Average Temperatures for Massachusetts in August

Average temperatures for August at cities, towns and lakes throughout Massachusetts are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Cape Cod and Islands, Eastern , Central and Western Massachusetts.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Cape Cod and Islands

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
76 63 Chatham 24 17
80 64 Edgartown 27 18
77 63 Hyannis 25 17
76 62 Nantucket 24 17
79 60 Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard 26 15

Eastern Massachusetts

Average daily temperatures in August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
80 65 Boston 27 18
83 62 Brockton 28 17
80 63 East Wareham 27 17
80 62 Great Blue Hill, Milton 27 17
81 59 Haverhill 27 15
82 62 Hingham 28 17
79 60 Marblehead 26 15
82 66 New Bedford 28 19
82 63 Plymouth 28 17
82 62 Taunton 28 17

Central Massachusetts

August temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
82 58 Amherst 28 15
81 55 Barre Falls Reservoir Dam 27 13
81 59 Buffumville Lake 27 15
79 60 East Brimfield Lake 26 15
83 59 Lowell 28 15
83 60 Tully Lake 29 16
83 59 Westfield 28 15
78 61 Worcester 26 16

Western Massachusetts

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
81 55 Lenox Dale 27 13
79 56 North Adams 26 13
78 57 Pittsfield 25 14
78 55 Worthington 26 13
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Massachusetts Temperatures
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