Beverly, Massachusetts climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Beverly's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 44.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.9°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,140 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBeverly Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00054733
- Location42.58°N 70.92°W
- Elevation108 ft (33 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population43,223
On October 22, the normal high in Beverly is 60°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 39%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Beverly.
- Jan 36° 20°
- Feb 39° 21°
- Mar 45° 28°
- Apr 57° 37°
- May 67° 47°
- Jun 76° 56°
- Jul 82° 62°
- Aug 81° 61°
- Sep 73° 53°
- Oct 62° 42°
- Nov 51° 34°
- Dec 42° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Beverly each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.54 in), the least in February (2.93 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 20°F | 28.0°F | 3.15 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 39°F | 21°F | 29.8°F | 2.93 | 10 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 45°F | 28°F | 36.6°F | 4.17 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 37°F | 46.8°F | 4.27 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 47°F | 56.6°F | 3.42 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 76°F | 56°F | 66.0°F | 3.83 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 62°F | 72.0°F | 3.45 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 81°F | 61°F | 70.7°F | 3.27 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 53°F | 63.3°F | 3.62 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 42°F | 52.2°F | 4.54 | 13 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 34°F | 42.6°F | 4.01 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 42°F | 26°F | 33.6°F | 4.23 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 41°F | 49.8°F | 44.89 | 138 | 10 | 126 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −7°C | −2.2°C | 80 mm |
| February | 4°C | −6°C | −1.2°C | 74 mm |
| March | 7°C | −2°C | 2.6°C | 106 mm |
| April | 14°C | 3°C | 8.2°C | 108 mm |
| May | 19°C | 8°C | 13.7°C | 87 mm |
| June | 24°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 97 mm |
| July | 28°C | 17°C | 22.2°C | 88 mm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.5°C | 83 mm |
| September | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 92 mm |
| October | 17°C | 6°C | 11.2°C | 115 mm |
| November | 11°C | 1°C | 5.9°C | 102 mm |
| December | 5°C | −4°C | 0.9°C | 107 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Beverly's own co-op station Beverly station does: 51 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00054733; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Beverly?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (11).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00054733.
When is the last frost in Beverly?
In Beverly, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 3 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 241 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 177 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 203 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beverly in zone 6b across its 2 ZIP code areas (6b in 01915, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Beverly's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Massachusetts · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00054733; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Beverly ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Beverly's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 6b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Beverly?
In a normal year in Beverly, 10 days a year reach 90°F, 126 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 138 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 126a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 28high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 138a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 100°F, on June 18, 2017; the lowest is −12°F, on February 4, 2023.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2006, with 60.48 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00054733; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00054733. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Beverly?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Beverly, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 1.7 |
| February | 68% | 2.6 |
| March | 68% | 3.6 |
| April | 71% | 4.8 |
| May | 71% | 5.4 |
| June | 73% | 5.8 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 81% | 5.4 |
| September | 79% | 4.3 |
| October | 70% | 2.8 |
| November | 68% | 1.9 |
| December | 62% | 1.4 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Beverly need?
A normal year in Beverly brings 6,103 heating degree days, 14% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 611 cooling degree days, 33% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,667 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,148 | 0 |
| February | 987 | 0 |
| March | 881 | 0 |
| April | 550 | 4 |
| May | 279 | 20 |
| June | 73 | 101 |
| July | 8 | 225 |
| August | 14 | 189 |
| September | 117 | 66 |
| October | 403 | 6 |
| November | 671 | 0 |
| December | 973 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,103 | 611 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00054733. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Beverly been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 49.4°F, 0.4°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 49.8°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50.8°F | +1.0°F | 33.42 |
| 2023 | 50.9°F | +1.1°F | 47.86 |
| 2024 | 51.0°F | +1.2°F | 38.34 |
| 2025 | 49.4°F | −0.4°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00054733. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Beverly's climate compare?
Beverly is warmer than 17 of the other 34 places with their own NOAA record in Massachusetts, and wetter than 9. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.8°F is warmer than 39%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Beverly is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Beverly share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Peabody, MAalso near: Middleton (5 mi, 48.3°F a year); Marblehead (6 mi, 48.7°F a year)55,418 people · 4 mi SW
- Gloucester, MA30,491 people · 12 mi E
- Danvers, MA28,590 people · 2 mi W
- Ipswich, MA14,110 people · 8 mi NE
- Rockport, MA7,091 people · 16 mi E
- Topsfield, MA6,620 people · 4 mi NW
- Essex, MA3,760 people · 8 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Beverly's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Beverly. This page uses Beverly Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly station USC00190593 | 2 mi N | 65 ft | 48.3°F | 18°F | 80°F | 48.0 | 51 | May 4 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Beverly's climate
What is the coldest month in Beverly?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Beverly?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Beverly's NOAA station; Beverly's own co-op station Beverly station records 51 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Beverly?
October, with 4.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.93 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Beverly in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Beverly in zone 6b across its 2 ZIP code areas (6b in 01915, the largest). By the same method at Beverly's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Beverly?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Massachusetts climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Middleton, MA5 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Marblehead, MA6 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Reading, MA11 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Groveland, MA13 miles from this station, 49.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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