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Weather in Gardner, MA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Gardner is snow country

Gardner has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 75 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 47°, and nights fall to 29°.

Winter 34°/17°Spring 55°/33°Summer 78°/56°Fall 59°/39°
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Sunrise 6:23 am · sunset 4:39 pm

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What stands out about Gardner’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 75 inches a winter, more than 490 of 534 Massachusetts towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.0° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 93% of U.S. towns.The snowiest town aroundMore snow than any of the 5 towns around it with snow records.
A normal year

Where today sits in Gardner’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
34° / 17°
19 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
55° / 33°
Last frost around May 2
Summer
78° / 56°
3 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
59° / 39°
First frost around Oct 13
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 13). Last frost next spring: May 2
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Gardner get?About 75 inches a winter.When is it wettest?October, with 5.0 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.0° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Gardner itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Ashburnham, MA (4 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.