Warm-summer humid continental
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Piscataquis County, Maine · Population 2.8k · 381 ft elevation
Living in Dover-Foxcroft
Dover-Foxcroft has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it is a snowy place (77″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (7 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Dover-Foxcroft at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 381 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 77″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,374 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $138k15th percentile
- Median rent
- $880/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.29%65th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.214th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 487 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5555th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,378 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 3°F | 3.5″ | 18.1″ | 137 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 5°F | 2.8″ | 19.8″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 15°F | 3.4″ | 15.1″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 28°F | 3.6″ | 4.7″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 40°F | 3.3″ | 0.1″ | 231 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 50°F | 4.3″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 55°F | 3.4″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 53°F | 3.7″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 45°F | 3.7″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 34°F | 4.8″ | 0.5″ | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 25°F | 4.1″ | 3.9″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 13°F | 4.1″ | 15.1″ | 112 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