North Scituate weather by month
What a typical year looks like in North Scituate, Massachusetts: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at HINGHAM, 12 km from North Scituate; records cover 1960–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 52.3 in1329 mm
- Snow a year
- 51 in129 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 20
- Heating degree days
- 5,686
- Cooling degree days
- 727
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 4°−16° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
North Scituate in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−6°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2020)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 1091
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Scituate in February
Highs average 40°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 15 in37 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2017)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 934
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Scituate in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1998)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 834
- Cooling degree days
- 1
North Scituate in April
Highs average 58°15° and lows 38°3°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2002)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 504
- Cooling degree days
- 5
North Scituate in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 48°9°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2017)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 238
- Cooling degree days
- 27
North Scituate in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 57°14°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2008)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 55
- Cooling degree days
- 122
North Scituate in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 63°17°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2011)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 260
North Scituate in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1975)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 222
North Scituate in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 55°13°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2015)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 95
- Cooling degree days
- 82
North Scituate in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 44°7°, with 5.2 in133 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2007)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 363
- Cooling degree days
- 8
North Scituate in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 35°2°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2024)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 633
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Scituate in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1998)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 925
- Cooling degree days
- 0