Boston experiences a continental climate that is very common in New England. The weather can change pretty rapidly. In general the summers are warm and quite humid, and the winters are cold, sometimes bitterly so. The capricious weather makes the early spring months frustrating, when just as you think the winter is truly over temperatures drop into the 20s and it starts snowing. The hottest month is August, with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. The coldest month is January, when the mercury can fall into the teens.

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