Marblehead, MA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Marblehead's primary NOAA station, MARBLEHEAD.
The climate verdict for Marblehead
Water is the standout signal in Marblehead, Massachusetts: 48.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 49°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.0"
- annual precipitation · 39" snow
- 178 days
- frost-free growing season
Marblehead: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00194502 · Marblehead, MA 49°F mean · 48.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Enterprise Bery…
- PRCP-MID 48.0"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,377 HDD
- STN-1 USC00194502
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Enterprise Beryl Jct, UT (+ 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.
- Marblehead (this station) 49°F
- Hot Ashtabula County, OH 49°F
- Near Enterprise Bery…, UT 49°F
- Near Ritzville, WA 49°F
- Near Rome, OR 49°F
Climate Living Index · Marblehead
Marblehead: 44/100 · grade D
Marblehead publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Marblehead, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 48.0 in · 13.0 from 35 in | 54/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 139 calendar days | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 178 days/year | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.7°F · 18.8° from 67.5°F | 35/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 39.1 inches/year | 29/100 · F |
Marblehead · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Marblehead is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 27.0°F and warmest-month mean 70.5°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
- 70.5°F
- Coldest month
- 27.0°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 Marblehead sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Marblehead's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 34th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 24% wettest
- Marblehead's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 51st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Marblehead compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Marblehead'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
Marblehead's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 30 complete annual observations from 1985 to 2025, MARBLEHEAD 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.
- Marblehead 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 | 36°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 3.8" | 13.3" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 3.5" | 8.5" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.7" | 7.5" | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.3" | 1.5" | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.0" | 0.1" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.2" | 0.8" | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 4.7" | 7.4" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 139 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 5, then returns to freezing around November 19, covering 139 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 April 23, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 28 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 116 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Marblehead.
Where Marblehead Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
Marblehead earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 13.3"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.5"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
10.8 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.4"
10.2 days with precipitation
Marblehead spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Marblehead has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.0" and August 3.3". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Marblehead, it arrives in quantity
48.0" of precipitation falls across only about 115 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 115 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 8
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 Marblehead
Marblehead averages 39.1 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 13 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: 39.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 13 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 8% 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 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
178 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,377
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
479
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MA closest to Marblehead 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 (49°F here).
- Clarkson, NE 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Cuba, NM 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Dove Creek, CO 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Guernsey, WY 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brenham, TX 48.0" · 0.0" off
- Elizabethton, TN 48.0" · 0.0" off
- Vernonia, OR 48.0" · 0.0" off
- Immokalee, FL 48.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Marblehead
heating led · wet · mid swing
Marblehead's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,377 annual heating degree days against 479 for cooling. Its 43.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Marblehead's frost-free season lasts about 178 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. Marblehead coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 27°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Marblehead typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Marblehead snow peak
January
Marblehead averages 39.1 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 Marblehead's primary station: MARBLEHEAD (USC00194502). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 2538435), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Marblehead: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Marblehead 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.