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Boston African American National Historic Site visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Boston African American, when the average temperature nearby is 74 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 30 degrees. An average July draws 87,085 visits where an average January draws 1,085. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 12.8 percent, from 419,585 in 2019 to 365,864 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, snowfall, Boston African American030k60k90kJanuary: 1,085 visits on average, 29.9°FJanFebruary: 2,199 visits on average, 31.8°FFebMarch: 4,286 visits on average, 38.3°FMarApril: 6,634 visits on average, 48.6°FAprMay: 32,033 visits on average, 58.4°FMayJune: 83,640 visits on average, 68.0°FJunJuly: 87,085 visits on average, 74.1°FJulAugust: 79,085 visits on average, 72.7°FAugSeptember: 33,822 visits on average, 65.6°FSepOctober: 14,195 visits on average, 54.8°FOctNovember: 6,786 visits on average, 44.7°FNovDecember: 4,973 visits on average, 35.7°FDecJanuary: 29.9°F averageFebruary: 31.8°F averageMarch: 38.3°F averageApril: 48.6°F averageMay: 58.4°F averageJune: 68.0°F averageJuly: 74.1°F averageAugust: 72.7°F averageSeptember: 65.6°F averageOctober: 54.8°F averageNovember: 44.7°F averageDecember: 35.7°F average20°F30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°FVisitsRain and snow, inches0.0 in5.0 in10 in15 inJanuary: 3.39 in precipitationFebruary: 3.21 in precipitationMarch: 4.17 in precipitationApril: 3.63 in precipitationMay: 3.25 in precipitationJune: 3.89 in precipitationJuly: 3.27 in precipitationAugust: 3.23 in precipitationSeptember: 3.56 in precipitationOctober: 4.03 in precipitationNovember: 3.66 in precipitationDecember: 4.30 in precipitationJanuary: 14.3 in snowFebruary: 14.4 in snowMarch: 9.0 in snowApril: 1.6 in snowMay: 0.0 in snowJune: 0.0 in snowJuly: 0.0 in snowAugust: 0.0 in snowSeptember: 0.0 in snowOctober: 0.2 in snowNovember: 0.7 in snowDecember: 9.0 in snow
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Boston Logan Intl AP, 3 miles from the park's reference point at 12 feet, station USW00014739 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

Annual visits, 1989 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Boston African American0100k200k300k400k198019902000201020201989: 102,7791990: 194,5311991: 232,0641992: 341,4871993: 328,2561994: 467,8581995: 358,0291996: 345,7391997: 365,8431998: 384,3311999: 391,2352000: 393,1752001: 390,1302002: 299,9582003: 227,2002004: 236,3532005: 327,9212006: 255,0602007: 265,4592008: 280,2792009: 298,5192010: 333,4632011: 379,9062012: 404,2482013: 386,0842014: 408,6412015: 412,3772016: 414,1702017: 413,1512018: 410,8932019: 419,5852020: 89,6162021: 239,2382022: 390,7652023: 389,8632024: 393,3862025: 365,8642025: 366k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
2025365,864-7.0%
2024393,386+0.9%
2023389,863-0.2%
2022390,765+63.3%
2021239,238+167.0%
202089,616-78.6%
2019419,585+2.1%
2018410,893-0.5%
2017413,151-0.2%
2016414,170+0.4%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00014739, 12 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.