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Temperature (°F)
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
GULF OF MAINE - 78 NM East of Portsmouth, NH 43.1 40.6 39.9 41.2 46.3 54.1 63.0 65.4 61.1 54.8 50.0 46.4
PORTLAND - 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME 45.3
(04/29/2025 18:00 UTC)
41.5 39.0 38.8 42.0 48.6 55.9 61.5 63.6 60.5 55.1 49.9 45.1
NANTUCKET 54 NM Southeast of Nantucket 45.8 43.2 42.8 44.0 48.2 55.2 63.5 68.9 66.5 60.5 55.7 50.1
GEORGES BANK 170 NM East of Hyannis, MA 44.6
(04/29/2025 18:00 UTC)
45.1 42.5 40.9 42.2 46.4 53.5 62.8 66.2 63.5 59.2 53.8 49.3
BOSTON 16 NM East of Boston, MA 47.5
(04/29/2025 18:00 UTC)
42.0 39.2 39.3 43.0 50.7 59.3 65.0 66.6 63.7 57.4 51.5 46.5
CAPE COD - 9 NM North of Provincetown, MA 44.2 41.5 41.3 43.3 49.7 57.7 63.0 64.7 64.1 58.1 52.4 47.6
NANTUCKET SOUND 51.8
(04/29/2025 18:00 UTC)
38.7 36.4 39.4 46.5 54.0 63.9 73.0 74.7 70.2 61.6 52.4 43.8
Eastport, ME 40.5
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
40.3 37.1 37.0 39.4 42.8 46.9 50.6 53.4 54.5 53.3 49.7 45.1
Cutler Farris Wharf, ME 41.7
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
40.9 38.1 37.9 40.2 43.9 47.7 51.5 54.2 55.0 54.0 50.3 45.6
Bar Harbor, ME 36.1 33.5 35.2 40.5 46.8 52.2 56.6 58.4 57.1 54.0 48.7 42.2
Portland, ME 44.2
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
39.5 37.8 39.7 44.3 50.3 56.1 59.7 61.3 60.6 54.7 48.3 43.9
Fall River, MA 55.8
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
39.0 37.9 41.4 48.5 56.9 65.7 75.1 75.6 70.0 61.4 51.5 44.3
Chatham, Lydia Cove, MA 39.8 38.5 42.0 49.1 56.5 63.3 68.7 68.8 66.1 59.7 50.4 43.9
Woods Hole, MA 52.2
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
36.8 34.9 38.2 45.3 54.6 63.8 71.2 72.6 69.4 61.6 51.6 42.9
Nantucket Island, MA 55.2
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
36.7 36.1 41.0 50.4 59.5 68.3 74.0 75.0 69.7 60.1 50.2 42.6
Newport, RI 51.6
(04/29/2025 18:24 UTC)
39.5