Amherst Center climate — normals and trends
Amherst Center (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,100 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Amherst Center averages 126 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Amherst Center has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 10 June 2008) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 13 February 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Amherst CenterMassachusetts
- coords
- 42.38°, -72.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
14.0°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,100mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
129.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
11 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.3 °C
10 June 2008
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
13 February 1967
Wettest day
145 mm
19 August 1955
Windiest day
46.7 km/h
25 November 1950
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
1 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
13 February 1967
Snowiest day
34.7 cm
14 March 2023
Sunniest day
14.7 h
13 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 46 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 90 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 88 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 108 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 240 mm | +145 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 73 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 88 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 23 mm | -63 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 71 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 113 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 62 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 85 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Amherst Center?
Amherst Center has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,100 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amherst Center?
The hottest day measured in Amherst Center between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2008, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Amherst Center?
The coldest day measured in Amherst Center between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Amherst Center?
Yes. Amherst Center gets on average 129.6 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Amherst Center warmed?
Yes: Amherst Center warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Amherst Center?
The wettest day measured in Amherst Center between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1955, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Amherst Center?
The windiest day measured in Amherst Center between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Amherst Center?
The warmest month in Amherst Center is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Amherst Center?
Amherst Center receives on average 1,100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Amherst Center?
Amherst Center gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Amherst Center?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Amherst Center between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2023, with 34.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Amherst Center?
Yes: Amherst Center has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amherst Center?
In Amherst Center, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 1 July 2018, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 13 February 1967.
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