Hot-summer humid continental
Ayer, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 3k · 246 ft elevation
Living in Ayer
Ayer has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (104″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Ayer at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 246 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 104″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $417k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,228/mo53th percentile
- Median household income
- $81k57th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.13%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 186 per 100k52th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 559 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7473th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,050 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 16°F | 2.6″ | 18.5″ | 163 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 17°F | 2.8″ | 18.7″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 26°F | 3.8″ | 23.9″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 3.8″ | 3.4″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 62°F | 3.5″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 3.4″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 52°F | 4.0″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 40°F | 4.5″ | 0.4″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 3.6″ | 15.3″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 22°F | 3.7″ | 23.9″ | 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