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Satellite view of Thachers 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

Thachers Beach

United StatesMassachusetts · United States · Pacific Ocean

41.6384, -70.2172 · West Yarmouth, 2 km

  • 20°Sea · August
  • 22°High · August
  • 8.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Thachers Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Thachers Beach in October

  • 16°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 5.2 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month114 mm in total
  • 27 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 15.7 °C — 1.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.5 °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 August20 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August72 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan5°3 h91 mm
  2. Feb3°4 h87 mm
  3. Mar4°5 h106 mm
  4. Apr6°7 h97 mm
  5. May10°7 h86 mm
  6. Jun15°8 h84 mm
  7. Jul19°8 h72 mm
  8. Aug20°8 h74 mm
  9. Sep18°7 h95 mm
  10. Oct15°5 h114 mm
  11. Nov10°4 h106 mm
  12. Dec7°2 h114 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: 4°Apr: 6°May: 10°Jun: 15°Jul: 19°Aug: 20°Sep: 18°Oct: 15°Nov: 10°Dec: 7°20°3°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 0°)Feb: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 0°)Mar: 3 °C (High 5° / Low 2°)Apr: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)May: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 10°)Jun: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 15°)Jul: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 19°)Aug: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Sep: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 18°)Oct: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Nov: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 8°)Dec: 5 °C (High 7° / Low 3°)21°2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 91 mmFeb: 87 mmMar: 106 mmApr: 97 mmMay: 86 mmJun: 84 mmJul: 72 mm72Aug: 74 mmSep: 95 mmOct: 114 mm114Nov: 106 mmDec: 114 mm114

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.8 hFeb: 4.3 hMar: 5.4 hApr: 6.8 hMay: 7.3 hJun: 7.7 hJul: 8.3 h8.3Aug: 7.9 hSep: 7.2 hOct: 5.2 hNov: 3.7 hDec: 2.4 h2.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Thachers Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January40591112.831
February4038794.330
March524106115.429
April86697116.826
May12101086107.323
June17151584107.721
July2119197298.320
Augustwarmest sea22202074107.920
September2018189597.222
October161315114105.227
November1181010693.728
December737114122.430

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Plan your trip

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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 POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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