Boston weather is classified as continental in nature with maritime influences, the latter attributed to the city’s coastal location on the North Atlantic. Strong wind weather systems may sometimes produce a great deal of snow and rain. Fog is prevailing, predominantly in spring and early summer, and the sporadic tropical storms or hurricanes can threaten the district, especially in early autumn.
Boston weather also tends to alternate between wet continental and humid patterns. Episodes exceeding 32 °C in summer and −12 °C in winter although not unusual, they very seldom become extended, with about 14 days per year seeing the former extreme.
Winter in Boston also retains a certain sense of unpredictability and in the past has included snow in October and scorching heat in February. The weather is by no means dull during the summer season. Running between June and August, summers in Boston experience abundant sunlight, and are often very hot and muggy.
With Boston's skyline in the backdrop and autumn plant life in the forefront, late spring, and early autumn with their spectacular colors are the best times to visit. Boston weather conditions are warm and pleasant during this time.
Spring and autumn are usually mild, but conditions are extensively varied, depending on wind speed directions and jet stream positioning. Existing wind patterns that blow offshore affect Boston, minimizing the influence of the Atlantic Ocean.
Situated along the North Atlantic, the city is often subjected to soothing sea breezes, particularly in the late spring, when water temperatures are still rather chilly and temperatures at the coast compared to a few miles inland can be more than 11 °C cooler, by midday.
During the summer break, weather in Boston is characteristically warm, wet, and humid; minimum temperatures ranging between 15 °C-18 °C. The month of July is the hottest of the year, with mercury rising to 28 °C.
Boston weather in winter (November-February) brings along cold, windy, wet conditions with snow blanketing the streets. The coldest month is January, while as a general rule winter temperatures oscillate amid a minimum 3 °C in November to a freezing -4 °C in February.
Boston averages 1, 080 mm of precipitation and 106 cm of snowfall a year. Snowfall increases dramatically as you travel inland away from the town especially north and west of the city — away from the warm influence of the ocean. Most snowfall occurs from December all the way through to March. On the whole there is little or no snow in April and November, and snow is rather rare incurrence in May and October.
From May to September, Boston weather experiences thunderstorms that are occasionally severe; hefty hail, destructive winds, and heavy torrential rains accompany these forces of nature. Although the city center has on no account been struck by a violent tornado, Boston itself has seen its fair share of tornado warnings, but destructive storms are generally to areas north, west, and northwest of the city.
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