Warm-summer humid continental
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 42k · 472 ft elevation
Living in Fitchburg
Fitchburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Fitchburg: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Fitchburg at a glance
- Population
- 42k
- Elevation
- 472 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $296k57th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,131/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k45th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.44%71th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 23%15th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Violent crime rate
- 515 per 100k89th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,381 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 15°F | 3.5″ | 16.9″ | 163 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 15°F | 3.3″ | 18.9″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 24°F | 4.3″ | 16.4″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 35°F | 4.2″ | 4.0″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 47°F | 3.7″ | 0.1″ | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 56°F | 4.3″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 62°F | 3.7″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.3″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 39°F | 5.3″ | 0.3″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 31°F | 3.9″ | 3.0″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 22°F | 4.9″ | 15.6″ | 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