Hingham, Massachusetts climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hingham's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 52.3 inches of precipitation and 51 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,329 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHingham
- Station IDUSC00193624
- Location42.23°N 70.91°W
- Elevation35 ft (11 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population (town)24,414
- Census place5,343
On October 22, the normal high in Hingham is 61°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 37%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hingham.
- Jan 38° 22°
- Feb 40° 23°
- Mar 47° 29°
- Apr 58° 38°
- May 69° 48°
- Jun 77° 57°
- Jul 83° 63°
- Aug 82° 62°
- Sep 74° 55°
- Oct 63° 44°
- Nov 52° 35°
- Dec 43° 27°
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 Hingham each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in March (5.39 in), the least in July (3.56 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 22°F | 29.8°F | 4.49 | 14.8 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 40°F | 23°F | 31.6°F | 3.97 | 14.5 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 47°F | 29°F | 38.1°F | 5.39 | 10.3 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 58°F | 38°F | 48.4°F | 4.64 | 1.7 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 58.2°F | 3.78 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 77°F | 57°F | 67.3°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 83°F | 63°F | 73.2°F | 3.56 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 82°F | 62°F | 71.8°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 74°F | 55°F | 64.5°F | 3.90 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 44°F | 53.6°F | 5.22 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 35°F | 43.9°F | 4.43 | 0.7 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 43°F | 27°F | 35.2°F | 5.07 | 8.8 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 42°F | 51.3°F | 52.32 | 50.9 | 137 | 13 | 115 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −6°C | −1.2°C | 114 mm | 38 cm |
| February | 5°C | −5°C | −0.2°C | 101 mm | 37 cm |
| March | 8°C | −2°C | 3.4°C | 137 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 15°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 118 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 14.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 14°C | 19.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 13°C | 18.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 7°C | 12.0°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 2°C | 6.6°C | 113 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −3°C | 1.8°C | 129 mm | 22 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00193624; 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 Hingham?
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 (9).
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 USC00193624.
When is the last frost in Hingham?
In Hingham, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 6 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 251 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 177 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 205 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 10 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hingham in zone 7a in ZIP code 02043. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hingham's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (30 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 USC00193624; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get in Hingham?
In a normal year in Hingham, 13 days a year reach 90°F, 115 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 137 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 115a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 137a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1960) is 101°F, on July 22, 2011; the lowest is −13°F, on January 22, 1961.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2005, with 68.15 in; the snowiest season is 2014–15, with 117.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00193624; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00193624. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hingham?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hingham, 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 Hingham need?
A normal year in Hingham brings 5,688 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 726 cooling degree days, 20% 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 2,921 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,091 | 0 |
| February | 934 | 0 |
| March | 834 | 1 |
| April | 504 | 5 |
| May | 238 | 27 |
| June | 55 | 122 |
| July | 5 | 260 |
| August | 9 | 222 |
| September | 95 | 82 |
| October | 363 | 8 |
| November | 633 | 0 |
| December | 925 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,688 | 726 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00193624. 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 Hingham been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 53.4°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.3°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.8°F | +1.5°F | 62.81 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | 53.1°F | +1.8°F | 44.74 | 56.3 |
| 2023 | 53.4°F | +2.1°F | 61.43 | 14.1 |
Over 58 complete years from 1962 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.5°F per century (+0.36°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00193624; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hingham's climate compare?
Hingham is warmer than 29 of the other 34 places with their own NOAA record in Massachusetts, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.3°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hingham 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 Hingham 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.
- Quincy, MAalso near: Blue Hill (6 mi, 49.7°F a year); Jamaica Plain (7 mi, 51.2°F a year)103,434 people · 5 mi NW
- Weymouth, MAalso near: Blue Hill (9 mi, 49.7°F a year); Boston (11 mi, 51.9°F a year)60,159 people · 2 mi SW
- Braintree, MA39,134 people · 5 mi W
- North Scituate, MA6,163 people · 8 mi E
- Scituate, MA19,598 people · 10 mi E
- North Pembroke, MA3,924 people · 11 mi SE
- Marshfield Hills, MA2,121 people · 11 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Hingham's climate
What is the coldest month in Hingham?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Hingham?
Yes: 51 inches in a normal year, falling on 26 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (14.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hingham?
March, with 5.39 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 3.56 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hingham in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hingham in zone 7a in ZIP code 02043. By the same method at Hingham's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Hingham?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Massachusetts climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Blue Hill, MA11 miles from this station, 49.7°F a year
- Boston, MA11 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Jamaica Plain, MA12 miles from this station, 51.2°F a year
- Brockton, MA13 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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