Climate averages 1991–2020
Brockton weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Brockton: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quincy (19 km away). In January its highs average 2.0°C, about as warm as Brockton, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Brockton ranks joint 386th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 371st of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Brockton is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brockton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 92 | 9.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 3.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 81 | 9.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.9°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 112 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 95 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 77 | 10.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 86 | 9.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 77 | 9.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 89 | 9.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 89 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 104 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 91 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 110 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Quincy in JanuaryUnited States · 19 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Dorchester in JanuaryUnited States · 24 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 94 mm precipitation
- Boston in JanuaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.2°C · 94 mm precipitation
- Newton in JanuaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -6.6°C · 87 mm precipitation
- Pawtucket in JanuaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Lynn in JanuaryUnited States · 43 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -5.4°C · 92 mm precipitation
- Providence in JanuaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Fall River in JanuaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 92 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brockton) is explained once on the Brockton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.