Hot-summer humid continental
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 118k · 43 ft elevation
Living in Cambridge
Cambridge has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (49″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Cambridge at a glance
- Population
- 118k
- Elevation
- 43 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 49″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $1M97th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,742/mo97th percentile
- Median household income
- $126k87th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.43%5th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.099th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 61%
- Violent crime rate
- 436 per 100k84th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,600 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5353th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 394 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 20°F | 3.9″ | 14.3″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 3.6″ | 14.4″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 29°F | 4.5″ | 9.0″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.3″ | 1.6″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 4.2″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 3.5″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 63°F | 3.7″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 55°F | 4.0″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 5.0″ | 0.2″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 34°F | 4.0″ | 0.7″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 26°F | 5.1″ | 9.0″ | 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