Hot-summer humid continental
Athol, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 8.7k · 558 ft elevation
Living in Athol
Athol has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (52″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (19 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Athol: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Athol at a glance
- Population
- 8.7k
- Elevation
- 558 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 52″89th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,541 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $227k41th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,018/mo35th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k32th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.25%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.142th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 380 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 470 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 14°F | 2.7″ | 14.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 15°F | 2.3″ | 12.5″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 24°F | 3.4″ | 9.4″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 3.4″ | 3.0″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 3.2″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 55°F | 4.1″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 60°F | 3.8″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 3.9″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 39°F | 4.2″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 30°F | 3.4″ | 1.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 21°F | 3.4″ | 11.8″ | 130 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