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Satellite view of Wollaston Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Wollaston Beach

United StatesMassachusetts · United States · Pacific Ocean

42.2807, -71.0120 · Quincy, 3 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 28°High · July
  • 8.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Wollaston Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Wollaston Beach in October

  • 16°CAir, daytime high7°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 4.7 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month123 mm in total
  • 9 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 4Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 9 kmAirport: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 15.2 °C — 1.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.3 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August19 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February80 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan5°4 h80 mm
  2. Feb3°5 h86 mm
  3. Mar3°6 h110 mm
  4. Apr6°6 h106 mm
  5. May10°7 h95 mm
  6. Jun15°7 h113 mm
  7. Jul18°8 h94 mm
  8. Aug19°8 h93 mm
  9. Sep17°7 h92 mm
  10. Oct14°5 h123 mm
  11. Nov10°4 h98 mm
  12. Dec8°3 h116 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5°Feb: 3°Mar: 3°Apr: 6°May: 10°Jun: 15°Jul: 18°Aug: 19°Sep: 17°Oct: 14°Nov: 10°Dec: 8°19°3°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -4 °C (High 0° / Low -8°)Feb: -3 °C (High 2° / Low -7°)Mar: 1 °C (High 6° / Low -3°)Apr: 7 °C (High 13° / Low 2°)May: 13 °C (High 19° / Low 8°)Jun: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Jul: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 17°)Aug: 22 °C (High 27° / Low 17°)Sep: 18 °C (High 24° / Low 13°)Oct: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 7°)Nov: 5 °C (High 10° / Low 1°)Dec: 0 °C (High 4° / Low -4°)22°-4°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 80 mm80Feb: 86 mmMar: 110 mmApr: 106 mmMay: 95 mmJun: 113 mmJul: 94 mmAug: 93 mmSep: 92 mmOct: 123 mm123Nov: 98 mmDec: 116 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.2 hFeb: 5.0 hMar: 5.7 hApr: 6.5 hMay: 6.7 hJun: 7.4 hJul: 8.3 h8.3Aug: 7.8 hSep: 6.8 hOct: 4.7 hNov: 4.2 hDec: 3.4 h3.4

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Wollaston Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Wollaston Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January0-8580104.212
February2-738695.012
March6-33110115.712
April1326106116.510
May1981095126.78
June241415113137.47
July28171894128.37
Augustwarmest sea27171993127.87
September24131792106.87
October16714123104.79
November1011098104.210
December4-48116113.411

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Wollaston Beach: Wol club
Photo: Sunnywintermorning · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Wollaston Beach: Wolly beach 1
Photo: Sunnywintermorning · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Wollaston Beach: Quincy Shore Reservation
Photo: Sswonk · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER31 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.131 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →