Worcester, MA

Massachusetts · Records since 1892–2026

🌙 66°F Feels like 63°
Currently in Worcester
As of 4:45 PM EST
🔥 8° below today's record of 74°F

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

74°F

November 4, 1987

+22° from 52° normal

❄ Record Low

18°F

November 4, 1932

-18° from 36° normal
🌞 Normal high: 52°F 🌑 Normal low: 36°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Worcester

🔥
102°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 4, 1911
❄
-24°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 16, 1943
🌧
7.54"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 13, 1895
☃
31.9"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 27, 2015

First & Last Dates — Worcester

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
215 days
Longest growing season
1916
120 days
Shortest growing season
1929
180 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 74°F November 4, 1987
2 73°F November 4, 1994
3 71°F November 4, 1946
4 70°F November 4, 1990
5 70°F November 4, 1977
6 70°F November 4, 1903
7 69°F November 4, 1982
8 68°F November 4, 2022
9 68°F November 4, 2005
10 68°F November 4, 1944

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 18°F November 4, 1932
2 21°F November 4, 1951
3 24°F November 4, 1989
4 24°F November 4, 1930
5 25°F November 4, 2002
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1892–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Worcester

threshold: 87°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
92°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
6
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1892–2026
4
2026 so far
5
Avg/year 1970–2025
4
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
18
Most in a year (1949)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Worcester

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 25, 1901 – Jul 4, 1901 10 97°F (Jul 2) 92°F 69°F
2 Aug 28, 1953 – Sep 5, 1953 9 99°F (Sep 2) 91°F 68°F
3 Jul 3, 1912 – Jul 11, 1912 9 95°F (Jul 9) 92°F 70°F
4 Aug 10, 1944 – Aug 17, 1944 8 99°F (Aug 12) 96°F 68°F
5 Jul 22, 1892 – Jul 29, 1892 8 95°F (Jul 28) 92°F 67°F
6 Aug 11, 2002 – Aug 18, 2002 8 93°F (Aug 14) 90°F 70°F
7 Aug 9, 1988 – Aug 15, 1988 7 93°F (Aug 14) 91°F 71°F
8 Jul 8, 1905 – Jul 14, 1905 7 92°F (Jul 10) 90°F 68°F
9 Jul 6, 1937 – Jul 11, 1937 6 96°F (Jul 9) 92°F 63°F
10 Jul 27, 1929 – Aug 1, 1929 6 94°F (Jul 28) 90°F 61°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

59
2026 total
above-normal nights
43.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
77
Most in a summer
1917

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1892–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1892, annual totals have trended +1.15" per decade, about +15.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Worcester is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

143 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

39.29"
2026 YTD
Normal: 40.39"
-1.10"
0.00"
November so far
November normal: 4.00"
-4.00"
10
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Worcester is 1.10" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
50.6°F
Average temperature
20th-warmest of 128
+5.0°
vs. average
Normal: 45.6°F (1991–2020)
0.00"
Precipitation
1st-driest of 131
-1.41"
vs. average
Normal: 1.41" · 0% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1892–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.04" per decade (wetter since 1893)

Warmest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1918 59.0°F
2 1971 58.5°F
3 1946 58.2°F
4 1982 58.0°F
5 2003 54.6°F
6 1989 53.8°F
7 1896 53.4°F
8 1953 52.9°F
9 2022 52.9°F
10 1935 52.6°F

Coolest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1925 34.9°F
2 2002 36.4°F
3 1980 37.4°F
4 2008 37.7°F
5 1976 37.8°F
6 2020 38.1°F
7 1904 38.9°F
8 1934 39.1°F
9 1965 39.3°F
10 1928 39.4°F

Wettest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1973 4.49"
2 1953 4.21"
3 2018 4.19"
4 1951 3.91"
5 2017 3.34"
6 1939 3.30"
7 2003 3.11"
8 1997 3.01"
9 2006 2.91"
10 1897 2.84"

Driest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2026 0.00"
2 1965 0.00"
3 1961 0.00"
4 1945 0.00"
5 1944 0.00"
6 1924 0.00"
7 1905 0.00"
8 1904 0.00"
9 1903 0.00"
10 1977 0.01"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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