Massabesic Lake, NH Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Massabesic Lake's primary NOAA station, MASSABESIC LAKE.
The climate verdict for Massabesic Lake
Massabesic Lake, New Hampshire has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.5"
- annual precipitation · 53" snow
- 164 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Massabesic Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00275211 · Massabesic Lake, NH 47°F mean · 42.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,990
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Goodrich
- PRCP-MID 42.5"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,907 HDD
- STN-1 USC00275211
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Goodrich, MI (+ 0.1 °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 NH station list.
- Hot Hastings, MI 48°F
- Near Goodrich, MI 48°F
- Near Elko Nws Office, NV 48°F
- Near Tipton, MI 48°F
- Massabesic Lake (this station) 47°F
Climate Living Index · Massabesic Lake
Massabesic Lake: 42/100 · grade D
Massabesic 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 Massabesic Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 42.5 in · 7.5 from 35 in | 74/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 151 calendar days | 46/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 164 days/year | 37/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.4°F · 20.1° from 67.5°F | 29/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 52.8 inches/year | 19/100 · F |
Massabesic Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Massabesic Lake is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.3°F and warmest-month mean 71.0°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
- 71.0°F
- Coldest month
- 22.3°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 Massabesic Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Massabesic Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 71%
- Among 6,861 stations, Massabesic Lake sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 64th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Massabesic Lake is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Massabesic Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Massabesic Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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
Massabesic Lake's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 52 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2024, MASSABESIC LAKE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Massabesic Lake primary station fitted change +0.16 °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 | 32°F (0°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 2.7" | 15.9" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.7" | 17.6" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.2" | 6.7" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.5" | 0.9" | 14.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.5" | 1.1" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 3.8" | 10.6" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 151 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 8, then returns to freezing around November 10, covering 151 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 13, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 6 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 111 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Massabesic Lake.
Where Massabesic Lake Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Massabesic Lake 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: 15.9"
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.6"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.7"
7.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
9.8 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.6"
9.2 days with precipitation
Massabesic Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Massabesic Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.7°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.4" and January 2.7". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Massabesic Lake, it arrives in quantity
42.5" of precipitation falls across only about 111 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 111 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.38 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 7
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 Massabesic Lake
Massabesic Lake averages 52.8 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 16 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: 52.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 16 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 12% 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 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
164 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,907
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
538
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NH closest to Massabesic 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 (47°F here).
- Allegan, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Auburn, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bartow, WV 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Biddle, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ramsey, IL 42.5" · 0.0" off
- Shippensburg, PA 42.5" · 0.0" off
- Mansfield, OH 42.5" · 0.0" off
- Sweet Springs, MO 42.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Massabesic Lake
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Massabesic Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,907 annual heating degree days against 538 for cooling. Its 48.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Massabesic Lake's frost-free season lasts about 164 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. Massabesic Lake coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Massabesic Lake typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Massabesic Lake snow peak
February
Massabesic Lake averages 52.8 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Massabesic Lake's primary station: MASSABESIC LAKE (USC00275211). 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 Massabesic 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 Massabesic 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.