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Temperatures, Precipitation, Sunshine

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Day Temperature	Jan5°	Feb6°	Mar10°	Apr11°	May15°	Jun17°	Jul20°	Aug20°	Sep16°	Oct13°	Nov9°	Dec7°
Night Temperature	Jan1°	Feb1°	Mar2°	Apr3°	May6°	Jun9°	Jul12°	Aug12°	Sep10°	Oct7°	Nov3°	Dec2°
Water Temperature	Jan8°	Feb7°	Mar7°	Apr8°	May10°	Jun12°	Jul14°	Aug15°	Sep14°	Oct13°	Nov11°	Dec9°
Precipitation (inch)	Jan2.8	Feb2.2	Mar2.56	Apr1.81	May2.09	Jun2.32	Jul2.6	Aug2.28	Sep2.83	Oct3.07	Nov2.87	Dec2.76
Rainy days	Jan18	Feb14	Mar16	Apr16	May15	Jun14	Jul14	Aug15	Sep13	Oct17	Nov15	Dec15
Hours of Sunshine	Jan1	Feb4	Mar5	Apr6	May7	Jun8	Jul9	Aug10	Sep7	Oct5	Nov2	Dec1

The annual average temperature is 9 °C.

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

Warmest month: July (16 °C)
Coldest month: January (3 °C)

The maximum water temperature is 15 °C. Bathing would be very uncomfortable.

Overall annual precipitation: 30.2 inch on 182 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, April, November, and December

As our climate table shows, August is the sunniest month with an average of 10 hours of sunshine per day. Over the year, there are 5.4 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.