Warm-summer humid continental
Framingham, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 72k · 276 ft elevation
Living in Framingham
Framingham has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Framingham at a glance
- Population
- 72k
- Elevation
- 276 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $601k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,853/mo82th percentile
- Median household income
- $98k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.12%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.771th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 264 per 100k66th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 806 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7373th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 820 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 17°F | 3.4″ | 13.8″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 17°F | 3.1″ | 8.9″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 25°F | 4.0″ | 8.2″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 35°F | 4.1″ | 2.2″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 61°F | 3.9″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 3.8″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 52°F | 4.2″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 39°F | 4.8″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 31°F | 3.7″ | 1.1″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 23°F | 4.4″ | 11.5″ | 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