Buffumville Lake, MA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Buffumville Lake's primary NOAA station, BUFFUMVILLE LAKE.
The climate verdict for Buffumville Lake
Water is the standout signal in Buffumville Lake, Massachusetts: 48.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 48°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.9"
- annual precipitation · 47" snow
- 162 days
- frost-free growing season
Buffumville Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00190998 · Buffumville Lake, MA 48°F mean · 48.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,127
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holland Wtp
- PRCP-MID 48.9"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,688 HDD
- STN-1 USC00190998
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Holland Wtp, MI (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MA station list.
- Buffumville Lake (this station) 48°F
- Hot Duchesne, UT 48°F
- Near Holland Wtp, MI 48°F
- Near E Grand Rapids, MI 48°F
- Near Greenfield, MA 48°F
Climate Living Index · Buffumville Lake
Buffumville Lake: 38/100 · grade F
Buffumville Lake publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Buffumville Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 48.9 in · 13.9 from 35 in | 51/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 155 calendar days | 43/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 162 days/year | 35/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.0°F · 19.5° from 67.5°F | 32/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 46.6 inches/year | 23/100 · F |
Buffumville Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Buffumville Lake is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.3°F and warmest-month mean 71.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 71.4°F
- Coldest month
- 24.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Buffumville Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Buffumville Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 31st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 22% wettest
- Buffumville Lake's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 69th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Buffumville Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Buffumville Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Buffumville Lake's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 41 complete annual observations from 1961 to 2024, BUFFUMVILLE LAKE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.33°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Buffumville Lake primary station fitted change +0.33 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 3.8" | 14.2" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 3.2" | 12.6" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 4.4" | 8.6" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.3" | 2.6" | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.8" | 0.1" | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.9" | 1.4" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 4.6" | 7.1" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 155 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 29.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 10, then returns to freezing around November 8, covering 155 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 10, when 43% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 10 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 130 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Buffumville Lake.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 14.2"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.6"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.6"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
12.2 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.1"
10.9 days with precipitation
Buffumville Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Buffumville Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.8" and February 3.2". The three wettest months together take 28% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Buffumville Lake, it arrives in quantity
48.9" of precipitation falls across only about 130 wet days here, averaging 0.38 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 130 a year, 36% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.38 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Buffumville Lake
Buffumville Lake averages 46.6 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 15 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 46.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 15 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 10% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
162 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,688
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
544
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MA closest to Buffumville Lake on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (48°F here).
- Ames, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Barrington, IL 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Bear Lake, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Billings, MT 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Chapel Hill, NC 48.9" · 0.0" off
- Lamar, MO 48.9" · 0.0" off
- Rogersville, TN 48.8" · 0.0" off
- Sperryville, VA 48.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Buffumville Lake
heating led · wet · mid swing
Buffumville Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,688 annual heating degree days against 544 for cooling. Its 47.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Buffumville Lake's frost-free season lasts about 162 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Buffumville Lake coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Buffumville Lake typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Buffumville Lake snow peak
January
Buffumville Lake averages 46.6 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Buffumville Lake's primary station: BUFFUMVILLE LAKE (USC00190998). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Buffumville Lake; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Buffumville Lake comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.