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 37.95 degrees, 8.8 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature was 55 degrees on January 13th and 31st, and this is 0.9 degrees above normal. A minimum temperature of 23 degrees was recorded on the 10th and 28th and this is 20.6 degrees above normal. Daytime high temperatures averaged 46 degrees, 8.7 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 29.9 degrees, 9 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures of 32 degrees or below were recorded on 23 nights.
Precipitation totaled 9.38 inches. This is 5.31 inches above normal. We had measurable precipitation on 19 days; 3 of those days had less than 0.10 inches. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.67 inches from the 26th. We had a total of 4 inches of snowfall (24.5 inches less than January 2022), the long-term average snowfall for the month is 10.85 inches.
Sunshine averaged 26% of the possible sunshine hours. There were 14 days with no sunshine and only 2 days with 90% or better sunshine. Total sunshine for January 2023 was 58 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.
