.7 rainy days. There are 134.0 rainy days annually in the 01034 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Massachusetts. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 57.0 inches in the 01034 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Massachusetts. January is the snowiest month in the 01034 zip code with 15.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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