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Weather extremes
How extreme does Chestnut Hill's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Chestnut Hill has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Chestnut Hill has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 18°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Chestnut Hill (typical high near 85°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 32°F colder than a normal February night in Chestnut Hill (typical low near 21°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Chestnut Hill usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 4.2 in).
The three most extreme on record
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Chestnut Hill's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 18°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Jamaica Plain (NOAA GHCN station USC00193890), about 5 km from the city centre.