Gardner weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Gardner, Massachusetts: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at ASHBURNHAM, 7 km from Gardner; records cover 1906–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.3 in1253 mm
- Snow a year
- 75 in191 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 26
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 7,230
- Cooling degree days
- 394
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −3°−19° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Gardner in January
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 14°−10°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2020)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 1330
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in February
Highs average 33°1° and lows 15°−9°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2018)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 1148
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation and 16 in42 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2012)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 1023
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 628
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Gardner in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°7°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2010)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 317
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Gardner in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1919)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 92
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Gardner in July
Highs average 80°26° and lows 60°15°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2010)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 159
Gardner in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 114
Gardner in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 51°10°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 168
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Gardner in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 39°4°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2025)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 519
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Gardner in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2024)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 804
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 20°−7°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation and 16 in40 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2015)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 1156
- Cooling degree days
- 0