Melrose, MA Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in Melrose actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for Melrose, MA, the comfort score comes out to 42/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much Melrose's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in Melrose run from 28°F in Jan up to 73°F in Jul, a 45.2°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Melrose, month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 19°F | 3.86in | 17.2in |
| Feb | 40°F | 20°F | 3.62in | 16.2in |
| Mar | 48°F | 27°F | 4.89in | 13.3in |
| Apr | 60°F | 37°F | 4.34in | 2.2in |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 3.81in | 0in |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.21in | 0in |
| Jul | 84°F | 63°F | 4.01in | 0in |
| Aug | 82°F | 61°F | 3.54in | 0in |
| Sep | 75°F | 53°F | 3.93in | 0in |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.76in | 0.1in |
| Nov | 53°F | 32°F | 4.01in | 1.7in |
| Dec | 43°F | 24°F | 5.02in | 12.8in |
If you're timing a visit, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, and Sep are Melrose's mildest stretch; if you're moving there, you should plan around Jan's cold instead.
How wet Melrose actually gets
Over a typical year, Melrose sees about 50in of precipitation a year across roughly 138 days with measurable rain or snow, with 63.5in of snow a year.
Melrose against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, Melrose comes in at 4187; within MA alone it ranks 53 of 58. Population is about 29,938.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from Reading, MA US, the NOAA station 5.8 miles from Melrose, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why this uses the nearest NOAA station · How the comfort score is calculated