Hot-summer humid continental
Bliss Corner, Massachusetts
Bristol County, Massachusetts · Population 5.7k · 0 ft elevation
Living in Bliss Corner
Bliss Corner has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 39 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Bliss Corner at a glance
- Population
- 5.7k
- Elevation
- 0 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,791 hrs48th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $431k75th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,186/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k49th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.82%38th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.978th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%
- Violent crime rate
- 345 per 100k76th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,558 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4847th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 197 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 22°F | 3.8″ | 10.9″ | 165 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 23°F | 4.1″ | 8.5″ | 173 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 29°F | 5.3″ | 6.6″ | 213 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 40°F | 4.6″ | 1.7″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 50°F | 3.7″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 60°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 67°F | 3.6″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 66°F | 4.1″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 59°F | 4.2″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 49°F | 4.9″ | — | 205 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 4.6″ | 0.4″ | 172 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 28°F | 5.2″ | 4.4″ | 150 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