Fall River climate — normals and trends
Fall River (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,090 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Fall River averages 91 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Fall River has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 98 to 84 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 24 June 2025) and the coldest -24.9 °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
Fall RiverMassachusetts
- coords
- 41.70°, -71.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,090mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
91 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
41.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
38.5 °C
24 June 2025
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
13 February 1967
Wettest day
113 mm
29 August 2009
Windiest day
68.1 km/h
12 September 1960
Strongest gust
142.9 km/h
12 September 1960
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
27 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-30.2 °C
22 January 1984
Snowiest day
41.4 cm
4 February 1961
Sunniest day
14.8 h
10 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 47 mm | -48 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 76 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 111 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 98 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 144 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 49 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 95 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 53 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 92 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 88 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fall River?
Fall River has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,090 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fall River?
The hottest day measured in Fall River between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2025, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fall River?
The coldest day measured in Fall River between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Fall River?
Yes. Fall River gets on average 82.0 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.
Has the climate of Fall River warmed?
Yes: Fall River warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fall River?
The wettest day measured in Fall River between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2009, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fall River?
The windiest day measured in Fall River between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1960, with winds reaching 68.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fall River?
The warmest month in Fall River is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Fall River?
Fall River receives on average 1,090 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fall River?
Fall River gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fall River?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fall River between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1961, with 41.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fall River?
Yes: Fall River has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fall River?
In Fall River, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 27 August 1948, and the lowest was -30.2 °C on 22 January 1984.
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