Maynard, MA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Maynard's primary NOAA station, MAYNARD 2.
The climate verdict for Maynard
Water is the standout signal in Maynard, Massachusetts: 49.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 157 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Maynard: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00194580 · Maynard, MA 50°F mean · 49.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ S Bend
- PRCP-MID 49.7"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,216 HDD
- STN-1 USC00194580
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: S Bend, IN (+ 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.
- Maynard (this station) 50°F
- Hot N Manchester Ww…, IN 50°F
- Near S Bend, IN 50°F
- Near Vale, OR 50°F
- Near Chalmers, IN 50°F
Climate Living Index · Maynard
Maynard: 40/100 · grade D
Maynard publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Maynard, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 49.7 in · 14.7 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.8°F · 17.7° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 160 calendar days | 39/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 157 days/year | 31/100 · F |
Maynard · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Maynard is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 26.0°F and warmest-month mean 73.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.5°F
- Coldest month
- 26.0°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 Maynard sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Maynard's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Maynard's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Maynard is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Maynard compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Maynard's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 3.6" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.3" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 4.6" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.4" | 11.2 | 0.2 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.7" | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 8.2 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.9" | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.1" | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.8" | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 4.8" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 160 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 11, then returns to freezing around November 4, covering 160 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 7, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 2 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 130 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Maynard.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.9 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
Maynard 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. Maynard has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.1" and February 3.3". 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 Maynard, it arrives in quantity
49.7" of precipitation falls across only about 129 wet days here, averaging 0.39 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 129 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.39 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
157 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,216
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
729
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MA closest to Maynard 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 (50°F here).
- Allerton, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Blowing Rock, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boswell, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge City, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Spencer, IN 49.7" · 0.0" off
- Mccloud, CA 49.7" · 0.0" off
- Pennington Gap, VA 49.7" · 0.0" off
- Greer, SC 49.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Maynard's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Maynard's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,216 annual heating degree days against 729 for cooling. Its 47.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Maynard's frost-free season lasts about 157 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Maynard's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 47.5°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Maynard carries 49.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Maynard's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Maynard, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Maynard's primary station: MAYNARD 2 (USC00194580). 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 2539660), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Maynard: 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 Maynard 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.