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September 2024

Weather as Recorded at the UMass Cranberry Station:

East Wareham

Prepared by Peter Jeranyama

September was dry, slightly warm, and above average sunshine for the month.  The temperature averaged 64.1 degrees; 1 degree per day above normal. Maximum temperature was 85° on the 1st day which is 1.9 degrees above to the long-term maximum temperature. The minimum temperature was 42° and was recorded on the 12th.  Daytime high temperatures averaged 74.6°, which is 4.6 degrees above the norm.  Evening temperatures averaged 53.3°; 1 degree below the norm.  There were 10 days with a maximum temperature of at least 80°. 

Sunshine totaled 55% of the possible sunshine hours, 4.1% below the norm.  They were 10 days of possible sunshine hours above 90% and 4 days with virtually no sunshine at all.  The Blue Hills Observatory (official site for sunshine hour data) recorded 6 days with fog and the rest were sunny and clear. At East Wareham, 9 days were clear in the month and the rest were cloudy, misty or rainy.

Precipitation totaled 3.5 inches; 0.8 inches below normal. The rainfall was 3.1 inches less than the amount received for the month in 2023. We had measurable rain of at least 0.10 inches on 5 days when it rained, and not even drizzles were recorded on any other day.  The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.42 inches on the 21st.  By the end of September, a total of 45.24 inches of rainfall had been received for the year, 8.55 inches above the long-term average, and 3.6 inches more than 2023 total rainfall at this time of the year.