Woods Hole weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Woods Hole, Massachusetts: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Edgartown, 20 km from Woods Hole; records cover 1946–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 47.7 in1212 mm
- Snow a year
- 25 in64 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 17
- First fall freeze
- Oct 31
- Heating degree days
- 5,215
- Cooling degree days
- 625
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 9°−13° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Woods Hole in January
Highs average 40°5° and lows 26°−4°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1967)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 997
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Woods Hole in February
Highs average 42°5° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2023)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 864
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Woods Hole in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 32°0°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2012)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 804
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Woods Hole in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 40°4°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1990)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 527
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Woods Hole in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 49°9°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2007)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 262
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Woods Hole in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 58°14°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2012)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 55
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Woods Hole in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 64°18°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1964)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 229
Woods Hole in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 64°18°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1948)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 217
Woods Hole in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 58°15°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 88
Woods Hole in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 48°9°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1959)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 284
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Woods Hole in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 40°4°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1956)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 539
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Woods Hole in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 31°0°, with 4.8 in123 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1998)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 825
- Cooling degree days
- 0