100+ Year History: Temperature

Sources:

  • 1892-1942 (Milham, W. I., 1950, Meteorology and meteorological observations in Williams College, also at Hopkins Memorial Experimental Forest and in North Adams: McClelland Press, Williamstown, 40 p.)
  • 1942-49 (Milham and North Adams, unpublished Engineering Department data)
  • 1950 (NOAA record at Adams, Ma)
  • 1951-1982 (NOAA record from Readsboro, Vt, corrected to the elevation of Williamstown using a lapse rate of 3.5° F/1000 feet);
  • 1982-present (Hopkins Memorial Forest, Station 1; elevation 885′ (270 m)).

Milham also reports data from 1816-1891 for Williamstown, but records are less complete and are not included here.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Avg
1892 23.2 25.2 28.0 43.4 53.8 67.7 68.8 66.9 58.4 48.3 36.6 23.4 45.3
1893 13.2 21.6 30.1 40.7 54.9 68.0 67.4 67.7 55.7 50.4 36.2 26.9 44.4
1894 26.1 22.5 37.2 46.5 57.0 66.2 69.2 62.2 61.0 50.0 33.2 27.1 46.5
1895 20.9 16.8 28.2 43.4 58.2 68.2 67.1 67.6 61.7 43.6 38.7 29.9 45.4
1896 21.1 24.2 26.0 47.1 59.3 63.8 70.9 67.6 58.8 48.4 42.2 24.9 46.2
1897 23.4 24.2 33.0 45.0 55.6 61.5 70.4 63.9 57.2 49.3 36.7 27.5 45.6
1898 21.6 24.8 37.7 41.5 55.0 65.1 69.0 66.6 60.1 50.8 35.8 26.6 46.2
1899 20.7 19.6 28.3 43.8 55.8 66.1 68.0 66.2 57.5 50.4 36.3 33.2 45.5
1900 25.0 23.9 26.7 44.6 55.3 66.6 70.1 68.8 63.2 53.0 39.8 25.6 46.9
1901 22.0 16.2 30.6 45.8 55.6 66.0 70.2 69.0 60.0 48.8 31.4 25.2 45.1
1902 21.2 21.6 38.2 46.0 54.7 61.6 66.6 63.8 59.4 49.0 42.2 22.5 45.6
1903 24.2 27.0 41.6 45.2 58.4 59.6 67.2 60.4 59.2 49.7 33.4 21.6 45.6
1904 14.7 16.0 30.0 40.7 59.6 64.8 66.8 62.2 57.3 46.2 32.0 19.7 42.5
1905 18.0 15.5 30.8 44.4 56.1 62.9 69.6 63.9 58.2 49.0 35.2 29.2 44.4
1906 29.6 22.2 26.3 43.6 55.4 65.0 68.6 68.5 61.2 49.9 36.0 23.8 45.8
1907 22.5 15.2 34.2 40.1 50.8 62.1 68.7 64.0 60.2 44.2 37.1 30.8 44.2
1908 24.8 19.1 33.4 43.7 58.2 64.7 70.5 65.1 61.8 50.8 38.5 26.9 46.5
1909 25.1 27.7 30.3 43.8 54.9 64.7 66.8 64.7 58.9 46.5 41.0 23.3 45.6
1910 24.7 21.0 39.0 49.2 55.0 62.2 70.2 65.4 59.6 51.0 34.6 19.9 46.0
1911 26.6 24.1 29.7 42.2 62.8 62.8 71.9 67.4 58.5 47.7 35.3 32.8 46.8
1912 14.8 18.5 28.2 44.6 57.5 62.2 69.5 64.2 59.4 50.3 39.1 32.5 45.1
1913 33.8 21.3 37.8 46.9 54.5 64.8 69.0 66.9 57.7 53.4 41.7 29.8 48.1
1914 21.9 14.9 31.0 41.5 57.7 63.6 67.5 67.1 57.8 52.7 35.4 24.7 44.7
1915 26.1 27.8 28.9 49.5 52.2 63.7 68.3 64.8 63.2 50.3 38.7 26.2 46.6
1916 25.8 19.3 22.3 43.7 56.0 61.0 71.3 68.9 59.4 49.5 36.8 25.8 45.0
1917 23.2 18.8 31.6 42.7 47.7 64.3 70.0 70.1 55.8 45.8 32.6 16.5 43.3
1918 11.5 20.1 32.7 44.1 61.8 61.2 68.7 68.6 56.5 51.4 39.8 30.5 45.6
1919 27.1 26.4 36.2 43.0 56.2 68.1 68.2 64.8 60.3 50.9 37.2 20.4 46.6
1920 13.4 20.2 32.3 41.1 53.0 62.8 66.8 68.9 61.0 54.4 35.8 29.2 44.9
1921 25.6 26.4 42.0 50.7 57.6 64.4 72.5 62.3 62.1 49.6 37.5 23.5 47.9
1922 18.6 25.6 33.8 43.6 58.2 67.0 69.2 66.4 60.9 48.4 37.8 26.2 46.3
1923 19.2 16.4 27.3 44.1 53.4 66.0 66.1 65.3 61.0 48.3 37.9 34.7 45.0
1924 25.2 16.9 32.1 42.0 51.8 63.4 68.7 66.5 56.7 47.5 38.7 23.7 44.4
1925 17.5 30.4 37.1 45.8 50.7 67.7 66.7 66.6 60.0 42.6 37.6 27.2 45.8
1926 23.8 20.7 26.1 39.0 54.2 60.6 68.8 68.1 58.8 46.2 38.3 20.0 43.7
1927 20.6 28.4 35.4 43.5 52.5 61.0 69.0 63.3 57.2 52.1 42.3 27.3 46.1
1928 25.4 23.4 31.1 41.5 54.3 62.5 71.4 70.0 57.1 50.4 39.1 31.1 46.4
1929 22.1 22.3 36.4 44.5 56.1 66.3 68.7 64.9 62.0 47.1 38.1 27.0 46.3
1930 25.3 26.3 32.9 42.9 58.2 69.5 68.8 66.8 62.5 47.4 38.9 27.9 47.3
1931 21.1 22.3 33.9 45.7 57.6 65.7 72.8 67.6 62.8 51.5 44.7 31.0 48.1
1932 34.1 26.9 28.3 42.5 57.4 64.8 67.6 67.2 59.8 51.9 36.1 30.3 47.2
1933 31.6 26.4 29.9 45.5 59.6 67.2 71.4 67.7 61.4 47.9 32.8 23.5 47.1
1934 24.4 9.8 30.1 45.6 58.7 67.8 70.9 64.5 63.5 46.3 41.4 24.5 45.6
1935 18.4 21.8 34.5 43.2 52.0 65.4 71.6 67.4 46.5 49.2 42.1 21.8 44.5
1936 21.0 17.4 40.1 42.3 60.0 66.2 69.4 67.6 60.8 49.1 33.8 30.9 46.6
1937 31.5 27.4 27.9 43.7 58.0 66.4 71.1 72.3 57.9 43.2 38.5 25.3 46.9
1938 21.3 27.1 36.1 48.3 55.1 66.4 70.9 70.8 57.3 51.6 40.5 28.8 47.9
1939 22.3 27.2 28.8 41.2 59.5 66.7 70.1 70.7 60.8 49.5 34.4 27.1 46.5
1940 14.4 22.5 27.2 40.6 57.9 64.8 69.3 65.4 57.8 44.4 38.3 29.4 44.3
1941 18.9 22.8 27.4 50.9 57.6 67.0 71.4 65.5 60.8 50.8 42.8 30.7 47.2
1942 22.7 20.1 37.3 49.2 60.6 66.6 69.1 66.4 60.6 50.4 38.1 20.6 46.8
1943 19.0 21.0 29.0 43.0 53.0 72.0 71.0 68.0 58.0 48.0 35.0 20.0 44.8
1944 24.0 21.0 28.0 40.0 62.0 65.0 72.0 67.0 61.0 48.0 37.0 21.0 45.5
1945 14.0 22.0 40.0 49.0 54.0 68.0 73.0 68.0 64.0 47.0 39.0 21.0 46.6
1946 21.0 20.0 42.0 43.0 56.0 68.0 74.0 66.0 62.0 51.0 43.0 27.0 47.8
1947 26.0 20.0 30.0 42.0 55.0 63.0 72.0 72.0 61.0 57.0 36.0 22.0 46.3
1948 16.0 20.0 31.0 46.0 54.0 64.0 73.0 70.0 60.0 49.0 44.0 29.0 46.3
1949 29.0 27.0 32.0 47.0 58.0 71.0 76.0 71.0 59.0 55.0 38.0 29.0 49.3
1950 21.0 22.2 31.6 44.4 54.7 64.4 69.0 66.6 59.4 49.2 38.2 25.3 45.5
1951 25.1 27.2 32.8 44.2 55.1 63.0 68.1 64.9 57.9 50.0 31.7 24.9 45.4
1952 25.6 23.3 29.0 44.7 50.2 64.5 70.7 67.6 60.0 45.9 38.3 27.8 45.6
1953 26.6 26.8 33.3 44.0 57.3 64.8 68.6 66.4 60.0 50.5 40.8 31.5 47.6
1954 18.8 28.2 31.8 45.4 53.2 64.8 66.8 64.0 56.4 52.5 37.8 25.7 45.5
1955 19.9 24.2 30.7 45.8 57.7 62.7 72.1 69.7 57.9 50.0 37.0 20.3 45.7
1956 24.9 24.2 25.2 39.8 49.9 65.3 66.1 66.2 55.7 48.8 38.7 30.6 44.6
1957 16.5 27.3 34.6 47.4 55.1 68.7 68.3 64.3 60.8 48.1 41.0 33.0 47.1
1958 23.6 17.5 34.9 45.7 52.4 60.0 69.2 66.7 59.6 47.3 40.4 18.6 44.7
1959 20.4 19.6 30.0 45.5 58.5 64.4 70.9 69.6 62.0 50.0 38.4 29.9 46.6
1960 21.9 26.5 23.9 46.8 57.8 63.8 66.0 65.7 59.4 46.7 40.4 19.4 44.9
1961 14.5 23.4 31.6 40.7 53.2 63.6 67.6 66.4 66.8 52.2 39.8 26.4 45.5
1962 21.0 18.6 31.7 44.7 55.1 64.6 65.7 65.9 56.4 48.0 34.9 22.5 44.1
1963 18.3 14.1 31.9 42.9 54.0 64.5 69.5 63.6 55.2 53.7 42.5 19.6 44.2
1964 22.6 20.1 32.8 42.4 58.5 63.1 69.4 61.5 58.3 47.3 40.9 26.6 45.3
1965 19.2 20.8 30.5 40.9 58.0 62.3 65.6 66.5 59.5 46.5 35.4 29.1 44.5
1966 21.0 21.9 32.1 41.0 51.2 64.4 68.7 66.4 57.1 47.5 41.4 26.7 45.0
1967 25.9 18.5 26.8 41.2 48.2 67.2 69.2 67.3 59.1 49.5 34.3 28.0 44.6
1968 17.0 18.9 34.0 49.0 52.8 62.9 70.2 65.7 62.0 51.9 36.6 22.6 45.3
1969 20.5 24.7 29.7 46.0 54.7 64.6 67.5 68.3 61.5 49.1 39.2 23.9 45.8
1970 13.4 21.2 29.4 43.0 57.8 63.9 70.2 68.3 60.9 51.7 40.2 23.4 45.3
1971 15.7 22.2 28.6 39.5 53.1 65.0 67.8 66.4 62.6 55.6 36.1 29.1 45.1
1972 22.2 18.6 28.6 39.2 56.1 62.5 69.5 65.6 60.1 45.1 34.5 27.9 44.2
1973 24.8 21.6 38.2 46.5 53.3 66.1 69.8 70.8 58.8 49.9 39.2 29.7 47.4
1974 25.5 20.6 30.7 45.3 52.8 63.1 68.6 67.1 57.5 43.4 40.0 29.1 45.3
1975 24.2 23.6 29.2 38.5 59.7 63.2 72.1 68.5 57.3 51.2 43.8 25.7 46.4
1976 15.1 27.3 33.1 47.5 53.2 68.6 66.5 66.0 57.1 45.4 34.3 19.1 44.4
1977 13.6 21.8 36.3 45.2 57.8 60.7 66.4 64.8 57.7 45.8 39.5 21.5 44.3
1978 19.2 14.2 27.0 40.8 54.9 61.5 66.5 67.0 55.8 46.1 38.8 25.8 43.1
1979 21.0 12.8 36.0 42.8 57.7 62.7 69.4 67.1 58.8 48.8 43.3 29.7 45.8
1980 24.3 19.5 30.3 44.9 56.5 60.9 69.7 69.4 60.5 46.0 34.7 20.6 44.8
1981 13.7 28.4 32.5 46.8 57.2 64.2 69.8 67.0 58.5 44.9 38.8 26.2 45.7
1982 11.8 22.7 28.6 40.7 58.7 61.1 68.6 63.8 60.3 48.8 42.2 33.6 45.1
1983 24.4 25.3 35.6 45.0 54.2 66.2 71.3 71.8 64.7 53.0 39.8 23.8 47.9
1984 18.4 30.1 25.3 46.2 55.2 65.1 66.6 67.9 58.0 52.1 36.2 32.3 46.1
1985 16.9 25.1 34.1 45.7 59.3 61.7 70.4 67.3 61.6 49.7 40.3 24.2 46.4
1986 21.7 21.9 41.3 51.6 60.6 64.7 71.0 68.7 60.6 49.4 32.5 26.3 47.5
1987 18.3 17.3 33.6 47.2 55.7 63.9 69.0 63.0 58.0 44.4 37.2 28.4 44.7
1988 20.2 23.7 32.4 42.9 56.3 60.2 70.0 68.1 63.1 43.8 39.0 24.7 45.4
1989 27.1 23.2 32.6 47.0 61.2 67.8 70.7 65.9 60.0 49.4 37.0 12.6 46.2
1990 31.3 27.5 35.9 46.3 52.6 64.1 68.9 67.4 57.8 51.9 39.6 32.0 47.9
1991 22.6 28.4 35.7 50.2 61.5 65.5 67.7 67.6 57.1 50.3 38.9 27.9 47.8
1992 24.1 25.7 30.3 42.9 56.0 62.6 65.0 65.1 58.7 44.3 36.6 27.9 44.9
1993 27.3 18.3 31.3 46.2 56.0 65.0 68.5 67.8 55.3 46.3 37.8 25.7 45.5
1994 13.7 19.2 32.9 47.1 55.0 66.6 69.5 64.4 57.6 46.4 41.4 29.8 45.3
1995 28.5 20.7 35.4 41.6 54.3 64.1 69.8 66.0 54.8 50.7 34.1 21.8 45.1
1996 19.8 23.0 28.8 43.6 53.0 64.7 66.0 65.7 58.3 47.0 32.8 32.1 44.6
1997 21.7 28.7 31.2 42.2 50.9 64.4 67.4 64.5 57.0 45.9 34.3 27.9 44.7
1998 28.5 30.6 36.5 46.4 59.8 62.8 66.9 66.5 59.9 49.3 38.1 33.2 48.2
1999 22.0 27.4 32.3 45.3 57.4 65.6 70.0 64.7 60.7 45.8 42.0 28.8 46.8
2000 18.7 27.0 38.1 42.9 56.5 62.4 63.6 63.9 56.9 47.2 36.4 20.9 44.5
2001 23.2 25.4 29.6 44.9 56.5 64.5 64.6 68.8 57.8 49.2 42.5 32.8 46.6
2002 29.4 29.8 35.3 47.1 52.2 63.0 68.6 66.7 60.7 45.0 36.3 25.8 46.7
2003 15.3 20.5 32.6 43.3 53.7 62.6 67.9 68.6 59.6 46.2 39.9 27.6 44.8
2004 12.7 23.4 35.3 46.3 58.8 61.9 67.0 66.1 60.2 47.3 38.1 26.9 45.3
2005 18.4 25.7 29.0 47.2 51.0 67.9 69.6 68.7 62.0 48.8 39.7 25.1 46.1
2006 30.2 25.2 33.1 46.4 55.0 64.0 70.9 65.6 57.5 46.5 42.8 34.4 47.6
2007 26.4 18.2 30.6 41.6 56.7 63.4 66.0 65.8 60.0 53.9 35.8 26.5 45.4
2008 25.7 25.0 31.3 48.3 52.6 65.0 68.1 63.1 59.5 44.9 37.1 27.8 45.7
2009 16.9 25.3 33.6 47.3 55.2 61.8 64.4 66.5 56.8 45.7 42.2 24.9 45.1
2010 22.0 26.0 39.3 49.6 58.9 63.9 70.2 67.1 61.2 48.2 37.5 23.2 47.3
2011 19.3 23.1 31.7 45.9 58.7 62.4 69.4 66.1 61.5 48.1 42.8 32.2 46.8
2012 26.6 30.2 42.6 45.6 59.3 63.0 69.4 66.7 58.2 51.5 35.0 31.9 48.3
2013 24.4 24.6 31.3 43.6 56.5 62.9 70.6 64.0 56.2 49.5 34.6 27.3 45.4
2014 19.0 21.5 26.1 44.4 56.1 64.0 66.7 63.5 58.2 50.6 36.0 30.7 44.7
2015 17.7 11.8 27.5 44.2 61.4 62.0 67.1 66.7 62.2 46.5 42.8 40.0 45.8
2016 24.7 28.2 38.7 43.1 55.9 63.3 68.8 68.6 60.7 49.3 39.2 28.1 47.4
2017 28.3 30.8 28.1 49.1 53.4 63.2 66.3 63.9 60.9 54.5 37.1 23.4 46.6
2018 21.4 30.8 30.9 38.4 60.2 62.2 69.6 69.1 61.8 47.6 34.1 29.2 46.3
2019 20.7 24.9 31.7 45.6 53.9 62.7 69.3 65.4 58.5 50.7 32.7 27.8 45.3
2020 28.9 28.0 37.1 42.1 54.9 64.4 70.7 66.5 58.9 48.9 42.5 30.3 47.8
2021 23.4 24.4 35.7 45.8 55 66.4 65.8 69 60.7 52.9 36.4 33.6 47.4
2022 17.9 26.1 35.3 44.5 59.3 62.8 68.9 69.1 58.7 49.1 42.1 29.2 46.9
2023 31.2 29.1 34.4 48.6 54.2 61.4 69.6 65.0 60.3 51.9 35.9 35.2 48.1