Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Manchester, NH. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Manchester sits in that classic New England in-between zone — the average high is 52° but the date has seen everything from 78° (1950) to a brutal 8° low (1954). There's about a 39% chance of precipitation today, though snow is nearly off the table at just 2%.
Manchester doesn't mess around at the extremes — the mercury has hit 105° in August 1988 and plunged to -43° in February 1943, an 148-degree range that tells you exactly what kind of climate you're dealing with. A single storm dropped 19 inches of snow in March 2018, and September 1954 brought 6.05 inches of rain in one day.
Summer is the sweet spot, with highs peaking around 82–83° in mid-July before cooling through fall — by January, average highs barely clear freezing at 32–33°. If you're trying to dodge rain, avoid late July, when weekly precipitation averages nearly an inch. Spring and fall offer mild temperatures but with Manchester's signature unpredictability.