Hot-summer humid continental
Andover, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts · Population 9.3k · 200 ft elevation
Living in Andover
Andover has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Andover at a glance
- Population
- 9.3k
- Elevation
- 200 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $720k92th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,422/mo64th percentile
- Median household income
- $127k87th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.27%64th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.795th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 64%78th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 71%
- Violent crime rate
- 87 per 100k27th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 563 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4847th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 19°F | 4.2″ | 13.4″ | 163 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 21°F | 3.8″ | 13.2″ | 165 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 29°F | 4.7″ | 9.4″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 40°F | 4.2″ | 1.8″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 49°F | 3.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 59°F | 4.1″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 64°F | 3.7″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 63°F | 3.7″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 56°F | 3.9″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 44°F | 4.7″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 34°F | 3.9″ | 1.1″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 4.7″ | 8.9″ | 144 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology