Zip 01242 (Lenox Dale, MA) Climate

The climate in 01242 Lenox Dale, MA is a humid continental type. Summers are warm and humid while winters are cold and snowy. The average temperature in the summer months is around 70°F, with lows occasionally dropping to near 50°F on certain nights. In the winter, temperatures usually stay below freezing with highs rarely reaching above 40°F. Snowfall can be expected from late November through early March, sometimes even extending into April. Precipitation amounts vary throughout the year but tend to peak during the spring and summer months when thunderstorms are common in the area.

Lenox Dale (zip 01242), Massachusetts gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lenox Dale (zip 01242) averages 59 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 184 sunny days per year in Lenox Dale (zip 01242). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lenox Dale (zip 01242) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 133 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 12
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 59 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 01242 zip code is 6.5 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Massachusetts.

9.1 Summer - 4.2 Winter

July, August and June are the most pleasant months in the 01242 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

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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 01242 zip code with an average high temperature of 81.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Massachusetts. In the 01242 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 01242 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 01242 zip code, there are 4.6 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 01242 zip code with an average of 12.0°. This is one of the coldest places in Massachusetts.

In the 01242 zip code, there are 158.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Massachusetts.

In the 01242 zip code, there are 10.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Massachusetts.

Humidity in the 01242 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 August, July and June.

October is the wettest month in the 01242 zip code with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 47.2 inches in the 01242 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Massachusetts.

May is the rainiest month in the 01242 zip code with 12.9 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.0 rainy days. There are 132.5 rainy days annually in the 01242 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 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 58.9 inches in the 01242 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Massachusetts. January is the snowiest month in the 01242 zip code with 17.0 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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