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Temperatures, Precipitation, Sunshine

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Day Temperature	Jan7°	Feb8°	Mar10°	Apr13°	May17°	Jun20°	Jul22°	Aug22°	Sep19°	Oct15°	Nov10°	Dec8°
Night Temperature	Jan2°	Feb3°	Mar4°	Apr6°	May9°	Jun12°	Jul14°	Aug13°	Sep11°	Oct9°	Nov5°	Dec3°
Water Temperature	Jan9°	Feb9°	Mar8°	Apr10°	May11°	Jun14°	Jul15°	Aug17°	Sep17°	Oct16°	Nov14°	Dec12°
Precipitation (inch)	Jan2.09	Feb1.42	Mar1.89	Apr1.85	May2.01	Jun1.97	Jul1.89	Aug2.13	Sep2.09	Oct2.24	Nov2.24	Dec2.24
Rainy days	Jan15	Feb11	Mar13	Apr13	May13	Jun11	Jul10	Aug11	Sep11	Oct12	Nov14	Dec13
Hours of Sunshine	Jan2	Feb2	Mar4	Apr5	May7	Jun7	Jul6	Aug6	Sep5	Oct3	Nov2	Dec1

The annual average temperature is 10.9 °C.

For comparison: London 11 °C, NYC 12 °C, LA 17.9 °C

Warmest month: July (18 °C)
Coldest month: January (4.5 °C)

The maximum water temperature is 17 °C. Comfortable bathing is possible at water temperatures of about 21 °C.

Months with water temperature of at least 17 °C (Limited bathing is possible):
August, and September

Overall annual precipitation: 24.06 inch on 147 rainy days

For comparison: London 24.06 in, NYC 41.57 in, LA 12.01 in

There is no rainy season (months with more than 6.9 in of precipitation).

Months that have possible snowfall: January, February, March, November, and December

As our climate table shows, May is the sunniest month with an average of 7 hours of sunshine per day. Over the year, there are 4.2 hours of sunshine per day on average. For comparison: London has 4.1, NYC has 7 and LA has 8.9 hours of sunshine per day on average.