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Guidebook Cape Cod ~ Climate
Because Cape Cod stands guard offshore from the New England
land mass, swaddled in both cold and warm waters, its weather is unique
to the region. Winters, it is warmed by the ocean and, summers, it is
cooled by those same waters. It is rare during even the most sultry
summer day for there not to be a cooling ocean breeze (incidentally, at
one time, there were more than 1,000 windmills lining the shores of Cape
Cod, availing themselves of the prevailing winds to grind grains and
power pumps for salt works). Similarly, when the balance of New England
is painted white by snow, a true snowfall is rare on Cape Cod. Once
again, the oceans work their magic in maintaining the Capes rather
temperate climate. As the Cape is, on average, only about six miles
wide, no piece of Cape land is any further from the oceans intervening.
Normal temperature in January:......... 28.4° F
Normal temperature in July: ............... 70.4° F
Normal annual precipitation:............... 43.9
Mean temperatures (Falmouth-Otis Weather Station; all expressed in
degrees Fahrenheit):
Month
High
Low
January
37°
23°
February
38°
24°
March
44°
30°
April
53°
38°
May
64°
47°
June
73°
57°
July
75°
60°
August
77°
62°
September
70°
55°
October
61°
46°
November
52°
37°
December
42°
27°
Average Rainfall and Melted Snow:
January ..................... 3.9
February ................... 4.1
March........................ 4.7
April........................... 4.4
May ........................... 3.9
June........................... 3.1
July ............................ 3.2
August....................... 4.3
September ............... 3.5
October .................... 3.6
November ................ 3.6
December ................ 4.6
Total average annual rainfall: 43.8
Recorded 24-hour weather information: 508-771-5522.
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
Routes 6 & 132, PO Box 790
Hyannis, MA 02601
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