Zip 03830 (East Wakefield, NH) Climate

03830 East Wakefield, NH has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average high temperature during the summer months is around 78°F while the average low temperature during the winter months is around 8°F. Precipitation in East Wakefield is fairly consistent throughout the year, averaging around 42 inches annually. Snowfall amounts can vary but average around 70 inches each year. Overall, East Wakefield experiences four distinct seasons with weather that typically ranges from mild to cool and wet to dry.

East Wakefield (zip 03830), New Hampshire gets 50 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

East Wakefield (zip 03830) averages 74 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 200 sunny days per year in East Wakefield (zip 03830). The US average is 205 sunny days.

East Wakefield (zip 03830) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 136 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 7
Rain: averages 50 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 74 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 03830 zip code is 6.3 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in New Hampshire.

9 Summer - 3.8 Winter

July, August and June are the most pleasant months in the 03830 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	East Wakefield, New Hampshire	United States
	49.6 in.	38.1 in.
	74.4 in.	27.8 in.
	136.3 days	106.2 days
	200 days	205 days
	79.6°	85.8°
	6.9°	21.7°
	6.3	7
	2.8	4.3
	633 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 03830 zip code with an average high temperature of 79.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in New Hampshire. In the 03830 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 03830 zip code are August, July and June.

In the 03830 zip code, there are 2.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in New Hampshire.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 03830 zip code with an average of 6.9°. This is colder than most places in New Hampshire.

In the 03830 zip code, there are 174.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in New Hampshire.

In the 03830 zip code, there are 19.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in New Hampshire.

Humidity in the 03830 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 03830 zip code with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 3.3 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 27% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.6 inches in the 03830 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in New Hampshire.

June is the rainiest month in the 03830 zip code with 13.7 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.2 rainy days. There are 136.3 rainy days annually in the 03830 zip code, which is rainier than most places in New Hampshire. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 74.4 inches in the 03830 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in New Hampshire. January is the snowiest month in the 03830 zip code with 19.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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