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2024

March

Weather as Recorded at the UMass Cranberry Station:

East Wareham

Prepared by Peter Jeranyama

March was warmer than the 30-year average, with above average rainfall above average sunshine and no snowfall.  The temperatures averaged 41.3 degrees, 4.3 degrees per day above the 30-year average. Maximum temperature for the month was 63 degrees on the 15th and a minimum temperature of 19 degrees was recorded on the 1st and 2nd.  Daytime high temperatures averaged 49.58 degrees, 4.1 degrees above the norm.  Evening temperatures averaged 33 degrees, 4 degrees above the norm.

Sunshine totaled 45% of possible sunshine hours, 3% below the average.  Sunshine data are from the Blue Hill Observatory where 166 sunshine hours were recorded for the month.  Year-to-date sunshine for 2023 are 6 points above normal. 

Precipitation totaled 7.82 inches. This is 2.43 inches below normal.  We had measurable precipitation of 0.10 inches or greater on 12 days.  The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.65 inches on the 24th. We have received a total of 18.9 inches of precipitation year-to-date, 5.87 inches above the average for East Wareham and 5.2 inches more than 2023 at this point. We had no measurable snowfall.  The long-term snowfall for March is 5.34 inches.

September

Weather as Recorded at the UMass Cranberry Station:

East Wareham

Prepared by Peter Jeranyama

September was dry, slightly warm, and above average sunshine for the month.  The temperature averaged 64.1 degrees; 1 degree per day above normal. Maximum temperature was 85° on the 1st day which is 1.9 degrees above to the long-term maximum temperature. The minimum temperature was 42° and was recorded on the 12th.  Daytime high temperatures averaged 74.6°, which is 4.6 degrees above the norm.  Evening temperatures averaged 53.3°; 1 degree below the norm.  There were 10 days with a maximum temperature of at least 80°. 

Sunshine totaled 55% of the possible sunshine hours, 4.1% below the norm.  They were 10 days of possible sunshine hours above 90% and 4 days with virtually no sunshine at all.  The Blue Hills Observatory (official site for sunshine hour data) recorded 6 days with fog and the rest were sunny and clear. At East Wareham, 9 days were clear in the month and the rest were cloudy, misty or rainy.

Precipitation totaled 3.5 inches; 0.8 inches below normal. The rainfall was 3.1 inches less than the amount received for the month in 2023. We had measurable rain of at least 0.10 inches on 5 days when it rained, and not even drizzles were recorded on any other day.  The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.42 inches on the 21st.  By the end of September, a total of 45.24 inches of rainfall had been received for the year, 8.55 inches above the long-term average, and 3.6 inches more than 2023 total rainfall at this time of the year.

February

Weather as Recorded at the UMass Cranberry Station:

East Wareham

Prepared by Peter Jeranyama

February had an above average temperature, below average precipitation and well below average snowfall.  The temperatures averaged 32.9 degrees,  1.9 degrees above the long-term average.  The maximum temperature was 60 degrees on the 28th and a minimum temperature of 14 degrees was recorded on the 21st and 22nd.  Daytime high temperatures averaged 41.5 degrees, 2.2degrees above the long-term average for the month. Evening temperatures averaged 24.2 degrees, 1.2 degree above the long-term average.

Sunshine averaged 58% of the possible sunshine hours, 8 point above average.  Eight days had 90% or better sunshine while 4 days had no sunshine.  The sunshine hours are recorded at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA.  Precipitation totaled 3.2 inches, 0.4 inches less than the long-term average.  We had measurable precipitation on 8 days. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.2 inches on the 28th.  February had 7 inches of snowfall, 2.5 inches less than the long-term average for February. Year-to-date snowfall recorded in East Wareham is now 9 inches compared to 33.5 inches in 2022 but better than 6 inches in 2023 . Snowfall records go back to 1952 in East Wareham. 

Official Winter Season

The official winter in East Wareham (Dec. 2023- Feb. 2024) was warmer than normal (3 degrees warmer), wetter (by 4.5 inches), and well below average snowfall (less by 16.8 inches).  Sunshine (at Blue Hills) for the winter was 145 hours , 11 points above the norm.  The season's minimum temperature was 11 degrees on Dec 11, 19th and Jan 23rd and the maximum was 60 degrees on February 28th.  Precipitation totaled 16.71 inches; 4.5 inches above average.  Snowfall totaled 10.5 inches; 16.8 inches below normal. January was the warmest of the three winter months and  highest rainfall. February was the snowiest for the winter season.

January

Weather as Recorded at the UMass Cranberry Station:

EAST WAREHAM

Prepared by Peter Jeranyama

January was above average temperature month, and below average snowfall and above average precipitation. The average temperature was 31.9 degrees, 2.8 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature was 55 degrees on January 10, 11 and 14th and this is 0.9 degrees above normal. A minimum temperature of 11 degrees was recorded on the 23rd ;2.4 degrees above normal. Daytime high temperatures averaged 40.4 degrees, 3.1 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 23.4 degrees, 3.4 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures of 32 degrees or below were recorded on 27 nights.

Precipitation totaled 7.92 inches. This is 3.85 inches above normal. We had measurable precipitation on 14 days; 2 of those days had less than 0.10 inches. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 2.27 inches on the 8th. We had a total of 5 inches of snowfall, less than half of a January long-term average snowfall of 10.85 inches.

Sunshine averaged 35% of the possible sunshine hours. There were 10 days with no sunshine and 5 days with 90% or better sunshine. Total sunshine for January 2024 was 32 points below the long-term average for January.

We had above-average temperature and below average sunshine hours with above average rainfall and below average snowfall for January.

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