Topsfield weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Topsfield, Massachusetts: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at LAWRENCE, 19 km from Topsfield; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.3 in1251 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 22
- Heating degree days
- 5,898
- Cooling degree days
- 791
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Topsfield in January
Highs average 35°2° and lows 20°−7°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2007)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 1167
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Topsfield in February
Highs average 37°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2018)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 998
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Topsfield in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 30°−1°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1998)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 859
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Topsfield in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 40°4°, with 4.2 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 496
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Topsfield in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 50°10°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1911)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 220
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Topsfield in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 59°15°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2025)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 43
- Cooling degree days
- 140
Topsfield in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 65°18°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1911)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 278
Topsfield in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 64°18°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1975)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 241
Topsfield in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1953)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 84
- Cooling degree days
- 91
Topsfield in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 44°7°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1954)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 375
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Topsfield in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 35°2°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1950)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Topsfield in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 26°−3°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1998)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 980
- Cooling degree days
- 0