Warm-summer humid continental
Belfast, Maine
Waldo County, Maine · Population 7k · 95 ft elevation
Living in Belfast
Belfast has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is a snowy place (72″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Belfast at a glance
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 95 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 72″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,499 hrs13th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $308k59th percentile
- Median rent
- $986/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $61k32th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.24%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.142th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 29 per 100k8th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 771 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 418th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3736th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 591 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 10°F | 3.9″ | 19.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 12°F | 3.2″ | 22.4″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 20°F | 4.1″ | 11.7″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 31°F | 4.4″ | 2.2″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 41°F | 3.9″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 50°F | 4.3″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 56°F | 3.2″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 55°F | 3.1″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 48°F | 4.1″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 38°F | 5.4″ | 0.3″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 29°F | 4.7″ | 2.5″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 18°F | 4.7″ | 13.2″ | 122 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