Visitation · National Historic Site

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Frederick Law Olmsted, when the average temperature nearby is 74 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 30 degrees. An average July draws 1,745 visits where an average February draws 114. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 7.1 percent, from 7,791 in 2019 to 7,240 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Frederick Law Olmsted05001.0k1.5k2.0kJanuary: 147 visits on average, 28.2°FJanFebruary: 114 visits on average, 30.3°FFebMarch: 463 visits on average, 37.5°FMarApril: 594 visits on average, 48.5°FAprMay: 804 visits on average, 58.8°FMayJune: 1,041 visits on average, 68.4°FJunJuly: 1,745 visits on average, 74.4°FJulAugust: 1,518 visits on average, 72.8°FAugSeptember: 1,590 visits on average, 65.2°FSepOctober: 1,047 visits on average, 53.3°FOctNovember: 693 visits on average, 43.4°FNovDecember: 404 visits on average, 34.0°FDecJanuary: 28.2°F averageFebruary: 30.3°F averageMarch: 37.5°F averageApril: 48.5°F averageMay: 58.8°F averageJune: 68.4°F averageJuly: 74.4°F averageAugust: 72.8°F averageSeptember: 65.2°F averageOctober: 53.3°F averageNovember: 43.4°F averageDecember: 34.0°F average20°F30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in2.0 in4.0 in6.0 inJanuary: 3.87 in precipitationFebruary: 3.59 in precipitationMarch: 4.49 in precipitationApril: 4.32 in precipitationMay: 3.64 in precipitationJune: 4.18 in precipitationJuly: 3.49 in precipitationAugust: 3.72 in precipitationSeptember: 3.96 in precipitationOctober: 5.03 in precipitationNovember: 3.99 in precipitationDecember: 5.08 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Jamaica Plain, 2 miles from the park's reference point at 95 feet, station USC00193890 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1981 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Frederick Law Olmsted05k10k198019902000201020201981: 1,8821982: 2,9111983: 3,0721984: 2,9841985: 3,4571986: 5,4031987: 7,3151988: 6,0991989: 3,7951990: 4,0651991: 3,9741992: 3,8891993: 3,8481994: 3,7021995: 5,1081996: 4,6601997: 5,0821998: 5,3101999: 8,2172000: 6,4992001: 10,3322002: 7,9382003: 6,9062004: 6,8142005: 2,7752006: 1,5592007: 2,0102008: 2,9692009: 5,0072010: 3,2852011: 4,0222012: 8,6682013: 6,5702014: 8,6672015: 9,4732016: 8,9352017: 11,3882018: 9,8542019: 7,7912020: 2,5702021: 4,3002022: 14,1482023: 11,9042024: 13,2182025: 7,2402025: 7k
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
20257,240-45.2%
202413,218+11.0%
202311,904-15.9%
202214,148+229.0%
20214,300+67.3%
20202,570-67.0%
20197,791-20.9%
20189,854-13.5%
201711,388+27.5%
20168,935-5.7%

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 USC00193890, 95 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.