Warm-summer humid continental
Calais, Maine
Washington County, Maine · Population 3.1k · 75 ft elevation
Living in Calais
Calais has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 55″ a year, and it is a snowy place (95″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Calais at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 75 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 55″89th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 95″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,372 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $112k8th percentile
- Median rent
- $815/mo15th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k13th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.51%74th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.753th percentile
- Average commute
- 13 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 10%2th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%
- Violent crime rate
- 64 per 100k19th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 740 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4810th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5756th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 11°F | 4.8″ | 24.8″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 13°F | 4.2″ | 21.9″ | 153 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 22°F | 4.8″ | 18.9″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 32°F | 4.4″ | 6.0″ | 202 hrs |
| May | 62°F | 41°F | 4.3″ | 0.2″ | 229 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 50°F | 4.1″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 56°F | 3.2″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 56°F | 3.5″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 49°F | 4.2″ | — | 235 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 40°F | 5.4″ | 0.3″ | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 30°F | 5.5″ | 3.6″ | 128 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 20°F | 6.3″ | 19.3″ | 118 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