Ipswich weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ipswich, Massachusetts: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at HAVERHILL, 22 km from Ipswich; records cover 1899–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.6 in1259 mm
- Snow a year
- 58 in147 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 3
- First fall freeze
- Oct 12
- Heating degree days
- 6,561
- Cooling degree days
- 553
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 0°−18° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ipswich in January
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1950)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1223
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ipswich in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 17°−8°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 16 in40 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2018)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 1057
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ipswich in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 24°−4°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1998)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 941
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ipswich in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 34°1°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2002)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 583
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ipswich in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 45°7°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1929)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 292
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Ipswich in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 54°12°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 78
- Cooling degree days
- 90
Ipswich in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1949)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 217
Ipswich in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1949)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 170
Ipswich in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 51°11°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 136
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Ipswich in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°4°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1963)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 446
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Ipswich in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1950)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 734
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ipswich in December
Highs average 40°5° and lows 22°−5°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1998)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1046
- Cooling degree days
- 0